life ▁San ctu ary ▁ ▁Bag hm ara ▁P itch er ▁Plant ▁San ctu ary , ▁a ▁small ▁san ctu ary ▁park ▁of ▁ 2 ▁hect ares ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁reserved ▁forest ▁is ▁used ▁by ▁loc als ▁for ▁volunt ary ▁wild life ▁res erves , ▁in ▁particular ▁to ▁help ▁save ▁the ▁threatened ▁H ool ock ▁Gib b ons . ▁Other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁reserved ▁forest ▁is ▁maintained ▁as ▁wild life ▁cor rid ors , ▁for ▁ele ph ants ▁for ▁example , ▁and ▁to ▁saf egu ard ▁against ▁dam aging ▁habitat ▁fragment ation . ▁ ▁Rel ated ▁par ks ▁and ▁gard ens ▁ ▁The ▁nature ▁and ▁wild life ▁of ▁Meg hal aya , ▁and ▁the ▁mont ane ▁rain for ests ▁of ▁the ▁e cor eg ion ▁in ▁particular , ▁is ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁the ▁tour ist ▁industry ▁in ▁the ▁area , ▁and ▁to ▁c ater ▁for ▁these ▁interests , ▁an ▁E co ▁Park ▁has ▁been ▁created ▁in ▁Cher rap un je e . ▁Several ▁water falls ▁and ▁c aves ▁of ▁the ▁region ▁are ▁also ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁nature ▁lov ing ▁tour ists . ▁ ▁The ▁state ▁of ▁Meg hal aya ▁maintain s ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁three ▁botan ical ▁gard ens , ▁all ▁three ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁Sh ill ong . ▁ ▁Conserv ation ▁status ▁ ▁The ▁Meg hal aya ▁subt rop ical ▁forest ▁e cor eg ion ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁Ind o - B ur ma ▁bi ological ▁hot spot ▁with ▁many ▁en demic ▁species ▁not ▁found ▁anywhere ▁else