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Location
Located between 10'05' N and 95'18' E in Bogalay Township of Ayeyawaddy Division.

Area
52.79 square miles.

Year of Establishment
Established in 1986.

Access

• Yangon to Bogalay, 99 miles by river launch and Bogalay to Meinmahla Kyun, 12 miles by small motorboat.

Objectives

• To protect and conserve degraded mangrove ecosystem from overexploitation by human.
• To preserve remnant mangrove forests, consisting of 29 different tree species, as seed production areas for plantations.
• To conserve and manage the area as breeding grounds, particularly, for fish and prawn.
• To implement conservation programs for endangered estuarine crocodiles to increase their population and to conduct research activities on the species.
• To establish a bird sanctuary for protection of resident and migratory water birds and shore birds and their habitats.
• To upgrade and promote as an ecotourism with attraction on mangrove conservation activities, research activities on estuarine crocodiles and bird watching.
• To establish area creatively as an environmental education centre for local people.

Forest/vegetative Types

• Mangrove species such as Kanazo, Madama, Thame, Thayaw, Kambala, Thinbaung, etc. are present.

Wildlife
Otter, sambar, hog deer, wild boar, crab-eating kra, wild dog, turtles and tortoises, estuarine crocodiles, fish, prawn, crab and 34 bird species are known to occur in the area and Ayeyawaddy Dolphin is said to occur occasionally in the area.

Conservation, Development and Research Programmes

• Conservation of mangrove ecosystem.
• Implementation of conservation activities including reintroduction of estuarine crocodile and related research activities.
• Conservation of mangrove forests with natural regeneration practices.
• Re-introduction of estuarine crocodiles, after nursing the young brood in the research centre, to increase their population.
• Implementation of environmental education activities.
• Construction of wooden tracks in forests.

Opportunities for Study and Recreation

• Study on mangrove ecosystem.
• Study and research on mangrove conservation with the practice of natural regeneration method.
• Bird watching.
• Study on behavior of wildlife including reptiles, mammals and aquatic animals.
• Study on the egg-laying of marine turtle at Kadonlay nesting beach: 10 miles away from the sanctuary, during November to January.
• Conducting of socio-economic survey on local people at seaside.