Meinmahla Kyun’s Education Center
Region
Asia
Country
Myanmar
Flyway
East Asian - Australasian flyway
Initiative
WLI Asia-Oceania
About
Name of organisation
Meinmahla Kyun’s Education Center
Funding support
Number of staff
Six to eight
Number of visitors per year
It is opened two time of Aung Set Kyar Pagoda festival, in Bogalay Township and Myauk Taya Pagoda festival in Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary, 10000 over visitors coming every years.
Overall aims of the centre
Meinmahla Kyun’s Temporary Education Center will serve as a visitor center for domestic and international visitors and too aware of biodiversity values and ecosystem services as well as the environmental and social impacts of sustainable resource use has been low and community involvement in protected area management.
Description of the centre
Location: Bogalay Township, Phar Pon District, Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar.
Size of site: 270 Sq feet, (27ft x 10ft).
Types of habitats and species supported:
- Mangrove wetland ecosystem
- Marsh flat ecosystem
- Sand beach ecosystem
Meinmahla Kyun is particularly supported for a large number of threatened bird species and over 20,000 of wintering migrants such as Spoon-billed sandpiper, Nordmann’s greenshank, Lesser adjutant, Great Knot and Black headed Ibis from predominantly China and Siberia. Mangrove forest of Meinmahla Kyun are habitats for threatened primate, mammal and reptile species such as Long Tailed Macaque, Ayeyarwaddy Dolphin, Smooth -coated Otter , Fishing Cat, Estuarine Crocodile, Olive Ridley and Burmese Python etc.
Featured programs:
We need to build new permanent education center, including training center and trainer’s guest house.
Because of this area is only one of estuarine crocodile conserve area and mangrove habitat in Myanmar.
Work Areas
Main CEPA work area
- Facilitate training of trainers on the
implementation of the CEPA strategy - Implement visitor education program
- Conduct regular school based environmental
education program around the area - Facilitate public awareness events such as
World Wetland Day, World Migratory Birds
Day, World Environment Day and World
Wildlife Day. - Warming of Crocodile Dangerous Sign Board.
Top three successes
- Regular school based environmental education
program. - Some public events such as WWD etc.
- Warming of Crocodile Dangerous Sign Board.
Top three challenges
- Limited funding for CEPA program
- Most of community are depending on and over use of natural resources
- More increase mobile peoples
Expertise
Interpretation techniques
Site information; Producing written materials; Developing nature trails
Visitor centres
Setting up a new visitor centre
Participation
Working with disabled people; Working with volunteers
Education and communication
Lobbying / running campaigns; Developing resources / materials
General
PR and marketing; Fund-raising; Project planning.
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