Eco-Tourism
Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary
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Location |
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- Located between 23'36' N and 92'32' E in
Kanbula Township of Sagaing Division.
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Access |
- (a) Yangon via Manadalay to Chatthin, 502
miles by rail.
- (b) Yangon via Mamdalay to Shwebo, 577
miles by car, Shwebo to Chatthin, 80 miles by car.
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Objectives |
- (a) To conserve and protect the Dry Forest
Ecosystem and related biological species.
- (b) To preserve one of the World's
endangered animals, Thamin spp. (Cervus eldi Thamin) which can be
found only in Myanmar and to maintain an optimum number for the
existence of this species.
- (c) To estiblish an out-door laboratory to
study the ecology of Thamin and the biodiversity.
- (d) To estiblish a center for public
recreation and natural environmental education.
- (e) To upgrade the sancturay to promote
ecotourism.
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Forest / Vegetative Types |
- (a) Low Indaing Forests.
- (b) High Indaing Forests.
- (c) Flooded Indaing Forests.
- (d) Upper Mixed Deciduous Forests.
- (e) Grass Savanna Matric Forests.
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Wildlife |
- Macaca species, barking deer, wild boar,
wild dog, leopard, cat species, bats and Guano species, amphibian
species and 158 species of birds and approvimately 1530 numbers of
Thamin reside in the park.
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Medicinal Plants and Herbs |
- Altogether 69 species of medicinal plants
and herbs have recorded in the latest inventory survey.
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Conservation, Development and Research Programmes |
- (a) Conservation of wildlife and natural
forests.
- (b) Establishment of natural regeneration
and plantation in the buffer-zero and taungya encroachment areas.
- (c) Construction of rest houses in Kye-In
to facilitate ecotourism schemes.
- (d) Education works for conserving natural
ecology with the assistance and aid of the Smithsonion Institution from
the United Ststes of America.
- (e) With the assistance and aid of
Smithsonian Institution,
- Commencing from 1995, research works on data collection by
Radio-telemetry and other advance techniques have been carried out
for the World endangered species; Thamin and its ecology.
- Research works on Dry Forest habitat
species and their phenological charecteristics are begin conducted.
- Commencing from 1996, Bird banding and survey on the occurence
and movement of resident forest birds in the dry forest have been
carried out.
- Commencing from July, 1998, research on Herpeto-fauna has been
carried out.
- Initiating insect servey sicne October, 1998.
- Commencing from April, 1998, research on Taw-Hkwe and other
carnivorous. Wild dogs, the main predators to Thamin, are being
carried out.
- (f) Establishment of a small boidiversity
museum with survey works, research works and collection of data and
scientific speciments.
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Opportunities for Study and Recreation
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- (a) Study of the Dry Forest ecosystem.
- (b) Enjoyment of the natural beauty of the
famous Kye-In wetlans.
- (c) Study on the advance research works on
wildlife.
- (d) Study on the medicinal plants, climber
and biodiversity museum in chatthin Wildlife sanctuary.
- (e) Rest house in San Myaung and another
temporary building, each of which can accomodate 4 guests.
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