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= Summary =

<div style='float: right'>{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers=OpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMap|20.977205, 103.657088~[[Sop Cop Nature Reserve]]~''Nomascus leucogenys''}}</div>
* Northern white-cheeked gibbons (''Nomascus leucogenys'') are present in Sop Cop Nature Reserve.
* Gibbons are absent in the reserve.
* The site has a total size of 187 km².
* Key threats to gibbons are hunting, logging, and agricultural expansion.
* Conservation activities are not documented.






= Site characteristics =



'''Table 1. Basic site information for Sop Cop Nature Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Site_characteristics-table"
|Species
|''Nomascus leucogenys''
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|Area
|187 km²
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|Coordinates
|Lat: 20.977205 , Lon:  103.657088
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|Type of site
|Protected area (Nature Reserve)
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|Habitat types
|Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
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|Type of governance
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|}

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

In 2011, a group of five individuals was seen in a forest patch of about 300 ha in Sai Khao Village, Muong Cai Commune. However, no gibbons were detected in the nature reserve itself (Rawson et al. 2011). Based on a large mammal survey conducted later in 2011, the population of gibbons in the reserve is now extirpated, but one group of 3-4 individuals was recorded in the buffer zone. Local reports of gibbons had been documented in previous wildlife surveys in the 90s (Rawson et al. 2011).

'''Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Sop Cop Nature Reserve'''
{| 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
|0
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|Sop Cop Nature Reserve
|Unknown
|Nguyen Manh Ha pers. comm as cited by Rawson et al. 2011
|A group of five individuals was seen in a forest nearby.
|
|}

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

The main threats to gibbons and other wildlife in the reserve are hunting, logging, and forest loss due to the expansion of agricultural land; forest fires from human encroachment also occur annually (Rawson et al. 2011).

'''Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Sop Cop Nature Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Threats-table"
!Category
!Specific threats
!Threat level
!Description
!Year of threat
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|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Habitat encroachment as a result of agricultural activities (Rawson et al. 2011).
|Ongoing (2011)
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|5 Biological resource use
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Hunting is common in the reserve (Rawson et al. 2011).
|Ongoing (2011)
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|As of 2011, due to logging and other human activities, the forest area has diminished to approximately 4,000 ha and is increasingly isolated from surrounding forests, including those in Laos (Rawson et al. 2011).
|Ongoing (2011)
|-
|7 Natural system modifications
|7.1 Fire & fire suppression
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Forest fires from land encroachment occur annually (Rawson et al. 2011).
|Ongoing (2011)
|}

[[Threats]] 
= Conservation activities =



= Challenges =



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

[[Challenges]] 
= Enablers =



'''Table 6. Enablers reported for Sop Cop Nature Reserve'''
{| 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 Sop Cop Nature Reserve'''
{| 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.



'''Page created by: '''APES Atlas Team''' Date:''' 2022-05-04