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Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary (Bangladesh)
Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary is 7764 ha large protected area in the Chittagong Divison in Bangladesh. It is the first wildlife sanctuary in Bagladesh, established in 1986. Predominant vegetation is garjan forest. Garjan is a species of tree which is important source of the wood and is often used in plywood industry. Illegal logging resulted a degraded habitat. After 2003 there was replanting project undertaken by donor support. The sanctuary is a home to several endangered timber species. Among many mammals species and birds, Chunati is a major corridor for the movement of Asian elephant between Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park (Myanmar)
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park is a national park in Sagaing Division in Myanmar. The park consists of the Patolon Reserved Forest and the adjoining Taungdwin Reserved Forest. Forest reserve was already established in 1893 and in 1941 was made into wildlife sanctuary by British colonial government. In 1984 was established a national park by Burmese government. The name was given after the shrine of one Buddha's saintly disciples. The protected area has 1,605 km2 surface. The park is notable for some of the best remaining stands of natural teak forests in Myanmar. It is a home of rich abundance of wildlife, like Asian elephant, leopard, Himalayan brown bear, deer, wild dog, lizard, macaques and many species of birds.

Nam Ha Protected Area (Laos)
Nam Ha Protected Area is one of important ecotourism destination and Bird Area. It lies in northern Laos on the elevation of 500 m with 2,094m highest peak. Its surface is 2,224 square kilometers. The park incorporates three rivers which drain into the Mekong. It is mostly forested park with a variety of ethnic groups and diverse animal and plant species. Protected area originated in 1980 and after than was extended several times. In 2003 Nam ha was designated as ASEAN Heritahe Park, the only one in Laos ( ASEAN is The Association of Southeast Asian Nations). Today the park faces with number of environmental threats. The most significant is slash-and-burn agriculture, harvesting of forest products (including timber) and hunting of wildlife.

Nanning (China)
Nanning is an ancient city with a long history and rich culture. Today is the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. It has population of about 7,000,000, more than 4,100,000 in its urban area.

Rezervat Chunati (Bangladeš) - Nacionalni park Alaungdaw Kathapa (Mjanmar)- Naravni rezervat Nam Ha (Laos) - Nanning (China)

Rezervat Chunati (Bangladeš)
Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary je 7.764 ha veliko zavarovano območje v regiji Chittagong v Bangladešu. Ustanovljeno je bilo l. 1986 in je prvo tovrstno zaščiteno območje v Bangladešu. Prevladujoča vegetacija je gozd z drevesno vrsto »garjan«, ki je pomemben vir lesa v industriji veznih plošč. Nezakonita sečnja je povzročila zelo ogrožen habitat, vendar so gozd v veliki meri z donatorsko pomočjo obnovili. Na območju raste precej ogroženih vrst dreves. Med številnimi vrstami sesalcev in pticami, ki tu živijo, je Chunati pomemben koridor za selitev azijskega slona med Bangladešem in Mjanmarom.

Nacionalni park Alaungdaw Kathapa (Mjanmar)
Narodni park Alaungdaw Kathapa je nacionalni park v departmaju Sagaing v Mjanmaru. Park sestavljata gozdna rezervata Patolon in Taungdwin. Gozdni rezervat je bil ustanovljen že leta 1893, leta 1941 pa pod angleško kolonialno oblastjo razširjen v rezervat divjih živali. Leta 1984 je burmanska vlada ustanovila nacionalni park s skupno površino 1.605 km2. Ime je dobil po enem izmed budovih učencev. Nacionalni park je eno izmed zelo pomembnih rastišč tikovega gozda. Kot rezervat divjih živali pa je dom azijskega slona, leoparda, himalajskega rjavega medveda, jelenov, divjega psa, kuščarjev, opice makaki in zavetišče mnogo vrst ptic.

Naravni rezervat Nam Ha (Laos)
Naravni rezervat Nam Ha je eno izmed najpomembnejših območij za ekoturizem in pomemben rezervat za ptice. Leži v severnem Laosu na povprečni nadmorski višini 500 m z najvišjim vrhom 2.094 m. Površina je 2.224 kvadratnih kilometrov, odmakajo pa ga 3 reke, ki se vse izlivajo v Mekong. V glavnem z gozdom poraščeno območje je dom več etničnim skupinam ter številnimi živalskim in rastlinskim vrstam. Najstarejše zavarovanje sega že v leto 1980, nato pa je bilo še večkrat razširjeno. Leta 2003 je bil Nam ha imenovan za Park dediščine držav ASEANa, edini v Laosu. (ASEAN je Združenje držav jugovzhodne Azije). Danes se park spopada s številnimi okoljskimi grožnjami kot so požig površin za kmetijstvo, prekomerno izkoriščanje lesa in divji lov.

Nanning (Kitajska)
Nanning je starodavno mesto z dolgo zgodovino in bogato kulturo. Danes je glavno mesto avtonomne province Guangxi Zhuang na jugu Kitajske. Nanning je znano tudi kot "zeleno mesto" zaradi bogatega subtropskega rastja. Ima približno 7.000.000 prebivalcev, od tega jih več kot 4.100.000 živi v ožjem urbanem območju.