Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
ဟူးကောင်း ချိုင့်ဝှမ်း တောရိုင်းတိရစ္ဆာန်ဘေးမဲ့တော
Kachin,SagaingWildlife Sanctuary
Designation TypeNational
Established Year2004
Area (ha)-
Ecosystem and Topology
Bio unit9b. Terrestrial
Bio unit NMyanmar Subtropical
Habitat typesEvergreen Forest,Hill and Temperate Evergreen Forests,Mixed Decidous Forest
Other Attributes
Designation Date
3/6/2004
Status
Declared
Protection level
Total
Site governance
Federal or national ministry or agency
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
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
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 Wildlife Sanctuary Cumulative EVI anomaly over time
Conservation
Research
Education
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Instruction: The visualization shows threats that are impacting each protected area. According to IUCN, direct threats are the proximate human activities or processes that have impacted, are impacting, or may impact the the status of the taxon being assessed. Click of the highlighted icons to see details each threat category.
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