Myanmar coastal rain forests

Myanmar coastal rain forests
Myeik Village on the southern coast of Myanmar
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan realm
BiomeTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area64,222 km2 (24,796 sq mi)
Countries
States and regions
Conservation
Conservation statusVulnerable
Protected3,534 km2 (6%)[1]

The Myanmar coastal rain forests[2] is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on Mainland Southeast Asia. The ecoregion occupies Myanmar's coastal lowlands along the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
  2. ^ ‘Rain forest’ or ‘rainforest’?

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