Objectives: Cat Tien Secure the boundaries of Cat Tien National
Park and prevent further encroachment by local communities. Stop
wildlife poaching and illegal wildlife trade within the park.
Prevent logging within the park and allow degraded areas to
recover to improve rhino habitat and increase available food
resources for rhinos. Current and Future Objectives Continue
research to gain insights into the population structure of Cat
Tien National Park's Javan rhinos (via fecal DNA analysis, track
analysis, and ongoing photo-trapping), as well as continue
investigations of their food supply and habitat needs. Data will
be integrated into a GIS database for future land-use management
planning. Ongoing ecological and socio-economic research to
assist Vietnamese authorities in revising a conservation
management plan for the entire Cat Tien National Park. The plan
proposes changing park boundaries so that heavily populated and
farmed areas will be located outside the park and its new
boundaries will be commonly agr