 FRIENDS of Wildlife (FOW)
conducted a workshop on the
preservation of the Myanmar
golden deer and Chatthin wildlife
sanctuary in cooperation
with Norway Environmental
Agency (NEP) at Shwe Si
Myaing hall, Kanbalu District
cooperative office, Sagaing Region,
on 9 July.
“The workshop was conducted
with the aim of identifying
the current difficulties
with regard to drawing up an
administration project on the
preservation of the Myanmar
golden deer and Chatthin wildlife
sanctuary, to get effective
information on drawing up a
conservation project, which
can effectively provide security
to the Myanmar golden deer
and Chatthin wildlife sanctuary,
and to cooperate with local residents
after enhancing their
knowledge on the conservation
of the Myanmar golden deer
and Chatthin wildlife sanctuary,”
said U Min Swe, administrator
of the wildlife sanctuary.
Chatthin wildlife sanctuary
was established as a forest
protection area on 19 June
1941, covering an area of 66,560
acres. However, 2295.58 acres
of farming, village and religious
land, which belonged to three
villages, were excluded from
the sanctuary.
Now, 4264.42 acres remain
and are located in Kanbalu
Township in Kanbalu District
and Kawlin Township in Katha
District.
There were over 3,000
golden deer in Chatthin wildlife
sanctuary in 2000. Now, the
golden deer are facing extinction and only 889 deer live in the
sanctuary.
The golden deer is a rare
species of deer found in Myanmar,
mostly in the Shwesettaw
and Chatthin wildlife sanctuaries.
The sanctuaries have been
conserved for over 77 years, he
added.
The workshop was attended
by district management committee
chairman U Kyaw Zarni
Lwin and committee members,
township management committee
chairman U Zaw Naing Win
and departmental staff, officials
from Kyunhla Township departments
and administrators and
local residents from over 30 villages
near the Chatthin wildlife
sanctuary.
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