Eco-Tourism
Hlawaga Park
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Location |
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- Located between 17° 01' N and 96° 05' E in
Taukkyan Model Village,Mingaladon Township, Yangon Division.
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| Area
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- 540 acres, comprising a wildlife park (818
acres), a mini-zoo (62 acres) and a buffer zone (660 acres)
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| Year of Establishment |
- Established on 30 September 1982.
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Access |
- (a) Approximately 22 miles north of
Yangon, just west of Yangon_Pyay Road.
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Objectives |
- (a) To establish an enviromental education
centre near Yangon.
- (b) To protect the forests and vegetative
cover in the catchment of Hlawga Lake.
- (c) To establish a representative
collection of Myanmar indigenous wildlife species of mammals, reptiles
and birds, which will be kept under as near as possible natural
conditions in such as a way that they can be readily viewed by visitors.
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| Forest / Vegetative Types |
- (a) Semi-evergreen forests
- (b) Mixed deciduous forests
- (c) Swamp forests
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Wildlife |
- Thamin, hog deer, barking deer, Sambar
deer, rhesus monkey, pythons, pangolin, mythun, all have in the fenced
wildlife park.
- In the mini-zoo, small mammals, birds,
tigers, leopards, bears and estuarine crocodiles are being displayed
more freely in large in spacious cages, aviaries and moated enclosures,
built with modern zoo concept.
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Conservation, Development and Research Programmes |
- (a) Effective protection and management of
degraded forests.
- (b) Establishment and management of buffer
zone plantations.
- (c) Construction of high quality rest
house ''chalets'' which are in hamony with the natural surroundings.
- (d) Establishment of a new Information
Centre.
- (e) Construction of a 5-storied viewing
tower.
- (f)Maintenance of roads, nature tails and of all buildings and
their utilities.
- (g) Research programmes on vegatative
study and ornithological studies on both resident and mgratory birds.
- (h) Enviroment education activities to
create public awarness of enviroment conservation.
- (i) Joint-ventrue development works
between Forest Department and loval private sectors for all-round
development of Hlawga park.
- (j)Development of one 18-hole golf course of international
standard in the buffer zone of the park.
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Opportunities for Study and Recreation
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- (a) Study nature conservation activities
in Myanmar.
- (b) Observing ecological study on Thamin,
hog deer, barking deer,sambar deer, etc., in their natural state.
- (c) Enjoyment of out-door recreation such
as picnic sites, traditional huts, boats and elephant rides.
- (d) Conducting individual or group
bird-watching activities with assistance from experienced bird-watchers
of the park.
- (e) Study a previously human-disturbed and
degarded forest, gradually restoring itself into a well grown natural
forest, over a time-span of 20 years.
- (f) Recreation in high quality ''chalets''
built by the Forest Department.
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