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AN ASSESSMENT OF TURTLE COMMUNITIES IN BACH MA NATIONAL PARK, VIETNAM
Van T. Pham1,2, Olivier Le Duc1,3, Benjamin Leprince1, Cedric Bordes1,3, Charlotte Ducotterd14, Vinh Q. Luu5, Le T. An6, Manh H. Nguyen6, Van O. Lo6, Van N. Ha2, Quang B. Tran7, Luca Luiselli8 910
1 Turtle Sanctuary Conservation Center, France e-mail: t.pham@turtle-sanctuary.org, o.leduc@turtle-sanctuary.org, c.bordes@turtle-sanctuary. org, b.leprince@turtle-sanctuary. org 2Save Vietnam's Wildlife, Vietnam e-mail: ngoan@svw.vn 3Associated Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Community, France 4Centre Emys, Protection et Récupération des Tortues, Switzerland e-mail: c.ducotterd@turtle-sanctuary. org 5 Vietnam National University of Forestry, Vietnam e-mail: qvinhfuv@yahoo.com.au 6Center for Nature Conservation and Development, Vietnam e-mail: ha.nguyen@ccd.org.vn, oanh.lo@ccd.org.vn, mrlethanhan@gmail.com 1Vietnam Administration of Forestry, Vietnam e-mail: baofuv@yahoo.com 8Institute for Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation, Italy 9Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria 10Université de Lomé, Togo e-mail: l.luiselli@ideccngo.org
Received: 18.11.2022. Revised: 02.03.2023. Accepted: 03.03.2023.
Most of the extraordinary biodiversity richness of South-East Asian countries is concentrated in the national parks and other Protected Areas, with species-rich turtle communities surviving mostly in these reserves where their natural habitats are better preserved. However, very few studies have documented the turtle species richness of the various Protected Areas in Vietnam, which is not only one of the hotspots of chelonian diversity in the world but also one of the countries where their exploitation is the highest. Here, the diversity of turtles is studied in the Bach Ma National Park in central Vietnam, mainly characterised by forested hills and mountains, with ponds and streams of various shapes and structures. The study was carried out by conducting (i) semi-structured interviews of hunters recruited through a snow-ball procedure in local villages, (ii) inspection of turtle individuals in their hands, (iii) field surveys along random transects inspecting the various microhabitats used by these reptiles. We observed a total of15 species, out of which 14 (93.3%) are threatened, based on IUCN Red List. A natural hybrid of Cuora bourreti x C. mouhotii obsti (Cuora «serrata») was observed. Three species (Cuora bourreti, Manouria impressa, Platysternon megacephalum) were the most frequently encountered species according to our interviewees. We conclude that, in order to enhance the conservation status of the turtle communities at the local level, it would be important (i) to increase the number of rangers patrolling the study area in the rainy season (from April to September) and (ii) to list the hunter's names in the villages surrounding the Bach Ma National Park and to convince them to sign an agreement with the local authorities to avoid hunting turtles within the Protected Area.
Key words: Chelonia, conservation, diversity, mountain forest, Protected Area, South-East Asia
Introduction
In South-East Asia in general, and in Vietnam in particular, most of the territory is agricultural or heavily altered, and national parks represent the last sanctuaries where a rich biodiversity is still observed (e.g. Polet & Ling, 2004; Yen et al., 2005; Le, 2007; Viollaz et al., 2022). However, most of the Vietnamese Protected Areas are still under pressure by poachers and wildlife traffick-
ers, especially in the northern regions of the country (Cao Ngoc & Wyatt, 2013).
Chelonians are the most endangered group of vertebrates in the world, especially in tropical and subtropical regions (e.g. Stanford et al., 2018). Several causes of turtle decline include their overexploitation for pet trade or food (Van Dijk et al., 2000; Rhodin et al., 2018), traditional medicine, and habitat destruction (by massive deforestation) (e.g. Hendrie, 2000; Pham
et al., 2018a,b, 2019; Stanford et al., 2018), among others. Southeast Asia is one of the highest hotspots of chelonian diversity on Earth (Rhodin et al., 2017), with 125 species considered as Endangered or Critically Endangered (Mittermeier et al., 2015). Vietnam is in an especially fragile condition with many turtle species being Critically Endangered (Stanford et al., 2018). In this regard, the studies on the chelonian diversity and abundance in the Vietnamese national parks and other Protected Areas would be essential for conservation reasons and for planning future management actions at the national scale. However, the state of knowledge on the ecology and distribution of Vietnamese turtle species is still not satisfactory (Ducot-terd et al., 2023), up to the point that there is no published study on the abundance of the various species in the Vietnamese Protected Areas (Pham et al., 2020, but see also Le, 2007). This is essentially true for those species, such as Cuora bourreti (Obst & Reimann, 1994), which remnant populations appear to survive essentially in Protected Areas.
Bach Ma National Park is one of the largest Vietnamese Protected Areas where species-rich turtle communities, including Cuora bourreti, can survive. This Protected Area is particularly interesting for turtle conservation because of its size, types of natural habitats and geographic position. However,
its turtle fauna has never been studied so far. Therefore, our aim in this study is to report an analysis of the turtle communities found in Bach Ma National Park assessed by face-to-face interviews with local hunters and field surveys along random transects. We also aim to provide some conservation considerations and suggestions for the future management of the study area in order to enhance the survival of the various turtle species at the local scale.
Material and Methods
Study area
This study was carried out in Bach Ma National Park, Thua Thien Hue province, central Vietnam (geographic co-ordinates (WGS 84) of 16.22789° N, 107.85526° E). This Protected Area has 374.87 km2 in size (Lan et al., 2002) (Fig. 1), and lies in the central Annamite mountains. The main forest types found within the Bach Ma National Park are lowland evergreen forest below 900 m a.s.l., and montane evergreen forest above this altitude (Gilmour & Nguyen, 1999). The climate is characterised by a tropical monsoon that dominates montane rainforests (at 400-1400 m a.s.l.) and cloud forests from 1450 m a.s.l. to the summit (at 1712 m a.s.l.), with no dry season and only one rainy season from April to September.
Fig. 1. Geographical location of sampling sites in Bach Ma National Park, and its relative position within Vietnam, showing both interview sites and where turtles were observed. Accurate locations of the collected specimens are in Electronic Supplement 1.
The average temperature at 554 m a.s.l. was 21.60°C (standard deviation: ± 4.5°C) and minimum and maximum values were 9.41°C and 32.60°C, respectively. The humidity was in average at 94.9% (standard deviation: ± 8.1%), with minimum and maximum values at 53% and 100%, respectively. The average temperature at 1373 m a.s.l. was slightly lower (18.20 ± 4.10°C), and minimum and maximum values were 4.60°C and 35.40°C. respectively. The average humidity was 96.3% (standard deviation: ± 6.8%), with a minimum and maximum humidity being 39.81% to 100%, respectively.
Protocol
Interview survey
Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted in early June 2020 in Loc Tri, Phu Loc, Loc Tien, Lang Co, Loc Dien, Loc Hoa, Loc An communes, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue province (Fig. 1). All these interview sites were situated in the buffer zone of Bach Ma National Park, with the farthest interview location being 20 km outside boundaries of the Protected Area. The field team consisted of two persons conducting the interviews, in Vietnamese language, and recruiting persons with snow-ball procedure. All interviews were conducted separately. The interviewees were all males and all over 30 years old and were previously hunters or even providers of turtles to traders. The interviewees were previously informed of the scope of this study, and their identity was kept anonymous. Each interview lasted on average 40 min., but sometimes it was prolonged up to 2 h, if the person appeared particularly well aware of the status of turtles in his area. All interviews followed the rules of the British Sociological Association. The list of questions addressed during our interviews was as follows: (a) Can you list how many turtles you have seen in this region? Please give their local names; (b) Please describe each species by the following questions: (b1) is this species hard shelled or soft shelled? (b2) What is the shape of the shell? (b3) Does the turtle have serration? (b4) What is the approximate size of the turtle? Does the turtle show a hinge on the plastron? (b5) What are the colours of carapace, plastron, and head (be as much specific as possible)? (b6) Is the turtle long or short tailed? Can the turtle withdraw inside the shell? (c) Where did you normally find the various turtle species? (c1) How much time do you need to spend in the field before you may find the turtle in the wild? (c2) Do
the various turtles live on land or in water (streams or rivers, ponds)? (d) What do you do if you catch a turtle? (d1) If you sell it, how much do you ask for it? We also recorded all turtle individuals that were in the hands of the hunters, and recorded their carapace length, width, and weight.
Field survey
The field survey was carried out by random walking throughout the forest with applying a time-constrained searching effort (Akani et al., 1999a,b). Field surveys were conducted in June and July 2020, at an altitudinal range of 500-1200 m a.s.l. On each field day, the team consisted of six to eight persons including three main researchers and five local assistants (see Electronic Supplement 1). The research was carried out every day from 07:00 h to 17:00 h (Hanoi time). When in the field, the team followed random transects (1.0 km to 4.5 km long depending on the quality of the surveyed habitat) and searched carefully on the ground for the presence of turtles. The searching time was stopped on every instance in which the researchers were not conducting any active searching, e.g. when measuring an encountered turtle. All the individual turtles that were found during the field surveys or caught by local hunters, were examined and identified to the species level (Rhodin et al., 2017), and their positions were recorded with a GPS. For each individual, we recorded carapace length, carapace width, carapace height and weight. Length measurements were taken by a 30 cm calliper with the accuracy at 0.1 cm, while the turtle weight was measured by using a 5-kg scale, with an accuracy of 1 g. After taking their measurements, all the captured turtles were released unharmed back to the same spots we found them (Pham et al., 2018a). To increase the chance to find the aquatic turtle species, we used ten aquatic funnel traps, round shaped and with a size being 60 cm long x 40-cm diameter. The traps were baited with chicken intestine pieces and were set in apparently appropriate habitats along the streams (Pham et al., 2022).
Results
Interview survey
Overall, 88 interviews reported reliable information on the turtle species at the study area. A total of 15 species were described by hunters (Table 1). Three species (Cuora bourreti, Manouria impressa (Gunther, 1882), and Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831) were the most frequently cited species by interviewees, with over 50% of the persons
reporting their presence and accurately describing their characteristics (Table 1). Two species (Cuora cyclornata Blanck, Mccord & Minh Le, 2006, and Pelochelys cantorii Gray, 1864) were mentioned as being present in the area by less than 5% of the interviewees (Table 1). Interviewees reported that these two species were found in the study area up to 20-40 years ago, but no longer existed in the region. Seventeen independent interviewees (19.3% of the total sample) mentioned the presence of Mauremys annamensis (Siebenrock, 1903) (Table 1), but only one of them insisted that he can still encounter this species in the wild. This interviewed hunter reported to still be actively poaching M. an-namensis as the species price was extremely high in 2015-2018. According to this hunter, M. anna-mensis is still present in the swamps situated in-between Thua Thien Hue and Da Nang. Mauremys annamensis was by far the most economically valuable species for the hunters. The price given for each turtle species is the one reported by the interviewees at survey time (2020), except for the price of Mauremys annamensis, M. mutica (Cantor, 1842), and M. sinensis (Gray, 1834), that was relative to 3-4 years ago (Table 1).
Field survey
Nine of the species described by hunters were directly observed during our surveys (Table 1). The morphometric details of each observed individual are given in Electronic Supplement 1. Interestingly, we observed one natural hybrid of Cuora bourreti x C. mouhotii obsti in the village (Fig. S1). This individual was caught from Bach Ma National Park forest. These hybrids were once named Cuora serrata Iverson & McCord, 1992, which is an invalid species name now (Iverson & McCord, 1992; Simison et al., 2005). During the time-constrained field surveys, four species were recorded, namely Cuora bourreti, Manouria impressa, Pelo-discus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835), and Platyster-non megacephalum (found in an aquatic trap; Fig. S3). On 14.04.2019, one M. impressa couple was observed while mating (Fig. 2A,B) and swimming across a forest stream (Fig. 2C,D). Two alien species were also observed, namely Mauremys reeve-sii (Gray, 1831), and Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. S2).
Discussion
Our survey demonstrated that the area of Bach Ma National Park and surrounding territories are still rich in terms of turtle diversity, given that nine
species were directly observed, and six additional species were indirectly recorded in the interviews, although with three species currently extinct or nearly extinct (Cuora cyclornata, Mauremys anna-mensis, Pelochelys cantorii). Thus, the total number of species (n = 15) represents a conspicuous portion of the turtle fauna of the Indo-Burma region (n = 50 species) (Mittermeier et al., 2015). When we compare these results with the scarce available information concerning the turtle communities in other Vietnamese national parks, the Bach Ma National Park emerged as having a remarkably higher species richness. Indeed, Pham et al. (2018a) documented 12 turtle species to occur in Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve (Northern Vietnam), while Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve had recorded so far five species (Luan et al., 2016), and only 11 species were recorded in Phuoc Binh National Park (Thang et al., 2022). Eleven turtle species were also found in the Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in northern-central Vietnam (Pham et al., 2022). It is impossible at the current level of knowledge to understand why the turtle fauna in Bach Ma National Park is richer in terms of number of species than other Protected Areas. These differences might be due to chance and/or methodological artefacts, but it cannot be excluded that they depend on the particular geographic position of Bach Ma National Park. In fact, Bach Ma National Park is located on a mountain ridge in central Vietnam where the country tapers to a narrow belt. Reaching from the mountains of Laos eastward to the coast, this high ridge cuts across Vietnam's coastal plain, dividing the northern and southern flora and fauna and marking the separation between two climatic zones. Thus, the topography and climate would support a great richness of species as a point of contact between the two climatic zones at Bach Ma National Park (Sterling & Hurley, 2008). The habitats within the Bach Ma National Park are generally in a good state of conservation, and this fact is certainly important to explain how rich the specific diversity of tortoises still is. However, since the various species exhibit various habitat preferences, it is important to properly manage and conserve all the mosaic of habitats present, both terrestrial and freshwater. For instance, whereas Cuora bourreti is a forest generalist, Platysternon megacephalum inhabits forest streams with waterfalls above 600 m a.s.l., and Manouria impressa is found only in bamboo mix forests above 800 m a.s.l. (our unpublished observations).
Table 1. Summary of the turtle species recorded during the present study in Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam. Recorded individuals include both the species encountered in the field and those described as present by the interviewees
Species Number of recorded individuals Record type Price range (US$)/kg % described IUCN Red List (2022)
Platysternidae
Platysternon megacephalum 1 * Geoemydidae 86-173 56.8% CR
Cuora bourreti 3 ** 30-39 64.8% CR
Cuora serata 1 ** - - -
Cuora mouhotii 1 ** 21-34 9.1% EN
Cuora cyclornata - - - 3.4% CR
Cyclemys pulchristriata 5 ** 8 22.7% EN
Mauremys annamensis 0 - 3043-4347 19.3% CR
Mauremys mutica 0 - 260-304 15.9% CR
Mauremys sinensis 2 ** 86 34.1% CR
Sacalia quadriocellata 1 ** Testudinidae 95 39.8% CR
Manouria impressa 5 * ** Trionychidae 8-21 60.2% EN
Palea steindachneri 0 - 26-30 25.0% CR
Pelodiscus sinensis 1 * 26-30 30.7% VU
Pelochelys cantorii 0 Alien species - 2.3% CR
Chelydra serpentina 1 ** - - LC
Mauremys reevesii 2 ** - - EN
Note: Currency: 1$ = 23 000VND; % described - percentage of the interviewees who correctly and reliably described a given species out of the total number of interviews (n = 88); * - recorded in the wild, ** - observed in the village.
Fig. 2. Photographic evidence of the threatened Manouria impressa observed mating in Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam (Author: Truong Cam).
Interestingly, we observed the occurrence of a Cuora bourretii x C. mouhotii obstii natural hybrid («Cuora serrata») that is generally rare in the wild. In reptiles, natural hybrids normally tend to occupy intermediate habitats between those of parental species, as has been observed for example in European
vipers (e.g. Martínez-Freiría et al., 2010; Mebert et al., 2015). However, since we observed a single hybrid individual, we cannot conclude whether the same pattern does occur also in «Cuora serrata».
Despite the Bach Ma National Park still contains a remarkable diversity of species, our surveys
also demonstrated that turtles are still being traded regularly in its surroundings. The turtle individuals that were traded around the Bach Ma National Park were certainly illegally caught inside it. These poaching activities are normally conducted with hunting dogs, since the boundaries of the Bach Ma National Park are particularly porous and easy to access for hunters. Moreover, turtle individuals can also be randomly encountered (and collected) by local people entering the protected forest to collect honey from bees (from April to September) and other non-timber forest products. Based on what hunters reported in interviews, the turtle demand is still high, which indicate these reptiles represent a good source of additional income for the hunters. In fact, the average turtle prize is substantially higher if compared to the mean local income (5 US$/day/person in average) (Duc, 2018). In this regard, M. annamensis certainly represents the main poaching target for the hunters, given its very high market value.
Another of the most valued species for the international pet trade is Cuora bourreti, which is illegally traded both within Vietnam and is exported to China (Pham et al., 2018b, 2019). During our interviews, there were several hunters that reported catching C. bourreti quite often during the rainy season (April - October) in order to sell them to traders from Loc Tri district and Phu Loc district. Although, officially, the traders buy just frogs and some common snakes, however they still illegally buy the available turtles and even other wildlife species (e.g. wild pigs, civets). Thus, the main threat to C. bourreti in the study area is the exploitation for the pet trade (Pham et al., 2018b, 2019). According to the interviewees, C. bourreti lives in hilly areas in various forest types, from dense bamboo forests to evergreen forests. This information is also consistent with our field data and shows that this species is likely a habitat-generalist within the forested patches in Vietnam. Interviewees reported that sometimes they found C. bourreti individuals nearby streams, but apparently these turtles rarely enter into the streams, and that this species feeds upon earthworms, insects, and some kinds of forest tree fruits (e.g. Lansium domesticum Correa, Allo-spondias lakonensis (Pierre) Stapf).
Interestingly, two alien species were recorded during our study. One of these two species, the North American Chelydra serpentina, has already been observed in other areas of northern Vietnam (Ducotterd et al., 2023). This species can represent a threat to the sympatric freshwater native
species, and detailed field studies on the co-existence between this species and native ones are urgently needed.
Although most of Bach Ma National Park's turtles are listed in the Vietnam National Protection Law (Decree 84/2021/NB-CP and Decree 64/2019/NB-CP), these species are still heavily traded within the country due to the weak law enforcement. At the local level, we suggest increasing the number of rangers patrolling the study area in the rainy season (from April to September) in order to discourage hunters from poaching turtles. It would also be necessary to list the hunters' names in the villages surrounding the Bach Ma National Park and to convince them to sign an agreement with the local authorities to avoid hunting turtles within the Protected Area. It would also be important to make a list of traders that should be closely monitored by the relevant authorities. This information is not difficult to get as the local people know exactly who are doing the illegal trade (our unpublished data). Although these recommendations have never been applied so far in Vietnam, it is important that they would be applied not only in Bach Ma National Park but also in other Protected Areas in the country, as the same threats turtles are facing in the study area also occur more widely in Vietnam.
Conclusions
Our study clearly documented that the study area is particularly noteworthy, among all the various Protected Areas of Vietnam, because of its high chelonian diversity. However, on the basis of the interviews we have done, it is evident that a conspicuous part of this rich biodiversity has been lost, since two species would have become extinct while one would be very rare today (Mau-remys annamensis). It is necessary that further studies should investigate in detail the local abundance and habitat use of various species in order to develop careful management plans. In fact, so far, no study has ever focused on the behavioural ecology and population dynamics of any turtle species in the study area, thus making any planning of the conservation activities in their support very tentative. We believe that a careful collaboration between scientists (able to better document the ecological characteristics of the species), managers of the Protected Area and rangers is essential for the protection of the Bach Ma National Park's turtles, and that in any case an active collaboration of the hunters must also be sought. In particular,
it would be interesting to try to create an ecotour-ism circuit focusing on turtles within the Bach Ma National Park, using former hunters as guides, and thus converting their ecological knowledge of the turtle species in favour of their conservation.
Acknowledgements
We are indebted with two anonymous referees for the helpful comments on the submitted draft. The research was funded by Rufford Foundation (grant ID: 29699-1) and Turtle Sanctuary Conservation Centre (Paris, France). We are also indebted Dr. Nguyen Manh Ha from the Centre for Nature Conservation and Development and Bach Ma National Park for providing necessary permissions for the survey. We would like to thank Mr. Nguyen Vu Linh (director of the Bach Ma National Park), Vo Tuong Thu, Nguyen Vu Lam (rangers of the Bach Ma National Park), and several local people in supporting the logistic for the survey in Bach Ma National Park.
Supporting Information
Data on turtle records made during the study measurements of individuals (Electronic Supplement 1. Summary of turtle records made during the interview and field survey and their measurements in Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam), and photographs of some turtles (Electronic Supplement 2. Some turtle individuals observed in surveyed villages around and within the Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam) may be found in the Supporting Information.
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ОЦЕНКА СООБЩЕСТВ ЧЕРЕПАХ В НАЦИОНАЛЬНОМ ПАРКЕ БАХ МА, ВЬЕТНАМ
В. Т. Фам12, О. Ле Дюк13, Б. Лепринс1, С. Бордес13, Ш. Дюкоттерд14, В. К. Луу5, Л. Т. Анб, M. X. Нгуйен6, В. О. Лоб, В. Н. Ха2, К. Б. Тран7, Л. Льюизелли8 910
1Центр сохранения заказника черепах, Франция e-mail: t.pham@turtle-sanctuary.org, o.leduc@turtle-sanctuary.org, c.bordes@turtle-sanctuary. org, b.leprince@turtle-sanctuary. org 2Сохранение дикой природы Вьетнама, Вьетнам e-mail: ngoan@svw.vn
3Ассоциированное сообщество дикой природы и охраны окружающей среды, Франция Центр «Эмыс», защита и восстановление черепах, Швейцария e-mail: c.ducotterd@turtle-sanctuary. org 5Национальный университет лесного хозяйства Вьетнама, Вьетнам e-mail: qvinhfuv@yahoo.com.au 6Центр охраны и развития природы, Вьетнам e-mail: ha.nguyen@ccd.org.vn, oanh.lo@ccd.org.vn, mrlethanhan@gmail.com 1 Управление лесного хозяйства Вьетнама, Вьетнам e-mail: baofuv@yahoo.com 8Институт развития, экологии, охраны природы и сотрудничества, Италия 9Государственный университет науки и технологий штата Риверс, Нигерия
10Университет Ломе, Того e-mail: l.luiselli@ideccngo.org
Большая часть исключительно богатого биоразнообразия стран Юго-Восточной Азии сосредоточена в национальных парках и на других особо охраняемых природных территориях (ООПТ), а сообщества черепах с высоким видовым богатством в основном сохраняются преимущественно на этих ООПТ, где их естественные местообитания лучше сохранены. Тем не менее, очень немногие исследования несут информацию о видовом богатстве сообществ черепах на различных ООПТ Вьетнама, который является не только одной из горячих точек разнообразия черепах в мире, но и одной из стран, где их добыча является самой высокой. Целью данной работы было изучение разнообразия черепах в национальном парке Бах Ма (Центральный Вьетнам), в основном, характеризующемся лесистыми холмами и горами с прудами и ручьями различной формы и структуры. В рамках исследования были проведены (1) полуструктурированные опросы охотников, выбранных методом снежного кома в местных деревнях, (2) осмотры особей черепах, находящихся в их руках, и (3) полевых исследований на случайно выбранных трансектах с осмотром различных мест обитания, используемые этими рептилиями. В общей сложности нами обнаружено 15 видов, 14 из которых (93.3%) находятся под угрозой исчезновения согласно международному Красному списку МСОП. Был отмечен природный гибрид видов Cuora bourreti х C. mouhotii obsti (C. «serrata»). На основании опрошенных респондентов, наиболее часто встречались три вида (Cuora bourreti, Manouria impressa, Platysternon megacephalum). Мы пришли к выводу, что для улучшения природоохранного статуса сообществ черепах на местном уровне было бы важно (1) увеличить количество рейнджеров, патрулирующих территорию исследования в сезон дождей (с апреля по сентябрь) и (2) учесть имена охотников в деревнях, окружающих национальный парк Бах Ма, убедив их подписать соглашение с местными властями, чтобы избежать охоты на черепах на данной ООПТ.
Ключевые слова: горный лес, особо охраняемая природная территория, разнообразие, сохранение, черепахи, Юго-Восточная Азия
