Lenya National Park Explained

Lenya National Park
Location:	Bokpyin Township, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
Map:	Myanmar
Coordinates:	11.5833°N 99.3167°W
Area:	1220mi2
Governing Body:	Myanmar Forest Department

Lenya National Park is a proposed national park in Myanmar. It has been proposed since 2002 to be established in the Tenasserim Hills over an area of 680mi2 and extended by 540mi2 in 2004. The area comprises evergreen forest at elevations from 50feetto4078feetft (toft), which is governed by Myanmar's Forest Department. By 2011, the national park was not yet gazetted and its boundaries still not demarcated.^[1]

The endangered Gurney's pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi) was rediscovered in the area of the proposed park in 2003. Large portions of land are being converted to oil palm and timber plantations.^[2]

See also

• List of protected areas in Burma

External links

• Web site: BirdLife International . 2019 . Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lenya. This is an IBA in danger!.

Notes and References

1. Book: Beffasti, L. . Gallanti, V. . Myanmar Protected Areas: Context, Current Status and Challenges . 2011 . Istituto Oikos, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association . Milano, Yangon . Lenya . 54–55 .
2. Eames, J. C. . Hla, H. . Leimgruber, P. . Kelly, D. S. . Aung, S. M. . Moses, S. . Tin, U. S. N. . 2005 . Priority contribution. The rediscovery of Gurney's Pitta Pitta gurneyi in Myanmar and an estimate of its population size based on remaining forest cover . Bird Conservation International . 15 . 1 . 3–26 . 10.1017/S095927090500002X . free .