Tourism in Can Gio, Vietnam Flashcards
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Can Gio, Vietnam
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- Can Gio encompasses diverse habitats including mangroves, wetlands, salt marshes, mud flats and sea grasses. The mangroves contain a high diversity of floral and fauna species
- The mangrove forest in Can Gio hosts the highest diversity of mangrove plant species, mangrove-dwelling invertebrates and mangrove-associated fish and shellfish species in the subregion, and is regarded as the “green lungs” of Ho Chi Minh
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Threats to the Primary Resources in Can Gio, Vietnam
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1) Shrimp Farms
2) New developments - 3000 new homes
3) Deforestation
4) Unregulated Tourism