Mondulkiri_Protected_Forest

Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary

Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary

Protected area in eastern Cambodia


Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary (Khmer: ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃស្រែពក, formerly Mondulkiri Protected Forest) is a 372,971 ha (1,440.05 sq mi) large wildlife sanctuary in Mondulkiri Province, eastern Cambodia established on May 9, 2016, according to Sub-decree No. 85 ANKr.BK.[2]

Quick Facts Location, Nearest city ...

Formerly, classified as Mondulkiri Protected Forest (Khmer: តំបន់ព្រៃការពារសម្រាប់អភិរក្សធនធានសេនេទិច រុក្ខជាតិ និង សត្វព្រៃ «មណ្ឌលគិរី»), established on July 30, 2002, according to Sub-decree no. 75 ANKr.BK,[2] originally with 429,438 ha (1,658.07 sq mi),[3] but was downsized 56,467 ha (218.02 sq mi) in 2007.[4] It borders Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary in the northwest, O'Yadav National Park in the north, Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in the southwest and Phnom Nam Lyr Wildlife Sanctuary in the southeast.[1]

It is part of the largest protected area complex in Southeast Asia.[5]


References

  1. Protected Planet (2018). "Mondulkiri Protected Forest". United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 26 Dec 2018.
  2. "WWF Cambodia office". WWF. Retrieved 2009-08-30.

External



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Mondulkiri_Protected_Forest, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.