The Revelator - Minh Nguyen

Minh Nguyen

is working to conserve the large-antlered muntjac amongst the brilliant diversity of the Annamite region. Minh and her team’s work is supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) and the Saola Working Group, and is conducted using permits granted through a collaboration between Nong Lam University and the Chu Yang Sin National Park. Minh is currently a Ph.D. student at Colorado State University, supported by scholarships from the AAUW – International Fellowship, the Wildlife Conservation Network and Colorado State University, where she hopes to gather as much support as she can to change the fate of the species she loves. She’s also passionate about education, particularly empowering new generations of conservationists, and continues to mentor undergraduate students back home in Vietnam. When networking with conservation colleagues, she always tries to find opportunities for people new to conservation to get involved.

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Species Spotlight: The Large-Antlered Muntjac Faces a ‘Quiet Extinction’

This critically endangered, fanged deer species is losing out to the snaring crisis in Laos and Vietnam.

June 4, 2021

Minh Nguyen

This critically endangered, fanged deer species is losing out to the snaring crisis in Laos and Vietnam.