A view of Kaptai National Park
This is a list of protected areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 163 million people in an area of either 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi) or 147,570 square kilometres (56,980 sq mi),[1][2] making it one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
Bangladesh protected areas
As of 2022, the World Database of Protected Areas lists 51 protected areas in Bangladesh, including:[3]
- Altadighi National Park
- Bangabandhu Safari Park, Cox's Bazar
- Bangabandhu Safari Park, Gazipur
- Baroiyadhala National Park
- Barshijora Eco-Park
- Bhawal National Park
- Chadpai Wildlife Sanctuary
- Char Kukri-Mukri Wildlife Sanctuary
- Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary
- Dhangmari Wildlife Sanctuary
- Dudhmukhi Wildlife Sanctuary
- Dudpukuria-Dhopachari Wildlife Sanctuary
- Fasiakhali Wildlife Sanctuary
- Hazarikhil Wildlife Sanctuary
- Himchari National Park
- Inani National Park
- Kadigarh National Park
- Kaptai National Park
- Khadim Nagar National Park
- Kuakata Ecopark
- Lawachara National Park
- Madhupur National Park
- Madhutila Eco Park
- Marine Reserve
- Medhakachhapia National Park
- Mirpur Botanic Garden
- Nagarbari-Mohanganj Dolphin Sanctuary
- Nawabganj National Park
- Nazirganj Dolphin Sanctuary
- Nijhum Dwip National Park
- Pablakhali Wildlife Sanctuary
- Rajeshpur Eco-Park
- Ramsagar National Park
- Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary
- Sangu Wildlife Sanctuary
- Satchari National Park
- Shilanda-Nagdemra Dolphin Sanctuary
- Singra National Park
- Sitakunda Eco-Park
- Sonarchar Wildlife Sanctuary
- The Sundarbans
- St. Martin's Island Marine Protected Area
- Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary
- Sundarbans South Wildlife Sanctuary
- Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary
- Sundarbans Reserved Forest
- Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area
- Tanguar Haor
- Teknaf Game Reserve
- Tengragiri Wildlife Sanctuary
- Tilagor Eco Park
The 1990 edition of the IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas says the Forest Department also established a center for the protection of waterfowl at Hail Haor Wildlife Sanctuary.[4]
References
- ↑ "South Asia :: Bangladesh — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ বাংলাদেশ পরিসংখ্যান বর্ষগ্রন্থ ২০২০ - Bangladesh Statistics annual book 2020 (PDF). Bangladesh Statistics Bureau. p. 21. ISBN 978-984-475-047-0.
- ↑ UNEP-WCMC (2020). "Protected Area Profile for Bangladesh from the World Database of Protected Areas, January 2020". Protected Planet. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas" (PDF). The World Conservation Union. 1990. p. 16.
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