Efforts made to protect My Son Sanctuary ecosystem
The management board for My Son world cultural heritage site is coordinating with relevant parties in planting markers to delineate the boundary between the landscape conservation area and local residents' cultivation land to prevent encroachment and preserve the habitats of animals and plants in the conservation area.
Quang Nam (VNA) – The management board for My Son world culturalheritage site is coordinating with relevant parties in planting markers todelineate the boundary between the landscape conservation area and local residents'cultivation land to prevent encroachment and preserve the habitats of animalsand plants in the conservation area.
The landscape protection zone for the My Son Sanctuary, aworld cultural heritage site in the central province of Quang Nam, covers morethan 1,160ha of land, including over 1,100ha of natural forests, in Duy Phu andDuy Hoa communes of Duy Xuyen district.
Forests in this zone are currently home to 37 mammalspecies, including some listed in the Vietnam Red Data Book like Sunda slowloris, Sunda pangolin, wildcat, and small Indian civet.
They also harbour 238 plant species, including criticallyendangered ones such as “cho den” (Parashorea stellata), “gien trang” (Xylopiapierrei), “thanh nganh nam” (Cratoxylum cochinchinense), and “thanh nganh dep”(Cratoxylum formosum).
In addition to border demarcation and marker planting, the managementboard has also coordinated with schools to regularly organise education sessions to raise awareness in the community about conservation and preventionof illegal hunting and exploitation, thus contributing to the protection ofhistorical and cultural relic sites, conservation and development of forestecosystems, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
Once the religious and political capital of the ChampaKingdom, My Son Sanctuary is located within a hilly landscape in Duy Phucommune of Duy Xuyen district, about 70km southwest of central Da Nang city and40km from Hoi An ancient town of Quang Nam.
The sanctuary, comprising of eight groups of 71 monumentsbuilt between the 7th and the 13th century, was recognised as a world culturalheritage site by UNESCO in 1999./.
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My Son Sanctuary (Photo: VNA) 
