This list of
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
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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 ...
includes
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 ...
s, wildlife sanctuaries and botanical gardens that were established since 1927.
National parks
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Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park is a national park in Myanmar covering . It was established in 1989 and is listed as one of the ASEAN Heritage Parks. It spans an elevation of in the Kani and Mingin Townships in Sagaing Region.
History
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Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
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Hkakaborazi National Park
Hkakaborazi National Park is a national park in northern Myanmar with an area of . It was established in 1998.
It surrounds Hkakabo Razi, the highest mountain in the country.
It ranges in elevation from comprising evergreen forest and mixed de ...
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Kachin State
Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, specifically and respectively); Sh ...
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Lampi Island Marine National Park
The Lampi Island Marine National Park is a marine national park in Myanmar covering . It was established in 1996. It encompasses Lanbi Island and several smaller islands in the Mergui Archipelago, comprising coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves ...
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Tanintharyi Region
Tanintharyi Region ( my, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; Mon: or ; ms, Tanah Sari; formerly Tenasserim Division and subsequently Tanintharyi Division, th, ตะนาวศรี, RTGS: ''Tanao Si'', ...
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Natmataung National Park
Natmataung National Park is a national park in Myanmar covering . It was established in 2010 and is listed as one of the ASEAN Heritage Parks. In elevation, it ranges from surrounding Nat Ma Taung in Mindat and Kanpetlet Townships, Chin State
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Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. The Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur t ...
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Popa Mountain National Park
Popa Mountain National Park is a national park in Myanmar covering . It was established in 1989. In elevation, it ranges from surrounding Mount Popa in Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region
Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတို ...
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Mandalay Region
Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering ...
Wildlife sanctuaries
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Bumhpa Bum Wildlife Sanctuary in Kachin State,
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Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary
Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Sagaing Region that was established in 1941, stretching over an area of . It is located in Kanbalu Township.
Fauna
Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary provides habitat for Eld's deer. The Indoch ...
in Sagaing Region,
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Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary
Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary is a large protected area in northern Myanmar. It was established in 1974 in the Sagaing Region.
It is located between the Chindwin River in Hkamti District and the Uyu River, with of the area in Homalin Township, an ...
in Sagaing Region,
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Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in northern Myanmar, covering . It was established in 2004 and extended to its present size in 2010.
It was initially gazetted in 2004 with an area of in Tanaing Township and extended to Kamain ...
in Kachin State, plus extension of
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Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary is a biosphere reserve in Myanmar, covering . It ranges in elevation from encompassing the surroundings of Indawgyi Lake in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State. It was gazetted in 2004, is recognized as an Important ...
in Kachin State,
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Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary in
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
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Kahilu Wildlife Sanctuary
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Kyauk Pan Taung Wildlife Sanctuary in
Chin state
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. The Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur t ...
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Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary
Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary ( my, ကေလာသ တောရိုင်းတိရစ္ဆာန် ဘေးမဲ့တော, alternatively spelt as Kaylartha Widlife Sanctuary) is a protected area in Myanmar stretching over . It was estab ...
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Mon State
Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...
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Kyaikhtiyo Wildlife Sanctuary
Kyaikhtiyo Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar, stretching over . It covers evergreen and mixed deciduous forests an elevation of in Kyaikto Township. It was established in 2001 to conserve the biodiversity around the Kyaiktiyo Pa ...
in Mon State,
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Loimwe Protected Area
Loimwe Protected Area is a protected area in Myanmar's Shan State, covering . It ranges in elevation from and harbours dry hill forest interspersed with pine trees. It was established in 1996 and is managed by the Forest Department of Kengtung To ...
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Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
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Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary
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in Sagaing Region,
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Mein-ma-hla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary
Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar with an extent of and one of the ASEAN Heritage Parks. Meinmahla Kyun is an island in the Ayeyarwady Delta ranging in elevation from and covered by mangrove forest. It was decla ...
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Ayeyarwady Region
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...
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Minwuntaung Wildlife Sanctuary
Minwuntaung Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar, covering . It was established in 1971. It ranges in elevation from in Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region. It provides habitat for Indian hog deer (''Hyelaphus porcinus'') and Indian mu ...
in Sagaing Region,
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Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary in Mandalay Region,
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Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary in Bago Region,
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Moscos Islands Wildlife Sanctuary in Tanintharyi Region,
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Mulayit Wildlife Sanctuary
Mulayit Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Kayin State, covering . It ranges in elevation from and encompasses grassland, evergreen forest and mixed deciduous forest in Kyain Seikgyi Township. It was gazetted in 1936.
It is locate ...
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Kayin State
Kayin State ( my, ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, ; kjp, ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်, italics=no; ksw, ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, ), also known by the endonyms Kawthoolei and Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The ca ...
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in Shan State,
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Parsar Protected Area in Shan State,
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Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary in Kachin State,
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Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary in Mandalay Region,
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Rakhine Yoma Elephant Reserve
Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range is a protected area in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma mountains, covering about of evergreen and mixed deciduous forest at an elevation of .
Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range was established for the protection of the Asian elepha ...
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Rakhine State
Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady R ...
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Shwesettaw Wildlife Reserve
Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar, covering . It was established in 1985. In elevation, it ranges from and harbours mixed deciduous forest in the Minbu, Pwintphyu, Saytotetaya and Ngape Townships in the Magway Region
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Magwe Region
Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa Del Dam (ပဒ ...
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Shwe-U-Daung Wildlife Sanctuary
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Thamihla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary in Ayeyarwady Region,
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Tanintharyi Nature Reserve in the
Tenasserim Hills,
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Taunggyi Bird Sanctuary in the
Shan Hills,
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Wethtigan Wildlife Sanctuary in Magwe Region,
Nature Parks
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Hlawga Park in northern
Yangon Region
Yangon Region(, ; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the heart of Lower Myanmar, the division is bordered by Bago Region to the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban to the south, and ...
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Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Park in Yangon Region
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National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens in Mandalay Region
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Sein Ye Forest Park in Bago Region
See also
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Deforestation in Myanmar
References
External links
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{{Asia topic, List of protected areas of
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Protected areas