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The Region
The Greater Mekong Subregion
The Greater Mekong Subregion comprises Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand,
Vietnam, and Yunnan province of China. The biodiversity conservation
landscape of
ADB defines 9 main biodiversity conservation corridors for maintaining
sustainable development of the subregion's ecosystem. The Western Forest
Complex, marked as #1 on the following map, is one
of them.
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The Greater Mekong Subregion,
map ADB
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The Western Forest Complex
Straddling two countries - Thailand and Myanmar - and comprising of 19
national parks and wildlife sanctuaries (see map below), the region of Western Forest
Complex is a unique area of one of the largest protected territories in
South East Asia.
Apart from unique
flora and fauna habitat, consisting of big mammals (tigers, elephants,
primates and other), more then 400 species of birds, hundreds of species of
reptiles and plants, it is an important watershed area for 6 of the 25 major
river basins in Thailand.
You can continue here to learn more about
the protected areas of the Western Forest Complex.
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Western Forest Complex - protected and
inhabited areas, map
ADB
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