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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

This memorandum of agreement is made and entered into by and
between:

Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam, represented in this
agreement by Nguyen Ba Thu, Director (FIRST PARTY)

and

various European zoos, represented in this agreement by H.
J. Adler, Assistant Director, Munster zoo, Germany (SECOND
PARTY).

Initially

The SECOND PARTY provides US$ 10,000 to Cuc Phuong NP in
l991 for the breeding and re-introduction programme of C.n.
pseudaxis, and provides technical and scientific assistance
to this programme, included to organize the shipment of up
to 15 deers to Hanoi (including transport, building of
crates, documents etc.) and salary for staff of sika deer
breeding farm.

The FIRST PARTY uses this money to expand the population of
C.n. pseudaxis at Cuc Phuong NP and starts construction of
re-introduction enclosures for the eventual release of C.n.
pseudaxis in the park. The FIRST PARTY shall loan l5
Vietnamese Sika Deers for captive breeding to zoos in
Europe.

All export documents (customs declaration, veterinary
certification and export permission by Ministry of Forestry)
should be ready for 10 deers, 5 deers later, by 1st of
December 1991 and organized by the FIRST PARTY.

Creation of a Vietnamese Sika deer Conservation Committee

In the interest of the service and in order to carry out
effectively the provisions of the memorandum of agreement
entered into by and between the Vietnamese partner (FIRST
PARTY) and the European partner (SECOND PARTY) on the
implementation of the sika deer conservation programme, a
committee shall be created composed as follows:

a) Mr. Nguyen Ba Thu Chairman FIRST PARTY
Director
Cuc Phuong National Park
SR Vietnam

b) Mr. Richard Kock Co-Chairman SECOND PARTY
Veterinary Officer
Animal Manager
Whipsnade Park
Dunstable, Beds LU6 2LF
Great Britain

c) Mr. Le Van Tac Member FIRST PARTY
Research Center
Cuc Phuong National Park
SR Vietnam

d) Mr. Dinh Van Tho Member FIRST PARTY
Engineer 
(graduated from HN University, Faculty of Biology)
Cuc Phuong National Park

e) Mr. H. Jorg Adler Member SECOND PARTY
Assistant Director
Zoological Garden
Sentruper Str. 309
D-4400 Munster
Germany

f) Mr. Radoslaw Ratajszczak Member SECOND PARTY
Vice-Director
Zoological Garden
Ul. Browarna 25
61-063 Poznan
Poland

g) Dr. Jean-Marc Lernould Member SECOND PARTY
Director
Parc Zoologique et Botanique
51, rue du Jardin Zoologique
68100 Mulhouse
France

The Vietnamese Sika Deer Conservation Committee shall
perform the following duties and responsibilities:
'

l. Reviews the research and development plan of the
Vietnamese Sika Deer Conservation Programme;

2. Monitors and evaluates the progress of the captive
breeding and research programme at the Cuc-Phuong NP and
European Zoos and makes recommendations for the effective
implementation of the programme;

3. Negotiates the donation of funds for furthering the
conservation of C.n. pseudaxis or of other species or
habitat conservation initiatives in Vietnam, as may be
proposed and agreed by the Committee from any individual or
institution which may participate in the captive breeding
programme for C.n. pseudaxis under the aegis of future
breeding loan extension to those herein named founder stocks
of the 'World Herd' animals;

4. Formulates guideline on the most beneficial way of
disposing donated funds for the C.n. pseudaxis conservation
projects in Vietnam or such other species or habitat
conservation activities as may be agreed by the committee;

5. Sees to it that no C.n. pseudaxis acquired or bred under
the terms of this agreement and therefore registered in the
'World Herd' shall be sold for profit or otherwise disposed
of without the prior consultation and agreement of the
committee; and

6. Maintains a copy of the official STUDBOOK of all C.n.
pseudaxis held outside Vietnam, or other pertinent
documents, reports (published or unpublished) etc. related
to the conservation programme of C.n. pseudaxis

Cuc Phuong, Vietnam, ...... 1991

Nguyen Ba Thu
Director Cuc Phuong NP
FIRST PARTY

H. Jorg Adler
Assistant Director Zool. Garden Munster
IUCN/SSC MVSG
SECOND PARTY

[Hand corrected copy in WWF office, Hanoi.]


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