Under the canopy of Ba Mun forest

Nowadays, wildlife in Ba Mun Island, belonging to Bai Tu Long National Park (VQGBTL) is proliferating more and more, which is a joy for conservation, but also perpetually dangerous for forest rangers. of the Park when on patrol, because among them are wild beasts like wild boars and many venomous snakes …
Many wild animals reappeared

According to VQGBTL rangers, by doing well in forest protection, on the other hand, the lives of people in neighboring areas have improved in terms of material, but also in terms of the sense of protecting nature, in recent years. It no longer happens that people enter the forest areas managed by VQGBTL for illegal hunting. So, wild animals have a chance to multiply, especially wild boars. In the summer, wild boars dig holes and lie down to fight the heat. Many tree stumps, land banks were plowed by them. The brothers on duty on the island sometimes wanted to plant a few dozen cassava clusters, but only a few days the pigs were thrown up. A forest patrol by forest rangers on Ba Mun island. When detecting traces of wild animals, they all recorded images to send for analysis. There are many animals that once did not exist, or only discovered traces, now they are present before everyone’s eyes. Most recently, on April 10, 2021, at VQGBTL appeared an individual python. This is a large healthy python species classified by the Vietnam Red Book at CRA1c, d (very endangered). In the wild, they have decreased by up to 80% because they are no longer resident or hunted by humans. In the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), this species is also included in the group of animals banned from exploitation and use. According to Mr. Hoang Manh Hung, Deputy Head of Lach Che Forest Protection Station, VQGBTL Forest Protection Department, where the python was discovered, the python is about 5 meters long and weighs more than 60 kg. The deer that Ba Mun Island rangers spotted when it went to the beach. Earlier on January 8, 2021, Ba Mun island also discovered deer (Cervus unicolor, 1792), which is in danger of going extinct in the wild due to poaching. This deer is classified as VU A1c, d B1 + 2a, and is in need of protection. Deer love to eat by the coast, they swim well and enjoy playing in the water. The deer that the brothers on Ba Mun island discovered while wandering the coast. The deer is about 1.2m tall and weighs about 100kg, when it was discovered that there were people taking pictures, the deer panicked into the sea, so the forest rangers on the island were forced to use motor boats to drive the deer. ashore. The deer swam very well, seeing his body rushed into the sea, but was sent back to the forest. That day the deer went alone, but according to the Ba Mun Island rangers, there was a population of deer on the island, the number of people living is unknown, but they discovered many footprints, traces of soil. crushed by their play or rubbing themselves against the trees of the forest. Life on Ba Mun Island Among the islands of VQGBTL, wild animals are most abundant on Ba Mun island – an island with an area of ​​more than 200 hectares and a length of nearly 20 km in the North-South direction. Previously, Ba Mun was also known as Beast Island, because there were many wild animals on the island. Once (when the VQGBTL was not established) many subjects went there to hunt indiscriminately, making the quantity of animals much less. In 2001, VQGBTL was established, forest protection was strictly implemented, wild animals started to gradually revive, especially wild boars. Wild boars occupy a part of the island. Since ancient times, there were many wild boars here, they dug into the hills to live and this area is called the Pig’s Nest area. The waters here are called Pork Nest. So the life between humans and animals has happened many things, people protect forests and animals, but they don’t know. In the breeding season, many animals are very aggressive. It happened more than a year ago, forest rangers Hoang Manh Ha was attacked by a wild boar while on patrol on Ba Mun island. A wild boar weighing about 1 kg suddenly came out of the bush, causing Mr. Ha to fall. Due to the sudden attack, Mr. Ha instinctively reached out his hand to support him, so he was hit by a pig’s canine, and was severely injured, and had to be taken to the central hospital for treatment. The lizards on Ba Mun island. And it is normal to meet poisonous snakes with rangers on Ba Mun island. In 2009, a concrete road was formed around the island, creating favorable conditions for forest patrol and protection by the forest rangers on the island. So the road becomes a common line between humans and wildlife. Many animals see the road as a place to rest at night. But with poisonous snakes, they stay there night and day. Especially on sunny days, snakes often crawl out in the sun, many snakes look like rotten wood when they first discover them and then get slim and startled. Le Van Luyen, a forest ranger on Ba Mun island recounted, once on the patrol, he came across a large snake estimated to weigh more than a dozen pounds. Mr. Luyen guessed this was a tiger cobra who had lived in the forest for a long time. The snake lay across, but only it was on the 2.5m wide road and could not see the snake’s head and tail. This snake is extremely poisonous, and if bitten by them it is very dangerous to die, because the island is far from the mainland, it is very complicated to go to the emergency room. Mr. Nguyen Huu Manh (Ba Mun island) once slept with a cobra. People slept in bed, snakes slept underneath, only recently discovered. Because Mr. Manh heard a puffing sound under the bed, looking down, there was a cobra nearly 2m long lying down there, extending its neck, puffing out, looking frightened. It takes you hard work to chase the snake into the forest. One day, Manh was walking in the forest and raised his head and saw a very poisonous snake right on top of his head, just taking more steps to make it possible to be bitten to death by the snake. In order to keep the daily life safe, forest rangers have to keep a lot of dogs, both for them to take care of leftovers, and to watch over the house, to watch out for snakes or other animals when they enter the house. sleeping. Every time the brothers went into the forest to patrol, the dogs ran ahead, they discovered the snakes are very clever and alerted them to know beforehand. Conservation work In addition to the animals that exist and live naturally on the island, many years ago, every year, VQGBTL coordinated with a number of departments in the province and Van Don district to release hundreds of macaques with turtles, ba ba , lizards, salamanders to Ba Mun island. These are the wild animals Quang Ninh Customs has collected from loggers, assigned VQGBTL to take care of them healthy and then release them to live on the island. A turtle release session to the natural environment on Ba Mun Island. The rich flora and fauna system, the protection of the NR is even more strengthened, to avoid greedy people, just for self-interest, but despite the destruction of the environment, ecological imbalance … There is a lot of marine forests, the forest rangers are thin, the cost of fuel for each patrol is high, if only relying on the forest rangers is not enough. Therefore, the park staff have proposed community-based measures to protect forests. The VQGBTL Management Board has collaborated with local authorities to replicate environmentally friendly sustainable livelihood models such as aquaculture, tourism development in Minh Chau and Quan Lan communes, in cooperation. with IUCN completing project VCF completing a marine turtle conservation program. From the government’s source, VQGBTL has selected 22 villages of 5 communes located in the core and buffer zones of the Park, thereby investing in helping people to develop production such as providing money for seedlings and seedlings. After receiving the support, people must sign a commitment not to destroy the forest or sea and participate in preventing destructive activities affecting the Park. This work has brought high efficiency, the people have become eyes and ears to help forest rangers stop activities of loggers and pirates. From May 2014, when “The plan for benefit sharing in management, exploitation and sustainable development of natural mollusk resources on wetland of Bai Tu Long National Park” was approved by the Provincial People’s Committee. People were selected to join the benefit-sharing group, and they were handed over snail farming areas. After harvesting, they re-distribute 6% of the products to VQGBTL for conservation purposes, the rest enjoy snail catchers. However, they have to be in charge of continuous monitoring at the scene, to detect strange objects entering the area, to stop and report to the park rangers to settle. With many solutions to protect forests, sea, animals and plants in BTL NP, wild animals grow every year. Along with the diversity of flora and fauna, VQGBTL deserves the title recognized by the ASEAN Heritage Garden in 2016.