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The Nam Phouy National Biodiversity Conservation Area is a protected area in Sainyabuli Province, Laos. It is named after Nam Phouy village, also known as "Nam Phoun" and is one of the 21 National Biodiversity Conservation Areas established by the Lao government. The NBCA is located in the forested mountains of the Luang Prabang Range close to the border with Thailand and is part of the Luang Prabang montane rain forests ecoregion.[1]

Nam Phouy is home to many wild Asian elephants.[2] The reservoir area of lower Nam Phoun dam is partly within the Nam Phouy NBCA.[3]

The area is little patrolled, which makes the enforcement of conservation measures difficult; the elephant monitoring in the Nam Phouy National Biodiversity Conservation Area needs to be improved.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Luang Prabang montane rain forests
  2. ^ UNOSAT Map
  3. ^ Elefant-Asia
  4. ^ Improving Elephant Patrols in Lao PDR
  • Ecotourism Laos – Protected Areas
  • "Luang Prabang montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  • Global Tiger Recovery Program
  • Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
  • Protected Planet
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