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= Summary =

<div style='float: right'>{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers=OpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMap|20.922784, 104.759137~[[Long Luong Commune]]~''Nomascus leucogenys''}}</div>
* Northern white-cheeked gibbons (''Nomascus leucogenys'') are present in Long Luong Commune.
* Two groups are reported to inhabit the site (one group confirmed through a survey).
* The gibbon population trend is unknown.
* The size of the area is unknown.
* Key threats to gibbons are hunting and shifting agriculture leading to forest fragmentation.
* Conservation activities are not documented.





= Site characteristics =

The site is located in northern Vietnam.

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Long Luong Commune'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Site_characteristics-table"
|Species
|''Nomascus leucogenys''
|-
|Area
|
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|Coordinates
|Lat: 20.922784 , Lon:  104.759137
|-
|Type of site
|Non-protected area
|-
|Habitat types
|Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
|-
|Type of governance
|
|}

[[Types of sites]] [[Governance types]] [[Habitat types]] 
= Ape status =

In 2011, a short survey documented one out of two gibbon groups that had been reported at the site by local villagers. The groups are located on either side of a valley entirely used by local communities (Rawson et al. 2011). Village interviews indicate that the gibbons in the site are white-cheeked gibbons; however, field observations were not able to confirm this. Furthermore, museum specimens of N. concolor were collected in a nearby area (Long Sap Commune) in 1963 (Rawson et al. 2011).

'''Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Long Luong Commune'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Ape_status-table"
!Species
!Year
!Total number groups (95% CI)
!Density [groups/km²] (95% CI)
!Total number indiv. (95% CI)
!Area
!Method
!Source
!Comments
!A.P.E.S. database ID
|-
|''Nomascus leucogenys''
|2011
|
|2
|
|Long Luong Commune, unknown size of area
|Interviews
|Rawson et al. 2011
|One group was confirmed during a short survey; based on interviews with local villagers, there are two groups.
|
|}

[[Sampling methods]] [[Analytical frameworks]] 
= Threats =

The population is no longer viable, being so small and the two groups separated from one another (Rawson et al. 2011). Wildlife in the area are threatened by hunting and shifting agriculture, which has left small isolated patches of forest. Several years ago, local villagers of Mong ethnicity protected local gibbon groups because they were perceived as harmless and there was a local superstition that killing gibbons can bring bad luck (Rawson et al. 2011).

'''Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Long Luong Commune'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Threats-table"
!Category
!Specific threats
!Threat level
!Description
!Year of threat
|-
|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
|Present (unknown severity)
|Shifting agriculture leading to forest fragmentation (Rawson et al. 2011).
|Ongoing (2011)
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|Present (unknown severity)
|Hunting in the area from outsiders (Rawson et al. 2011).
|Ongoing (2011)
|}

[[Threats]] 
= Conservation activities =



= Challenges =



'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Long Luong Commune'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Challenges-table"
!Challenges
!Specific challenges
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|
|Not reported
|
|
|}

[[Challenges]] 
= Enablers =



'''Table 6. Enablers reported for Long Luong Commune'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="enabler-table"
!Enablers
!Specific enablers
!Source
!Year(s)
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|1 Site management
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|2 Resources and capacity
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|3 Engaged community
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|4 Institutional support
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|5 Ecological context
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|6 Safety and stability
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|}

[[Enablers]] 
= Research activities =



= Documented behaviours =



'''Table 7. Behaviours documented for Long Luong Commune'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviours-table"
!Category
!Behavior
!Observation type
!Prevalence
!Observation dates
!Source
!Habituation
!Species
!Comment
|-
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|Not reported
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|}

[[Behaviours]] 
= Exposure to climate change impacts =



= External links =



= References =

Rawson, B. M, Insua-Cao, P., Nguyen Manh Ha, Van Ngoc Thinh, Hoang Minh Duc, Mahood, S., Geissmann, T. and Roos, C. 2011. The Conservation Status of Gibbons in Vietnam. Fauna & Flora International/Conservation International, Hanoi, Vietnam.



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