Lawachara National Park

Lawachara National Park
Lawachara National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Location in Bangladesh
Location	Moulvibazar District, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
Nearest city	Sreemangal
Coordinates	24°19′11″N 91°47′1″E / 24.31972°N 91.78361°E
Area	1250 hectares
Established	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]

^ "Lawachara National Park". Community Ecotourism. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
^ 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.
^ 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)

[ce-1] "Lawachara National Park". Community Ecotourism. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2010.

[nacom-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.

[shewli-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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