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Help Protect Mekong's "Biological Treasure Trove"
MTCO supports WWF's assertion that economic development and environmental protection must go hand-in-hand to alleviate poverty and protect the region's "biological treasure trove".
More than 1,000 new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong region in the last decade, according to a new report launched by WWF.
Among the species recorded were the largest huntsman spider in the world, a shocking-pink millipede, and a rat thought to have been extinct for 11 million years.
Most of the species were discovered in Mekong's unexplored jungles and wetlands, which are "enigmatic and beautiful", according to Dr Thomas Ziegler, Curator at the Cologne Zoo.
"It doesn't get any better than this," said Stuart Chapman, Director of WWF's Greater Mekong Programme. "This reaffirms the Greater Mekong's place on the world map of conservation priorities."
The report, entitled 'First Contact in the Greater Mekong', recommends a formal, cross-border agreement by the governments of the Greater Mekong to protect the biodiversity of the region.
Download 'First Contact'. (PDF 5.8 MB)
This story appeared in the November/December edition of the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office's 'Mekong Tourism Update' e-newsletter.
MTCO supports WWF's assertion that economic development and environmental protection must go hand-in-hand to alleviate poverty and protect the region's "biological treasure trove".
More than 1,000 new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong region in the last decade, according to a new report launched by WWF.
Among the species recorded were the largest huntsman spider in the world, a shocking-pink millipede, and a rat thought to have been extinct for 11 million years.
Most of the species were discovered in Mekong's unexplored jungles and wetlands, which are "enigmatic and beautiful", according to Dr Thomas Ziegler, Curator at the Cologne Zoo.
"It doesn't get any better than this," said Stuart Chapman, Director of WWF's Greater Mekong Programme. "This reaffirms the Greater Mekong's place on the world map of conservation priorities."
The report, entitled 'First Contact in the Greater Mekong', recommends a formal, cross-border agreement by the governments of the Greater Mekong to protect the biodiversity of the region.
Download 'First Contact'. (PDF 5.8 MB)
This story appeared in the November/December edition of the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office's 'Mekong Tourism Update' e-newsletter.
