Manipur National Parks

It is located in the Bishnupur district in Manipur.
It is the only floating park in the world. It is an integral part of Loktak Lake (a Ramsar site).
The National Park is characterised by floating decomposed plant materials locally called phumdis.
It was declared a National Park to preserve the natural refuge of brow-antlered deer (also called sangai, dancing deer & Manipurs’s Eld’s deer; EN).
- This is the last natural habitat of the endangered brow-antlered deer(Sangai deer), the dancing deer of Manipur.
Vegetation: semi-evergreen forests, aquatic, and wetland.
Major Fauna: brow-antlered deer, hog deer, large Indian civet, Asian golden cat.

Wildlife Sanctuaries of Manipur

The Jiri Makru Wildlife Sanctuary is located near Imphal in the state of Manipur.
- The sanctuary spans the West Manipur Hills and is partially located in Imphal East (Jiribam Sub-division) district and partly in Tamenglong district.
It is located between the tributaries of the Barak river near the Assam-Manipur border.
Major Fauna: Capped langur and hoolock gibbon.

Situated within the Kailam-Tipaimukh Hill Range in the district of Churachandpur, Manipur.
- Most of the streams flow from this hill range into the Tuivai river.
It is home to a variety of hornbills, including the Great Indian Hornbill.
Major Fauna: Hoolock gibbon, barking deer, clouded leopard.

Bunning Wildlife Sanctuary: Barail Range.
Khongjaingamba Ching
Thinungei Bird Sanctuary: It is a floodplain. It is the first Bird Sanctuary of Manipur.
Yangoupokpi Lokchao: Southeast of Loktak Lake (Keibul Lamjao National Park) along the Indo-Myanmar border.
Zeilad: It is a group of lakes. Wildlife similar to Kailam Wildlife Sanctuary.

It is the largest freshwater lake in the north-eastern region. Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national park in the world, floats over it. Thick, floating mats of weeds covered with soil (phumids) are a characteristic feature.
It is included on the Montreux Record in 1993 as a result of ecological problems such as deforestation in the catchment area, infestation of water hyacinth, and pollution.