How Vietnam's Khe Nuoc Trong forest is being helped along by Western consumers

By Lucy Cormack
Updated July 24 2016 - 2:08pm, first published 12:15am
Vietnam's Khe Nuoc Trong forest has retained just 30 per cent of its original natural vegetation. Photo: Truong Van Vi
Vietnam's Khe Nuoc Trong forest has retained just 30 per cent of its original natural vegetation. Photo: Truong Van Vi
The Body Shop has pledged to protect and regenerate 75 million square metres of damaged habitat. Photo: Truong Van Vi
The Body Shop has pledged to protect and regenerate 75 million square metres of damaged habitat. Photo: Truong Van Vi
The 20,000-hectare evergreen lowland forest is considered a biodiversity hotspot.
The 20,000-hectare evergreen lowland forest is considered a biodiversity hotspot.
Red-shanked Douc Langur in the kitchen of a restaurant less than 10km from Khe Nuoc Trong. Photo: Viet Nature Conservation Centre
Red-shanked Douc Langur in the kitchen of a restaurant less than 10km from Khe Nuoc Trong. Photo: Viet Nature Conservation Centre
A red-shanked douc in the Khe Nuoc Trong forest. Photo: Truong Van Vi
A red-shanked douc in the Khe Nuoc Trong forest. Photo: Truong Van Vi
A Pig-tailed macaque caged in a local restaurant. Photo: Viet Nature Conservation Centre
A Pig-tailed macaque caged in a local restaurant. Photo: Viet Nature Conservation Centre

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