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Lawachara National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Lawachara National Park
Map showing the location of Lawachara National Park
Location in Bangladesh
LocationMoulvibazar District, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
Nearest citySreemangal
Coordinates24°19′11″N 91°47′1″E / 24.31972°N 91.78361°E / 24.31972; 91.78361
Area1250 hectares
Established1996 (1996)

Lawachara National Park (Bengali: লাউয়াছড়া জাতীয় উদ্যান) is a national park and nature reserve in Bangladesh, located at Kamalganj Upazila and Moulvibazar District in the northeastern region of the country. It is located within the 2,740 ha (27.4 km2) West Bhanugach Reserved Forest.[1]

Lawachara National Park covers approximately 1,250 ha (12.5 km2) of semi-evergreen forests biome and mixed deciduous forests biome. The land was declared a national park by the Bangladesh government on 7 July 1996 under the Wildlife Act of 1974.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Lawachara National Park". Community Ecotourism. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  2. ^ Nature Conservation Management (NACOM) (2003). Co-Management of Tropical Forest Resources of Bangladesh: Secondary Data Collection for Pilot Protected Areas: Lawachara National Park (PDF). USAID/Bangladesh & Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ^ Shewli, S. B. (2008). "The Role of Women in Co-Management of Lawachara National Park" (PDF). In Fox, J.; Bushley, B. R.; Miles, W. B.; Quazi, S. A. (eds.). Connecting Communities and Conservation: Collaborative Management of Protected Areas in Bangladesh. Honolulu; Dhaka, Bangladesh: East-West Center; Nishorgo Program of Bangladesh Forest Department. pp. 73–88. ISBN 984-300-002284-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)

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