5 December 2012
Viet Nam Designates National Park as Fifth Ramsar Site
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According to the Ramsar Secretariat, the new site is a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve, is situated at the southernmost tip of the country and supports the largest remaining area of mangrove forests and intertidal mudflats in the Ca Mau Peninsula.

A majority of the mangrove was destroyed during the Viet Nam War and then by conversion to aquacultural ponds and agricultural land.

27 November 2012: The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported that the Government of Viet Nam has named the Mui Ca Mau National Park as its fifth Wetland of International Importance.

According to the Ramsar Secretariat, the new site: is a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve; is situated at the southernmost tip of the country; and supports the largest remaining area of mangrove forests and intertidal mudflats in the Ca Mau Peninsula. A majority of the mangrove was destroyed during the Viet Nam War and then by conversion to aquacultural ponds and agricultural land. Rehabilitation efforts began in the late 1990s.

The site supports many species, including some critically endangered species of animals, and provides important stopover and wintering habitats for a large number of waterbirds. It also includes two BirdLife International Important Bird Areas (IBAs). [Ramsar Press Release]