Satchari National Park

Satchari National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map of Bangladesh
Location	Habiganj District, Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°07′12″N 91°27′03″E
Area	243 ha (600 acres)
Established	2005 (2005)

Jewelled nawab in the park

Chestnut-tailed starlings in the park

Satchari National Park (Bengali: সাতছড়ি জাতীয় উদ্যান) is a national park in Habiganj District, Bangladesh. After the 1974 Wild Life Preservation Act, in 2005 Satchari National Park was built on 243 hectares (600 acres) of land. Literally 'Satchari' in Bengali means 'Seven Streams'. There are seven streams flowing in this jungle, and the name 'Satchari' came from there.

Details

The park is situated in Raghunandan hill, under Paikpara Union, Chunarughat Upazila, Habiganj District, under Sylhet region. It is 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. There are 9 tea gardens nearby. Satchari tea garden is on the West and Chaklapunji tea garden is on the East. Approximately 24 families of Tipra Tribe are living now (2007) in the Tipra village.

Plants

There are approximately 200 and more trees are in Satchari National Park. Shaal (Shorea robusta), Segun (Tectona grandis), Agar, Garjan, Chapalish, Palm, Mehgani, Krishnachur, Dumur (Ficus), Jamrul, Shidha Jarul, Awal, Malekas, Eucalyptus, Akashmoni, Bamboo trees, bet trees (regional name Mutra) are the most common species of trees found there.

Wildlife

Wildlife in this park is rich. Red junglefowl, red-headed trogon, oriental pied hornbill and the range-restricted cachar bulbul are some of them. The critically endangered western hoolock gibbon as well as Phayre's leaf monkey, capped langur, Bengal slow loris, northern pig-tailed macaque and rhesus macaque resides here. Asian black bear and Asian wild dog also resides here in small numbers.

More common species includes barking deer, wild boar, fishing cat, leopard cat, jungle cat, large Indian civet, masked palm civet, common palm civet, yellow-throated marten, crab-eating mongoose, golden jackal, Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, chinese pangolin and various other species.

Nisharga Shahayata Prakalpa

Beside the National Forest Department, an NGO named "Nisharga", with their "Nisharga Shahayata Prakalpa", observes the park. Beside the preserving forest they provide eco-tours. The NGO also sells some fancy items there.

See also

• Bhawal National Park
• Lawachara National Park
• List of protected areas of Bangladesh

Further reading

• Whyte, Mariam; Yong, Jui Lin (2009). Bangladesh. Marshall Cavendish. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7614-4475-6.
• Leung, Mikey; Meggitt, Belinda (2012). Bradt Travel Guide - Bangladesh. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-84162-409-9.
• "Satchari National Park". Lonely Planet.
• Mukul, Sharif Ahmed; Uddin, Mohammad Belal; Tito, Mashiur Rahman (2007). "Medicinal Plant Diversity and Local Healthcare Among the People Living in and Around a Conservation Area of Northern Bangladesh". Int. J. For. Usuf. MNGT. 8 (2): 50–63. ISSN 0972-3927.
• Uddin, Mohammed Belal; Mukul, Sharif Ahmed (2007). "Improving Forest Dependent Livelihoods Through NTFPs and Home Gardens: A Case Study from Satchari National Park" (PDF). Making Conservation Work:Linking Rural Livelihoods and Protected Areas in Bangladesh. pp. 13–35.
• Arefin, Md Kamrul; Rahman, Md Mizanur; Uddin, Mohammad Zashim; Hassan, Md Abul (December 2011). "Angiosperm Flora of Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh". Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 18 (2): 117–140. doi:10.3329/bjpt.v18i2.9298.
• Mukul, Sharif Ahmed; Rashid, A.Z.M. Manzoor; Quazi, Shimona A; Uddin, Mohammed Belal; Fox, Jefferson (2012). "Local peoples' responses to co-management regime in protected areas: A case study from Satchari National Park, Bangladesh". Forests, Trees and Livelihoods. 21 (1): 16–29. doi:10.1080/14728028.2012.669132. S2CID 167724822.
• Chowdhury, Mohammad Shaheed Hossain (2014). Forest conservation in protected areas of Bangladesh: Policy and community development perspectives. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-08147-2.
• Chowdhury, Abida Rahman (9 November 2015). "Plan your day trip adventure". The Daily Star.