Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary
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How it came to be
Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary lies along the Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi and Tak provinces in western Thailand. It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1972 and, together with the neighbouring Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary of 1974, was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1991. Their combined 622,200 ha form the largest conservation area in mainland Southeast Asia.
At its centre, as the name Thung Yai, the big field, suggests, about 140 km² of savanna forest is regarded as the most complete example of Southeast Asia's dry tropical forest. The nomination listed 120 mammals, 400 birds, 96 reptiles, 43 amphibians and 113 freshwater fish, and the property holds 77 percent of the region's large mammals, including elephants and tigers.
On 29 April 1973 a military helicopter crashed in the sanctuary, killing six senior military and police officers. It emerged that more than 50 officers had been on an illegal hunting trip, and the scandal led to the 14 October uprising that ended military rule. Poaching remains one of the biggest threats.
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