Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary

Location

Located
between 10° 05′ N and 95° 18′ E in Bogalay Township of Ayeyawaddy Division.

Area

Year

of Establishment

Access

Yangon
to Boglay, 99 miles by river launch and Boglay to Meinmahla Kyun, 12

miles, by small mothorboat.

Objectives

(a) To
protect and conserve degraded mangrove ecosystem from overexploitation

by human.
(b) To
preserve remnant mangrove forests, consisting of 29 different tree species,

as seed production areas for plantations.
(c) To
conserve and manage the are as breeding grounds, particularly, for fish

and prawn.
(d) To
implement conservation programmes for endangered estuarine crocodiles

o increase their population and to conduct research activities on the

species.
(e) To
establish a bird sanctuary for protection of resident and migratory

water birds and shore birds and their habitats.
(f) To
upgrade and promote as and ecotourism with attraction on mangrove conservation

activities, research activities on estuarine crocodiles and bird watching.
(g) To
establish area creatively as an environmental education centre for local

people.

Forest

/ Vegetative Types

Mangrove
species such as Kanazo, Madama, Thame, Thayaw, Kambala, Thinbaung, etc.

are present.

Wildlife

Conservation,

Development and Research Programmes

(a)
Conservation of mangrove ecosystem.
(b) Implementation
of conservation activities including reintroduction of estuarine crocodile

and related research activities.
(c) Conservation
of mangrove forests with natural regeneration practices.
(d) Re-introduction
of estuarine cricodiles, after nursing the young brood in the research

centre, to increase their population.
(e) Implementation
of environmental education activities.
(f) Construcion
of wooden tracks in forests.

Opportunities

for Study and Recreation

(a) Study
on mangrove ecosystem.
(b) Study
and research on mangrove conservation with the practice of natural regeneration

method.
(c) Bird
watching.]
(d) Study
on behavior of wildlife including reptiles, mammals and aquatic animals.
(e) Study
on the egg-layinf of marine turtle at Kadonlay nesting beach: 10 miles

away from tje sanctuary, during November to January.
(f) Conducting
of socio-economic survey on local people at seaside.
(g) Accommodation
for 6 persons at Bogalay, 5 persons at Meinmahla kyun and 5 persons

at a guard post in the sanctuary.

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