Had Chao Mai Marine National Park - Ta Libong Island Non-Hunting Area - Trang River Estuaries

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Had Chao Mai Marine National Park - Ta Libong Island Non-Hunting Area - Trang River Estuaries

  • Country: 
    Thailand
  • Site number: 
    1182
  • Area: 
    66,313 ha
  • Designation date: 
    14-08-2002
  • Coordinates: 
    07°21'N 99°24'E
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Overview

Had Chao Mai Marine National Park - Ta Libong Island Non-Hunting Area - Trang River Estuaries. 14/08/02; Trang Province; 66,313 ha; 07°22'N 099°24'E. Includes National Park. Three connected wetland ecosystems with riverine, estuarine, and coastal wetlands, including mangroves and nypa, sand beach and rocky marine shores, mud flats, coral reefs and seagrass beds. The site supports at least 212 bird species, some of them vulnerable or endangered, as well as 75 species of fish, most of them of economic importance, and dugongs. The healthiest and most richly diverse seagrass ecosystem in Thailand, the Marine Park is home to eight species of seagrass. Inshore and offshore fisheries are locally important, and both small- and large-scale tourism is encouraged by white sandy beaches, coral reefs, and other attractive features. Potential threats are considered to come from agricultural encroachment, illegal timber logging, destructive fishing practices, and discharge of waste water upstream in the Trang River. Ramsar site no. 1182. Most recent RIS information: 2001.

Administrative region: 
Trang Province

  • National legal designation: 
    • Marine National Park - Had Chao Mai
    • Non-Hunting Area - Ta Libong Island
  • Last publication date: 
    14-08-2002

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