Decision 39/2002/QĐ-TTg

To expand Yok Don national park with the total acreage of 115,545 ha, of which the strictly protected sub-area occupies 80,947 ha, the ecological rehabilitation sub-area, 30,426 ha, and the administrative service sub-area, 4,172 ha.

The buffer area of the to-be-expanded Yok Don national garden shall cover 133,890 ha.

Objectives and tasks of Yok Don national garden are:

- To protect the diversified and rich forest resources and forest ecological systems within the planned boundaries of the national garden;

- To conserve the scientific values of typical fauna and flora systems of the Central Highlands;

- To build and develop the material base of the national garden, to create conditions for research into and conservation of typical fauna and flora of the Central Highlands; and at the same time to facilitate the promotion of scientific research cooperation at home and abroad in service of the training and study tours;

- To exploit the advantages of natural landscapes for development of ecological tourism, create jobs for people in the region, help them participate in tourist service activities in order to improve their living conditions, contribute to local socio-economic development, ecological environment protection as well as protection of security in border areas of the country.- (Summary)