- Source: Virachey National Park
Virachey National Park (Khmer: ឧទ្យានជាតិវីរជ័យ) is a national park in north-eastern Cambodia covering an area of 3,380.57 km2 (1,305.25 sq mi).
The park is one of only two Cambodian ASEAN Heritage Parks. The park overlaps Ratanakiri and Stung Treng Provinces. The park's flora and fauna are threatened by illegal logging. The administration of the park is the responsibility of the Cambodian Ministry of Environment.
Description
Located in some of the deepest and most isolated jungles of Cambodia, Virachey is largely unexplored and holds a large assortment of wildlife, waterfalls, and mountains. The park comprises dense semi-evergreen lowlands, montane forests, upland savannah, bamboo thickets, and occasional patches of mixed deciduous forest. Most of the area lies above 400 meters up to 1,500 meters.
References
Further reading
Baird, Ian G. "Making Spaces: The ethnic Brao people and the international border between Laos and Cambodia" in the journal Geoforum 41 (2010) 271-281
Baird, Ian G., and Philip Drearden "Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Tenure Regimes: A Case Study from Northeast Cambodia" in the journal Environmental Management Vol. 32, No.5, pp. 541–550
Bourdier, Frederic. The Mountain of Precious Stones: Ratanakiri, Cambodia. The Center for Khmer Studies, Phnom Penh, 2006.
Bourdier, Frederic. "Development and Dominion: Indigenous Peoples of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos." White Lotus Press, Bangkok. 2009.
"Cambodia's Last Frontier Falls" by Stephen Kurczy in the Asia Times Online.
Conservation International Preliminary Report 2007
External links
Virachey National Park in the UNEP-WCMC World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Eco-Tourism in Virachey National Park
Virachey National Park on Facebook
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Virachey National Park
- Tourism in Cambodia
- Ratanakiri province
- Kith Meng
- Jarai people
- Indochinese tiger
- List of mammals of Cambodia
- Small Indian civet
- Leptolalax melicus
- Stung Treng province
