Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary

25°29′N 97°10′E / 25.483°N 97.167°E / 25.483; 97.167Area122.07 km² (47.13 sq mi)^[1]Established1927^[1]Governing bodyNature and Wildlife Conservation Division

Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Kachin State, covering 122.07 km² (47.13 sq mi) at an elevation of 155–665 m (509–2,182 ft) in Myitkyina Township.^[2]

Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary was initially demarcated with an area of 670 km² (260 sq mi). Between the early 1960s and 1993, its size was reduced because of the expansion of sugar cane plantations, deforestation due to security reasons, construction of roads, railways and settlements. Wildlife diminished as a result.^[3]

The sanctuary harbours the orchid species Malaxis latifolia, Arundina graminifolia, Spathoglottis affinis and Spathoglottis plicata.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b World Database on Protected Areas (2019). "Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary". Protected Planet.
^ Beffasti, L.; Gallanti, V., eds. (2011). "Pidaung". Myanmar Protected Areas: Context, Current Status and Challenges (PDF). Milano, Yangon: Istituto Oikos, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association. pp. 78–79.
^ Khaing, U. S. T. (2002). "The Assessment and Evaluation of Conservation Value of Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary" (PDF). In Guangwei, C. (ed.). Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas: Conservation through Dialogue. Kathmandu, Nepal: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. pp. 177–183.
^ Naing, K. W.; Aye, S. M. "Terrestrial Orchids from Southern Kachin State" (PDF). Universities Research Journal. 4 (1): 21–34.^{[dead link]}