{"id":29615,"date":"2026-04-14T20:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/?p=29615"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:09:33","slug":"strengthening-protection-for-the-grey-shanked-douc-langur-in-tam-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/strengthening-protection-for-the-grey-shanked-douc-langur-in-tam-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Protection For The Grey-Shanked Douc langur In Tam My"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2026, <strong>Next Continent<\/strong> was honored to be invited to a conservation conference hosted by local conservation organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenvietcenter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GreenViet<\/a>. The event focused on leading sustainable solutions to better protect the critically endangered <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/grey-shanked-douc-langur-tour\/\">Grey-shanked Douc Langur<\/a> <strong>(Pygathrix cinerea)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29618\" style=\"width: 896px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29618\" src=\"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/green-viet-blog-.jpg\" alt=\"Three people holding a document at a conservation conference on grey-shanked douc langurs in Vietnam\" width=\"896\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/green-viet-blog-.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/green-viet-blog--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/green-viet-blog--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/green-viet-blog--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/green-viet-blog--1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A meaningful moment for the Next Continent team with ASEAN Biodiversity Hero <a href=\"https:\/\/nbca.gov.vn\/gs-tskh-dang-huy-huynh-ban-sac-tam-hon-viet-nam-trong-tung-he-sinh-thai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u0110\u1eb7ng Huy Hu\u1ef3nh<\/a>, a true legend in Vietnam\u2019s conservation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The conference brought together more than 50 delegates from every corner of Viet Nam, including primatologists, scientists, local representatives, and managers, all working together to assess the challenges and develop solutions. Endemic to Vietnam, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/kingdom-of-doucs-primate-photography-tour\/\">Grey-shanked Douc Langur<\/a><\/strong> is a strictly protected species listed in both the <a href=\"http:\/\/vnredlist.vast.vn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam Red Book<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the global Red List<\/a>. With only around 500-700 individuals remaining in the wild, the species is under serious threat from habitat loss, poaching, and other human-related activities.<\/p>\n<p>The conference highlighted much positive progress for the local population (results driven by the efforts of <a href=\"https:\/\/greenviet.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GreenViet<\/a>, as well as local vanguard teams acting through forest monitoring, setting up camera traps, preventing poaching threats, and raising awareness. As a result of early work, the local population of <strong>Grey-shanked Douc Langur<\/strong> has shown signs of recovery, increasing from <strong>69 individuals in 2022 to 75 in 2024<\/strong>. The presence of young individuals has also been recorded, showing a positive sign that the species is breeding successfully.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29620\" style=\"width: 815px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29620\" src=\"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Green-Viet-x-NC-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Woman speaking into a microphone during the conservation conference on grey-shanked douc langurs in Vietnam\" width=\"815\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Green-Viet-x-NC-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Green-Viet-x-NC-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Green-Viet-x-NC-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Green-Viet-x-NC-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Green-Viet-x-NC-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Green-Viet-x-NC-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Next Continent member shared ideas on developing sustainable accommodation and community-based tourism to support conservation efforts for the endangered Grey-shanked Douc Langur in Tam My.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From a local perspective, participants shared the view that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/grey-shanked-douc-langur-conservation-in-tam-my-greenviet-next-continent-partner-for-sustainable-ecotourism\/\">Tam My<\/a><\/strong> continues to show strong potential for rewilding and further protection efforts, as well as an opportunity to develop ecotourism that is actively linked with conservation and community livelihoods. However, increasing public awareness and strengthening cooperation among authorities, conservation organisations, and local communities remain an essential step towards long-term and valuable protection of this species (which is the true and ultimate goal).<\/p>\n<p>By learning from experts and sharing our own knowledge on conservation minded ecotourism, Next Continent hopes to continue building strong partnerships that aim at developing sustainable opportunities that support forest protection and the conservation of all biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the beginning! Stay with us.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2026, Next Continent was honored to be invited to a conservation conference hosted by local conservation organization GreenViet. The event focused on leading sustainable solutions to better protect the critically endangered Grey-shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix cinerea). The conference brought together more than 50 delegates from every corner of Viet Nam, including primatologists, scientists, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[714,717,240,716,719,718,715,720,712,713],"class_list":["post-29615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-news","tag-community-based-ecotourism","tag-greenviet","tag-grey-shanked-douc-langur","tag-primate-conservation","tag-pygathrix-cinerea","tag-responsible-wildlife-tourism","tag-sustainable-tourism","tag-vietnam-primates","tag-vietnam-wildlife","tag-wildlife-conservation-vietnam"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29623,"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615\/revisions\/29623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcontinenttours.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}