Nat Ma Taung National Park -
Year of Declaration: | 2012 |
Area (hectares): | 72,300 |
Area and Location: |
Kampetlat, Matupi, and Mindat Townships, Myanmar.
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Description: |
Features Mt. Victoria (Khaung Neu Thom or Earth Mother Goddess), the highest mountain in Chin Hill, Chin State; well-known for its floral biodiversity, and was known as a “plant hunter’s paradise”.
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Habitat Types: |
Lowland dipterocarp forest; hill evergreen forest; moist upper mixed deciduous forests, pine forest and hill savannah.
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Unique Flora: |
Potentilamontis victorade; Rhododendron burmanicum and R. cuffeanum, Roseoea australis; Hyponodopis spatulata; rare orchids and mosses.
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Unique Fauna: |
White-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae); serow (Capricomis sumatrensis); gibbons; Himalayan black bear; and lizard (Calotes chinollium).
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Ecotourism Destination and Activities: |
Mt. Victoria, site of many traditional customs; the Chin people with their own unique traditions; Chin National Day celebrated annually on February 20 to show traditional Chin arts and crafts, sports competitions like traditional archery ; women folk with tattooed faces; Aye Sakan and Chin villages to see Y-posts showing record of significant events and dates in the family’s life, trophy boards inside the house and stone slabs; other activities include mountain climbing, trekking, bird watching, observing endemic and rare flora and fauna, and orchid tours.
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Biological Richness: | • 2,500 species of plants • 35 species of orchids • 152 species of mosses • 31 species of mammals • 300 species of birds • 106 species of reptiles and amphibians • 77 species of butterflies • 35 species of beetles |