Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary

Infobox_protected_area | name = Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary
iucn_category = IV


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location = Thailand
nearest_city = Surat Thani
lat_degrees = 9
lat_minutes = 10
lat_seconds =
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 98
long_minutes = 35
long_seconds =
long_direction = E
area = 1155 km²
established = 18 December 1974
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governing_body = Wildlife Conservation Division

Khlong Saeng ( _th. คลองแสง) is a wildlife sanctuary in southern Thailand, located in the west of Surat Thani Province.

It covers an area of 1155 km² of the districts Khiri Rat Nikhom and Ban Ta Khun, located directly north of the Khao Sok national park.

The wildlife sanctuary is named after the river ("Khlong") Saeng, a tributary of the Phum Duang River. Most of the lowland areas in the Khlong Saeng valley were flooded with the building of the Chiao Lan reservour. This now flooded area was also the only location within Thailand where Storm's Stork ("Ciconia stormi") was confirmed to breed in 1986. [ [http://www.drmartinwilliams.com/openbills/openbills.html "Wanted:a place to breed" by Martin Williams] ]

ources

* [http://www.dnp.go.th/p_wildlife/Sanctuarywave/Datasanisbn/Klongsang.pdf Forestry department] (Thai only)
*Gazette entries for Khlong Saeng (Thai only)
** [http://www.dnp.go.th/p_wildlife/Sanctuarywave/Khlongsang1.pdf Issue 91, Part 216 (18. December 1974)]
** [http://www.dnp.go.th/p_wildlife/Sanctuarywave/Khlongsang2.pdf Issue 100, Part 67 (28. April 1983)]
** [http://www.dnp.go.th/p_wildlife/Sanctuarywave/Khlongsang3.pdf Issue 102, Part 154 (24. October 1985)]
** [http://www.dnp.go.th/p_wildlife/Sanctuarywave/Khlongsang4.pdf Issue 103, Part 77 (8. May 1986)]
* [http://aseanbiodiversity.org/cgi-bin/abiss.exe/pa?pa=100 ASEAN Center of Biodiversity]