- Alungdaw
Kathapa National Park
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Location |
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- Located
between 22′ 25′ N and 94′ 26′ E in Mingin Township of Sagaing Division.
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Area
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Year
of Establishment |
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- Established
as a wildlife sanctuary in 1941 and opened as a national park in 1984.
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Access |
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- (a) Yangon
to Alungdaw Kathapa, 981 miles by car.
- (b) Yangon
to Mamdalay, 400 miles by airway and Mandalay
to Alungdaw Kathapam, 148 miles by car.
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Objectives
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- (a) To
conserve Biodiversity including flora and fauna.
- (b) To
study and research on ecosystem of plants and animals.
- (c) To
mange forest resources, including biodiversity by establishing as a
national park in accordance with the sustainable production policy
of natural resources
- (d) To
promote ecotourism.
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Forest
/ Vegetative Types |
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- (a) Moist
Upper Mixed Deciduous Forests
- (b) Dry
Upper Mixed Deciduous Forests
- (c) Lower
Mixed Deciduous Forests
- (d) Indaing
Forests
- (e) Pine
Forests
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Wildlife |
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- Elephant,
tiger, leopard, gaur, banteng, sambur, barking deer, jungle goat, mountain
goat, bear, wild boar, jungle cat and many kinds of birds inhabit Alungdaw
Kathapa.
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Conservation,
Development and Research Programmes |
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- (a) Conservation
of natural Forests.
- (b) Conservation
of wildlife including tiger,
- (c) Carrying
out research works and Conservation of tiher generations with the assistance
of international organizations.
- (d) Conservation
of all-weather road from Kapaing village to Bayana Camp.
- (e) Conducting
enviromental education programmes.
- (f) Promoting
ecotourism.
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Opportunities
for Study and Recreation |
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- (a) Worship
at the place where Alungdaw Shinmahar Kathpa
has been enshrined.
- (b) Visiting
and conducting research in the least disturbed
forest types.
- (c) Conducting
research on tiger conservation and management.
- (d) Observing
intand avifauna species.
- (e) Study
of the growing condition of Kndaing forest and Pine forest.
- (f) Accommodation
facilities for
– 5 persons in Yinmabin guest house
– 10 persons at the mountain guest
house
– 8 persons in a logged cabin
and 2 hotels
– 5 persons in nearby Kapaing
village.
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