Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

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iucn_category = II



caption = Geological map of Bukit Barisan mountain range.
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location = Sumatra, Indonesia
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area = 3,568 km²
established = 1982
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Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is a national park in Sumatra, Indonesia. The park has a total area of 3,568 km², and spans three provinces:

* Lampung,
* Bengkulu,
* South Sumatra

Starting as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1935, the area became a National Park in 1982. Together with Gunung Leuser and Kerinci Seblat national parks it forms a World Heritage Site, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.cite web
url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1167
title = Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
publisher = UNESCO
accessdate=2007-09-30
]

The park is home to many endangered species, including:
* Sumatran Elephant (about 500 animals, or 25% of the total remaining population of this sub-species live in the park)
* Sumatran Striped Rabbit
* Sumatran Rhino (an estimated 60-85 Sumatran rhinos live in the park, the largest population anywhere on Sumatra)
* Sumatran Tiger (approximately 40 adult tigers or 10% of the remaining Sumatran tigers live in the park).

The park has recently lost 20% of its forests to illegal agriculture, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. WWF found that more than 450 km² of park land is being used for growing coffee, and the organisation is now working with multinational coffee companies (including Nestle) to help them avoid buying illegally grown coffee. [ Claire Leow. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/18/bloomberg/bxnestle.php Nestlé to scrutinize Indonesia coffee amid wildlife-endangerment fears] , "International Herald Tribune".]

ee also

* List of national parks of Indonesia
* Geography of Indonesia

References

External links

* [http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=91840 WWF: Illegally grown coffee threatens tiger habitat in Indonesia]
*World Database on Protected Areas: [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=1252&level=nat Entry of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park]


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