Local people and Forest Protection Rangers
The DLF with the support of various funding agencies has trained rangers and local people from Son Tra Nature Reserve and Chu Mom Ray National Park in techniques of protection, monitoring and law enforcement. Poaching, hunting and illegal trade are a constant threat to all endangered animals in Vietnam and the douc is no exception. Trained local forces are the best protection for the animals and the forest and the DLF has been actively supporting these trainings since 2007.
Primary and Secondary School Education
At Son Tra Nature Reserve:
In 2011 DLF started school education programs in several primary and secondary schools of Danang. It is our aim to support programs in all communes adjacent to Son Tra Nature Reserve. Some of the schools that have taken our classes are: Tu Trong, Nguyen Phan Vinh, Nguyen Tri Phuong and Nguyen Chi Thanh.
Our programs cover basic concepts of biodiversity, conservation and protection of endangered species with the Douc Langur as the flagship species. Thousands of students have learned about the Douc Langur and new conservation concepts in our classes.
At Chu Mom Ray National Park:
Recently we have expanded our school programs to schools that are near Chu Mom Ray National Park. Our programs have been expanded to include the critically endangered gibbons which occur in the national park.
