Vietnam: Biological and Cultural Diversity

From its tropical forests to its mountains and coral reefs, Vietnam is home to an amazing diversity of plants and animals — including many species found nowhere else in the world. 

It’s also the most culturally diverse country in Southeast Asia, with more than 50 different ethnic groups, each with its own language. Internationally Isolated for much of the 20th century, Vietnam is now a fascinating destination for biologists, anthropologists and tourists alike—and changing fast.

Video SciCafe: The Search for Slow Lorises Protecting an endangered primate in Vietnam.   Amphibians and Reptiles of Mainland Southeast Asia The CBC's research and conservation work in the heart of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot - an enormous and geographically complex... Video Surveying Vietnam Will Vietnam's biodiversity vanish faster than biologists can document it? Article Biodiversity Science in Vietnam Vietnam harbors an astonishing range of habitats, from rain forests and dry forests to mangroves and coral reefs. It's also home...   Small Mammals of Mainland Southeast Asia Addressing knowledge gaps about the regional diversity and natural history of mainland Southeast Asia's small mammals.

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