Lenya National Park is a proposed
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. It has been proposed since 2002 to be established in the
Tenasserim Hills over an area of and extended by in 2004. The area comprises
evergreen forest
An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, Live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zone ...
at elevations from , which is governed by Myanmar's Forest Department. By 2011, the national park was not yet
gazette
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In English and French speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name ''Gazette'' since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers ...
d and its boundaries still not demarcated.
The endangered
Gurney's pitta
Gurney's pitta (''Hydrornis gurneyi'') ( th, นกแต้วแร้วท้องดำ) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds in the Malay Peninsula, with populations mainly in Myanmar. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate ...
(''Hydrornis gurneyi'') was rediscovered in the area of the proposed park in 2003. Large portions of land are being converted to
oil palm
''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm ''Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its co ...
and timber plantations.
See also
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List of protected areas in Burma
References
External links
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National parks of Myanmar
Tenasserim Hills
Tanintharyi Region
Important Bird Areas of Myanmar
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