Key Biodiversity Areas

Truong Son (12069)
Vietnam, Asia

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2012
National site name: Truong Son
Central coordinates: Latitude: 17.1167, Longitude: 106.5000
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 100 to 1350
Area of KBA (km2): 1843.41791
Protected area coverage (%): 12.50
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes

Site details

Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas) The site has been reviewed and re-confirmed as a KBA in the process of compiling the revised 2011 CEPF Ecosystem Profile for the Indo-Burma Hotspot.
Delineation rationale: Partly in Bac Huong Hoa NR. 02/2008: IBA/KBA crosswalk analysis suggested to split the site into two new sites - Truong Son and Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve - but this path was not followed in the CEPF Ecosystem Profiles of the Indo-Burma Hotspot (2007 & 2012) therefore this suggestion discarded.

Habitats

IUCN HabitatCoverage %Habitat detail
Shrubland33
Artificial - Terrestrial33
Forest33

Threats

Threat level 1Threat level 2Threat level 3Timing
Agriculture & aquacultureAnnual & perennial non-timber cropsShifting agricultureOnly in the future
PollutionIndustrial & military effluentsType Unknown/UnrecordedOnly in the future
Biological resource useLogging & wood harvestingUnintentional effects: subsistence/small scale (species being assessed is not the target) [harvest]Only in the future
Biological resource useHunting & collecting terrestrial animalsUnintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)Only in the future
Transportation & service corridorsRoads & railroadsOnly in the future
Energy production & miningMining & quarryingOngoing