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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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| Year of Establishment |
- Established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1941 and opened as a
national park in 1984.
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Access |
- (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 |
- (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 |
- (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 |
- 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 |
- (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 environmental 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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