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Myanmar Protected Areas: Context, Current Status ... - Istituto Oikos

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HPONKANRAZI<br />

Site ID 6<br />

Locality Kachin State; Putao, Machanbaw and Naungmon Townships<br />

Coordinates N27° 38’, E97° 16’<br />

Size (km²) 2,704<br />

Altitude (m. asl) 295 – 5,165<br />

<strong>Myanmar</strong> category Wildlife Sanctuary<br />

IUCN category IV<br />

Site Governance Forest Department<br />

Boundaries Demarcated<br />

Year gazetted 2003<br />

Protection level Total<br />

Main purposes Conservation, Research/ Education, Recreation/ Ecotourism<br />

Habitat<br />

Key resources<br />

Alpine Shrubs, Mountainous Temperate Forest, Hill Forest<br />

(Pine), Mixed Deciduous Forest (Moist Upper)<br />

Barking Deer, Birds spp., Eastern Hoolock Gibbon, Red<br />

Goral, Small Asian Mongoose, Wild Dog<br />

Legend of topographic maps<br />

Head Quarters<br />

Ranger Post<br />

Towns<br />

<strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Areas</strong><br />

State/Region Boundaries<br />

Roads<br />

Water areas<br />

Rivers<br />

Elevation<br />

5.800 m. asl<br />

0 m. asl<br />

Legend of satellite maps<br />

Water Depth Vegetation Density<br />

Deep<br />

Shallow<br />

High<br />

Low<br />

HTAMANTHI<br />

Site ID 7<br />

Locality Sagaing Region, Homalin and Kamti Townships<br />

Coordinates N25° 25’, E95° 32’<br />

Size (km²) 2,151<br />

Altitude (m. asl) 105 – 2,465<br />

<strong>Myanmar</strong> category Wildlife Sanctuary<br />

IUCN category IV<br />

Site Governance Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division<br />

Boundaries Demarcated<br />

Year gazetted 1974<br />

Protection level Total<br />

Main purposes Conservation, Research/Education<br />

<strong>Myanmar</strong> <strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Areas</strong><br />

32 33<br />

Habitat<br />

Key resources<br />

Evergreen Forest (Typical), Mixed Deciduous Forest<br />

(Moist Upper)<br />

White-winged Duck, Asian Elephant, Tiger, Western<br />

Hoolock Gibbon, Masked Finfoot, Sumatran and Javan<br />

Rhinoceros (extinct since 1980)<br />

Legend of topographic maps<br />

Head Quarters<br />

Ranger Post<br />

Towns<br />

<strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Areas</strong><br />

State/Region Boundaries<br />

Roads<br />

Water areas<br />

Rivers<br />

Elevation<br />

5.800 m. asl<br />

0m. asl<br />

Legend of satellite maps<br />

Water Depth Vegetation Density<br />

Deep<br />

Shallow<br />

High<br />

Low

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