Route to recognize the world natural heritage
16-07-2020 10:00
In 2012, the Cat Ba archipelago asked the UNESCO to recognize Cat Ba as a world natural heritage.
The application for recognition of Cat Ba as a world natural heritage
consists of 388 limestone islands, ranging from Cat Ba to Long Chau Island. The
proposal is based on 2 criteria 9 and 10 of UNESCO. In which, the typical
criteria for ecosystems, tropical rain forests, mangroves, corals ... all
converge in Cat Ba and have outstanding global conservation value.
In 2017,
re-request UNESCO to recognize Cat Ba as a world natural heritage site. Cat Ba
archipelago of Hai Phong City has once again been nominated for a World
Heritage Site.
In the framework of
association with Ha Long Bay Heritage (Quang Ninh province), Cat Ba archipelago
of Hai Phong City was once again set up a document to nominate the World
Natural Heritage.
Not only as an attractive tourist destination, Cat Ba archipelago is
the most biologically diverse region of Vietnam's waters, a UNESCO World
Biosphere Reserve. Despite a natural area of just over 320 km2 with 388
islands, there are more than 3,800 species of plants and animals, including
many rare endemic flora and fauna species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species, unique ecosystems.
Cat Ba is located in the same
whole and has a close connection of geography and ecosystem with Ha Long Bay.
The opportunity to become a world natural heritage site along with Ha Long Bay
promises to create opportunities for conservation and sustainable development
of this biosphere reserve, bringing Cat Ba tourism to continue taking off.
The progress of preparing the re-nomination dossier for the
World Heritage of Ha Long Bay to expand to Cat Ba archipelago was updated in
the meeting of the Ha Long - Cat Ba Alliance Initiative by the United States
Agency for International Development. recently sponsored and IUCN International
Union for Conservation of Nature. Accordingly, from January 2017, the Ministry
of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent information on the expanded heritage
site to the UNESCO World Heritage Center for inclusion in the List of proposed
heritage sites. Hai Phong City People's Committee will prepare the
re-nomination file and submit the draft to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism to UNESCO in September 2017. The final application file was submitted
on February 1, 2018.
Management of Cat Ba Bays