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| Aung, S.S.; Shwe, N.M.; Frechette, J.; Grindley, M. | |
| Surveys in southern Myanmar indicate global importance for tigers and biodiversity | |
| 2017 Oryx (51): 13-18 | |
Myanmar's Tanintharyi Region is part of the Indo-Burmese biodiversity hotspot, at the Indochinese-Sundaic faunal transition. This region contains the largest remaining areas of biologically rich Sundaic lowland forest in mainland South-east Asia. Over one third of Tanintharyi Region's remaining lowland evergreen forest falls within the boundaries of the Lenya Proposed National Park and extension, first nominated for National Park status in 2002. These forests are home to the world's largest population of the Endangered Gurney's pitta _Pitta gurneyi_, now endemic to Tanintharyi, and support one of the three most significant tiger _Panthera tigris_ populations in Myanmar. In spite of the known biodiversity value of the area, decades of armed conflict previously restricted access for scientific study and biological monitoring. |
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