Hukaung Valley (Extension) Wildlife Sanctuary

ဟူးကောင်း ချိုင့်ဝှမ်း တောရိုင်းတိရစ္ဆာန်ဘေးမဲ့တော

Sagaing,Kachin
National Designation

Wildlife Sanctuary

Designation Type

National

Established Year

2010

Area (ha)

20448

Ecosystem and Topology

Bio unit

9b. Terrestrial

Bio unit N

Myanmar Subtropical

Habitat types

Mixed Decidous Forest,Evergreen Forest,Hill and Temperate Evergreen Forests

Other Attributes

Designation Date

27/5/2010

Status

Declared

Protection level

Total

Site governance

Joint governance

Management authority

Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division

Description

Hukaung valley wildlife sanctuary is situated in Northern Forest Complex of Myanmar. In combination with its extension, the site is the world’s biggest tiger reserved area. However, over 3,500 km² inside the PA extension are occupied by commercial plantations. The two sites are managed as one protected area and share staff and infrastructure

Natural Resources

The area has been created with the purpose of conserving the tigers and their habitat. The area is mostly covered by evergreen forest (typical). Mixed deciduous forest (moist upper), hill forest (evergreen) and hill forest (pine forest) are the other forest types of the site. Checklists of 40 mammals and 140 birds are available at the park warden’s office.

Key species

Monitoring

Cumulative EVI Anomaly

The enhanced vegetation index (EVI) is an 'optimized' vegetation index designed to enhance the vegetation signal with improved sensitivity in high biomass regions and improved vegetation monitoring through a de-coupling of the canopy background signal and a reduction in atmosphere influences. Landsat Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) is similar to Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and can be used to quantify vegetation greenness. However, EVI corrects for some atmospheric conditions and canopy background noise and is more sensitive in areas with dense vegetation.

Hukaung Valley (Extension) Wildlife Sanctuary Cumulative EVI anomaly over time
Main purposes

Conservation

Research

Education

Recreation

Ecotourism

references

Resources

Myanma Protected Areas: Context,Current Status, and Challenges

This publication presents the information collected on Myanmar protected areas (PAs), with the objective of mobilising national and international support for cost-effective initiatives, innovative approaches and targeted research implemented by non-State actors in collaboration with authorities and communities in sites needing priority
conservation actions.