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	India Manas Wildlife Sanctuary		Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
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	Nepal Royal Chitwan National Park		Venezuela Canaima National Park

Ecuador - Sangay National Park

IUCN Management Category: II (National Park)
Natural World Heritage Site: Criteria ii, iii, iv

Sangay (271,925ha) is situated in the Cordillera Oriental region of the Andes in central Ecuador. The park has a spectrum of ecosystems, ranging in altitude from tropical rainforests to glaciers, and has two active volcanoes. Its isolation provides protection to indigenous species, such as the mountain tapir and the Andean condor. The area was originally gazetted as a wildlife reserve in 1975 and was given national park status in 1979. Sangay was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1983. The Park was inscribed on the World Heritage in Danger list in 1992 because of heavy poaching of wildlife, illegal livestock grazing, encroachment along the Park's perimeter, and unplanned road construction.

Links:
http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/260.htm
http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/protected_areas/data/wh/sangay.html