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Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious and an environmental NGO in Myanmar. Although BANCA was officially recognized by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Union of Myanmar on 18 June 2004, BANCA has been active since 2002. BANCA's registered charity number is 1883.
Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary is a 2,150.73 km 2 (830.40 sq mi) large protected area in northern Myanmar. [1] It was established in 1974 in the Sagaing Region. [2]It is located between the Chindwin River in Hkamti District and the Uyu River, with 596.7 km 2 (230.40 sq mi) of the area in Homalin Township, and 1,600 km 2 (600 sq mi) in Hkamti Township.
[1] [2] Myanmar possesses the largest expanse of tropical forest in mainland Southeast Asia, which contains high biodiversity. [3] As of 2010, Myanmar's living forest biomass held 1,654 million metric tons of carbon and over 80 endemic species. [2] Under British rule, Myanmar's forests were logged for timber on an
Scientists have recently discovered a new primate species in Myanmar’s central forest. However, the Popa langur, named after nearby Mount Popa, is tragically already on the verge of extinction.
Mangrove deforestation in Myanmar is usually for commercial uses or resources extraction, and is occurring mainly in 3 different regions: Rakhine State, Ayeyarwady Mega Delta, and Tanintharyi Division.
Lawkananda Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Mandalay Region, covering an area of 0.47 km 2 (0.18 sq mi) and ranging in elevation from 45 to 70 m (148 to 230 ft). It borders the Irrawaddy river close to Bagan and was established in 1995.
This list of protected areas of Myanmar includes national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and botanical gardens that were established since 1927. [1] National parks
Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary (Burmese: ကေလာသ တောရိုင်းတိရစ္ဆာန် ဘေးမဲ့တော, alternatively spelt as Kaylartha Widlife Sanctuary) is a protected area in Myanmar stretching over 22.45 km 2 (8.67 sq mi). It was established in 1942. [1]