Project History

Background Information 

Taninthayi Nature Reserve Project (TNRP) is a collaborative project initiated in 2005, aims at conserving tropical rain forests and its constituent biodiversity in Yebyu Township of Dawei District of Taninthayi Region. Tanintharyi Nature Reserve (TNR) is located in Kalainaung (Yephyu) and Dawei Townships, Dawei District and lie between Dawei River and Thailand- Myanmar broundary. 

It encompasses an area of (420,060) acres with part of Heinze-Kalainaung Reserve Forest and Lu Wine Reserve Forest. In order to conserve the tropical evergreen ecosystem and native flora and fauna in north and east part of Tanintharyi Nature Reserve, Forest Department has been implementing the TNRP project with the collaboration of Mottama Gas Transportation Company (MGTC), Tanintharyi Pipeline Company (TPC) and Andaman Transportation Limited (ATL) as funding agencies.

Goals of TNRP

The two major goals of the project are;

  • To ensure the sustainable protection of Tropical Evergreen forests and its endangered wild endemic plants and animals
  • To promote the participation of local people in conservation of TNR with appreciated manner on value of biodiversity by supporting for the sustainable socioeconomic and livelihood improvement of local people.

 

Project Area Basic Information 

Coverage and Location 

The Taninthayi Nature Reserve is situated in the Taninthayi Region, Dawei district, between the Dawei river and Myanmar-Thailand border, between latitudes 14° 20' 50" and 14° 57' 55" North and between longitudes 98° 5' 10" and 98° 31' 32" East. Administratively, its location is in the Yebyu and Dawei townships of Dawei district in the northern part of Taninthayi region in southern Myanmar. The northern border of the reserve adjoins Mon State and the southern border is with Myitta subtownship. The eastern border is sharing with Thailand border and the western part is along the closed path to Dawei  river.

The area of Taininthayi Nature Reserve is approximately (420,060 ac) (1,699 square kilometers) comprising (208,240 ac) of Luwaing Reserved Forest and (211,837 ac) of Heinze-kaleinaung Reserved Forest. The length of TNR boundary is about 171 miles and a total of 175 boundary pillars were well demarcated around the nature reserve except the eastern boundary of Myanmar-Thailand border area.

 
Forest Cover

According to the Forest Resource Assessment (FRA-2020), the forest cover status of TNR is:

  •  Closed Forest – 46.67 %

  •  Open Forest -     29.76 %
       

Fauna

According the diverse habitats types in Taninthayi Nature Reserve, the following fauna species are able to be recorded as follows;

  • Mammal Species 67 spp.

  • Bird Species 244 spp.

  • Amphibians 30 spp.

  • Reptiles 36 spp.
     

Flora 

According to the surveys in Taninthayi Nature Reserve (TNR), the following flora species have been recorded;

  • Tree species 384 spp.

  • Bamboo species 30 spp

  • Rattan Species 17 spp.

  • Orchid Species 90 spp.

  • Medicinal plant 382 spp.