1) On November 29: Black-shanked Douc Langur club held an activity of waste collection and cleaning the area around Long Doan and Truong Tho Pagodas located on Takou mountain. Purposes of this activity are

• To contribute to make beautiful and clean scenery area

• To direcly enhance awareness of  tourists, local authorities, cable-car companies, etc. This activity also aims to promote 6 green clubs in secondary schools.

Figure 1: Waste collection of Black-shanked Douc Langur members

2) On December 6, 2009, 2 green clubs of Tan Thuan and Ham Minh Secondary schools coordinated with Black-shanked Douc Langur Club to organize a picnic in Bung Thi Hot Spring (at the center of Takou Natural Reserve). Purposes of the picnic are:

• Biodiversity introduction of Takou Nature Reserve

• As the experiment for club members to acknowledge the role of vegetation in preventing erosion and controlling water flow with handmade tools. The experiment also help the children to know the significant role of forest in ensuring ecological balance. Useful games for them are such as games named"Who are we?", "Find places of living”, etc.

• Enhance knowledge for the club members about biodiversity.

Figure 2: Experiment on the role of vegetation

Figure 3: Experiment on purification of tree roots

Figure 4: Experiment on “erosion and  flow control”

3) On December 10, Black-shanked Douc Langur Club organized the exchange with Tan Thanh Secondary school. This is also the last one among 6 secondary schools closing the exchange program to proceed preparation activities for environment and biodiversity competition.

Figure 5: Exchanges between two clubs: Ham Minh and Tan Thuan secondary schools.

Figure 6: Exchange program of Tan Thanh Secondary School’s Club