Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary ( km, ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃស្រែពក, formerly Mondulkiri Protected Forest) is a large wildlife sanctuary in
Mondulkiri Province, eastern
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
established on May 9, 2016, according to Sub-decree No. 85 ANKr.BK.
Formerly, classified as Mondulkiri Protected Forest ( km, តំបន់ព្រៃការពារសម្រាប់អភិរក្សធនធានសេនេទិច រុក្ខជាតិ និង សត្វព្រៃ «មណ្ឌលគិរី»), established on July 30, 2002, according to Sub-decree no. 75 ANKr.BK,
originally with , but was downsized in 2007.
It borders
Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary
Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area covering in eastern Cambodia that was established in 1993. It is heavily forested and straddles Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, and Kratie provinces. It is home to a variety of endangered wildlife such as ...
in the northwest,
O'Yadav National Park in the north,
Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary
Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary ( km, ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃភ្នំព្រេច) is a large protected area in eastern Cambodia that was established in 1993. It is part of maybe the largest protected area complex i ...
in the southwest and
Phnom Nam Lyr Wildlife Sanctuary
Phnom Nam Lyr Wildlife Sanctuary is a large protected area in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, established in 1993. It is close to Village I, Bou Sra Commune near the Pech Chreada District bordering Vietnam.
It covers an area of with elevations ...
in the southeast.
It is part of the largest protected area complex in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
.
References
External
Tigers, Elephants Returning to War-Torn Cambodia Forestby
National Geographic
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Mondulkiri Protected Forest and Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuaryby IAPAD
Wildlife sanctuaries of Cambodia
Protected areas of Cambodia
Protected areas established in 1999
Geography of Mondulkiri province
Forests of Cambodia
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