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While Nam Et-Phou Louey achieved its initial fame due to it containing the last population of tiger in Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam); due to intensified international demand and encroachment of the park by large scale cattle grazing, this population was fully extirpated somewhere between 2014 and 2018 though the decline began earlier than that. In addition to tigers, over-hunting and cattle encroachment have also led to the extirpation of leopards (''Panthera pardus''), gaur (''Bos gaurus''), and nearly of elephants. The task of the park’s management unit is to discourage illegal market hunting and wildlife trade and cattle encroachment to prevent further species loss from the landscape. The strategy for doing so includes: ranger patrolling of the Totally Protected Zone and surrounding landscape, negotiating with local governments and communities for conservation outcomes, outreach campaigns to the surrounding communities, scientific monitoring of species of interest, land-use planning for surrounding communities, livelihood development of sustainable livelihood alternatives to market hunting and cattle encroachment, and eco-tourism.

While Nam Et-Phou Louey achieved its initial fame due to it containing the last population of tiger in Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam); due to intensified international demand and encroachment of the park by large scale cattle grazing, this population was fully extirpated somewhere between 2014 and 2018 though the decline began earlier than that. In addition to tigers, over-hunting and cattle encroachment have also led to the extirpation of leopards (''Panthera pardus''), gaur (''Bos gaurus''), and nearly of elephants. The task of the park’s management unit is to discourage illegal market hunting and wildlife trade and cattle encroachment to prevent further species loss from the landscape. The strategy for doing so includes: ranger patrolling of the Totally Protected Zone and surrounding landscape, negotiating with local governments and communities for conservation outcomes, outreach campaigns to the surrounding communities, scientific monitoring of species of interest, land-use planning for surrounding communities, livelihood development of sustainable livelihood alternatives to market hunting and cattle encroachment, and eco-tourism.

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'''Table 1. Basic site information for Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park'''

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park'''

= Challenges = <!-- Overview of challenges in ape conservation -->

= Challenges = <!-- Overview of challenges in ape conservation -->

The primary challenge in NEPL is that while appropriate natural resource laws exist they are rarely, if ever, enforced. Infrastructure projects and private businesses easily avoid conducting proper Environmental Impact Assessments and are able to sidestep regulations concerning the park, resulting in concessions unfavorable to the park's conservation mandate and roads and other access into vital habitat which boost agricultural and livestock encroachment and poaching of protected species. Smaller scale, local encroachment (usually in the form of cattle grazing and accompanying cattle settlements) is not prevented or punished by local authorities and is thus not discouraged; therefore this exploitation is carried out by a growing proportion of the surrounding community. Poaching and illegal trade is enforced to a greater degree but the resulting fines or other punishments are usually dropped to a fraction of their legal minimum, often resulting in the benefits of these activities far outweighing the potential legal consequences.

The primary challenge in NEPL is that while appropriate natural resource laws exist they are rarely, if ever, enforced. Infrastructure projects and private businesses easily avoid conducting proper Environmental Impact Assessments and are able to sidestep regulations concerning the park, resulting in concessions unfavourable to the park's conservation mandate and roads and other access into vital habitat which boost agricultural and livestock encroachment and poaching of protected species. Smaller scale, local encroachment (usually in the form of cattle grazing and accompanying cattle settlements) is not prevented or punished by local authorities and is thus not discouraged; therefore this exploitation is carried out by a growing proportion of the surrounding community. Poaching and illegal trade is enforced to a greater degree but the resulting fines or other punishments are usually dropped to a fraction of their legal minimum, often resulting in the benefits of these activities far outweighing the potential legal consequences.

'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park'''

'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park'''

=External links=

=External links=

 

===Relevant datasets===

===Relevant datasets===

[http://apesportal.eva.mpg.de/database/archiveMap A.P.E.S Portal]

[http://apesportal.eva.mpg.de/database/archiveMap A.P.E.S Portal]