Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary

Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary
Burmese: အင်းလေးကန် တောရိုင်းတိရစ္ဆာန် ဘေးမဲ့တော
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Entrance to the sanctuary
Location in Myanmar
Location	Nyaungshwe, Pinlaung and Pekon Township, Shan State, Myanmar
Coordinates	20.13°N 96.56°E / 20.13; 96.56
Area	533.73 km^2 (206.07 sq mi)[1]
Established	1985
Governing body	Myanmar Forest Department

Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Shan State, covering an area of 533.73 km² (206.07 sq mi) surrounding Inle Lake.^[1] It ranges in elevation from 830 to 1,270 m (2,720 to 4,170 ft), stretching over Nyaungshwe, Pinlaung and Pekon Townships. It was gazetted in 1985 to protect habitats for migratory birds.^[2] In 2003, it was designated as one of the ASEAN Heritage Parks, and in 2015 as the first Biosphere Reserve in the country.^{[citation needed]}

255 woodland birds, 90 wetland birds, 59 fish species, 3 turtle species, 94 butterfly species, 25 amphibian and reptile species,^[3] and several plant species including 184 orchid and 12 algae species are recorded in this wetland. It was reported that this Sanctuary could be a nesting place for the globally endangered sarus crane.^[4]

References

1. World Database on Protected Areas (2019). "Inlay Lake Wildlife Sanctuary". Protected Planet.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Beffasti, L.; Gallanti, V., eds. (2011). "Inlay Lake". Myanmar Protected Areas: Context, Current Status and Challenges (PDF). Milano, Yangon: Istituto Oikos, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association. pp. 38–39.
3. Pyae Thet Phyo (27 June 2014). "New bird sightings reported at Inle, Indawgyi lakes". mmtimes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
4. "Myanmar's Inle Lake inscribed as Unesco 'biosphere reserve'". thaipbs. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

External links

• BirdLife International (2019). "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Inle Lake".