Biodiversity assessment of the Ha Long Bay Heritage Area and proposition of management plans

Objectives

• To inventory the species richness, aquatic resources, ecological conditions and their changes.
  
• To assess the marine biodiversity of Ha Long Bay.
  
• To conduct rapid appraisal of environmental conditions, utilization status, development activities and threats to marine biodiversity.
  
• To propose management plans which includes mapping of marine biodiversity zones in Ha Long Bay and community involvement in management work.

Research Theme

• Biological Uses and Values

Activities

• Collection and assessment of the existing and secondary source data.
  
• Sampling and field survey.
  
• Conduct rapid rural appraisal.
  
• Process data and compute the biodiversity indices using Shannon-Wiener index.

Expected Outcomes

• Assessment of the marine biodiversity, as well as the conditions and problems of communities in Ha Long Bay Heritage area.
  
• Map of marine biodiversity zones in Ha Long Bay.
  
• Management Plan for Ha Long Bay

Indicative Budget

• 58,605 euro

Duration

• Two years

Project site

• Ha Long, Vietnam

ARCBC Remarks

• Links to be strengthened with other ARCBC projects on economics of biodiversity and also as part of the limestone mini-theme and coral restoration projects.

Coordinators