List of protected areas of Myanmar
Appearance
This is a list of national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and botanical gardens in Myanmar (also known as Burma).[1]
National parks
- Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park in Sagaing Region, Upper Myanmar. It is the largest national park in Myanmar, at 160,500 hectares.
- Hlawga National Park in northern Yangon Region.
- Khakaborazi National Park in Kachin State
- Lenya National Park in Tanintharyi Region, 176,638 hectares
- Lampi Island Marine National Park in the Mergui Archipelago
- Loimwe National Park in Eastern Shan State
- Mount Victoria National Park in Chin State
- Popa Mountain National Park in Mandalay Region
- Tanintharyi National Park in the Tanintharyi Region
Wildlife sanctuaries and reserves
- Bumhpa Bum Wildlife Sanctuary
- Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary in Sagaing Region
- Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in Sagaing Region, the largest Tiger Reserve in the world
- Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary in Kachin State
- Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary in Shan State
- Kahilu Wildlife Sanctuary[2]
- Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary in Mon State[3]
- Kyaikhtiyo Wildlife Sanctuary in the area of the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda[4]
- Lampi Kyun Wildlife Reserve in Southern Tanintharyi Region
- Mein-ma-hla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary
- Minwuntaung Wildlife Sanctuary in Sagaing Region, 200,588 hectares[5]
- Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary [6][7]
- Moneyingyi Wetland Sanctuary in Bago Region
- Moscos Islands Wildlife Sanctuary in the Moscos Islands, 4,918 hectares
- Mulayit Wildlife Sanctuary in the Dawna Range
- Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Park in Yangon Region
- Pasa Wildlife Reserve near Tachileik, Eastern Shan State.
- Pitaung Wildlife Reserve in Kachin State
- Rakhine Yoma Elephant Reserve in Rakhine State, 175,571 hectares
- Sein Ye Forest Park in Bago Region
- Shwesettaw Wildlife Reserve in Magwe Region, 55,271 hectares
- Tamanthi Wildlife Reserve in Sagaing Region
- Tanintharyi Nature Reserve in the Tenasserim Hills
- Taunggyi Bird Sanctuary in the Shan Hills
- Wethtigan Wildlife Sanctuary in Minbu District, Magwe Region, 453 hectares, freshwater wetlands[8][9]
- Wunbaik Forest Reserve in Rakhine State, mangroves, 22,919 hectares
Botanical gardens
- Kandawgyi National Botanical Gardens in Mandalay Region, Upper Myanmar.
See also
References
- ^ National Parks in Myanmar National Parks, Wetlands, botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuaries in Myanmar
- ^ Protected Planet - Kahilu Wildlife Sanctuary
- ^ Protected Planet - Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary
- ^ SST Birding - Kyaikhtiyo Wildlife Sanctuary
- ^ Protected Planet - Minwuntaung Wildlife Sanctuary
- ^ Protected Planet - Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary
- ^ Population status and conservation of the Critically Endangered Burmese Star Tortoise in central Myanmar
- ^ "Burma" Ramsar Wetlands, page 15
- ^ Food and Agriculture Organization (1982) Wethtigan Wildlife Sanctuary: report on a reconnaissance survey and evaluation, July 1982 Nature Conservation and National Parks Project FO:BUR/80/006, Field Report 10/82. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rangoon, Burma