The Effect of Climate Change and Natural Disasters on Mangrove Forests in Xuan Thuy National Park: Proposed Adaptation Measures for Mangrove Forests

Quang Van Nguyen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81207-2_14

Abstract

AbstractXuan Thuy National Park (XTNP), the first Ramsar site in Southeast Asia, is located in a low-lying coastal region in Nam Dinh Province of Vietnam. Most of the core zone of the XTNP is comprised of mangrove forests, which are inhabited by 222 indigenous and migratory bird species, 202 plant species, 386 invertebrate species, and 154 fishes (Fig. C4.1). Many of these species are rare, including nine endangered birds that are listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, have been recorded and sighted in the XTNP. The endangered birds are Western Curlew, Black-faced Spoonbill, Saunders’s Gull, Painted Stork, Asian Dowitcher, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Spot-billed Pelican, Nordmann’s Greenshank, and Chinese Egret (MONRE 2020).

Highlights

Xuan Thuy National Park (XTNP), the first Ramsar site in Southeast Asia, is located in a low-lying coastal region in Nam Dinh Province of Vietnam
Interviews conducted with national park leaders, local government leaders, local residents, and statistical data show that the number and intensity of typhoons and extremely hot days has increased in recent years in the XTNP (MCCD 2020)
As the XTNP is located in a low-lying coastal region, the park could be at risk from sea level rise

Summary

Introduction

Xuan Thuy National Park (XTNP), the first Ramsar site in Southeast Asia, is located in a low-lying coastal region in Nam Dinh Province of Vietnam. Due to the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and other natural disasters, mangrove forests in many areas of the XTNP have been degraded. Lecturers and students in the master’s program in Climate Change and Development (MCCD) at VNU Vietnam Japan University conducted fieldwork and surveys in the XTNP in October 2020 (MCCD 2020).

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