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

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PYIN-O-LWIN<br />

Site ID 34<br />

Locality Mandalay Region, Pyin-O-Lwin Township<br />

Coordinates N 22° 00’, E 96° 30’<br />

Size (km²) 127<br />

Altitude (m. asl) 975 -1,210<br />

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

IUCN category IV<br />

Site Governance Forest Department<br />

Boundaries Demarcated<br />

Year gazetted 1918<br />

Protection level Total<br />

Main purposes Conservation, Research/ Education<br />

Habitat Hill Forest (Evergreen)<br />

Key resources Green Peafowl, Barking Deer, Grey Peacock Pheasant<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 />

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

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