Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary

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Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) [1]
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Location Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, and Kratie, Cambodia
Nearest city Banlung
Coordinates 13°19′18″N106°55′11″E / 13.32178191°N 106.91986103°E / 13.32178191; 106.91986103 Coordinates: 13°19′18″N106°55′11″E / 13.32178191°N 106.91986103°E / 13.32178191; 106.91986103
Area2,514.68 km2 (970.92 sq mi) [1]
Established1993 [1]
Governing bodyMinistry of Environment

Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area covering 2,514.68 km2 (970.92 sq mi) in eastern Cambodia that was established in 1993. [1] It is heavily forested and straddles Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, and Kratie provinces. It is home to a variety of endangered wildlife such as banteng, tiger, gaur, dholes and sun bear, as well as leopards, Eld's deer, sambar deer, muntjacs and wild pigs. In addition, a number of rare birds are present: surveys have confirmed the presence of green peafowl, greater and lesser adjutant storks, sarus cranes, oriental pied hornbills, giant ibises, white-shouldered ibises, milky and wooly-necked storks, and vulture sp. (slender-billed and white-rumped), which are increasingly rare in most of South and Southeast Asia.

Cambodia Southeast Asian sovereign state

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

Ratanakiri Province Province in Cambodia

Ratanakiri, officially Ratanak Kiri, is a province of northeast Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Mondulkiri to the south and Stung Treng to the west and the countries of Laos and Vietnam to the north and east, respectively. The province extends from the mountains of the Annamite Range in the north, across a hilly plateau between the Tonle San and Tonle Srepok rivers, to tropical deciduous forests in the south. In recent years, logging and mining have scarred Ratanakiri's environment, long known for its beauty.

Mondulkiri Province Province in Cambodia

Mondulkiri, officially Mondul Kiri, is a province (khaet) of Cambodia. Bordering the provinces of Kratié to the west, Stung Treng to the northwest, Ratanakiri to the north and the country of Vietnam to the east and south, it is the most sparsely populated province in the country despite being the largest in land area. The province was created in 1961 from the eastern part of Kratié Province. The capital is the town of Senmonorom.

A Chinese company is planning to build a dam on the Srepok river, which would flood the surrounding villages and inundate more than a third of the sanctuary.

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References

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