Taman Nasional Way Kambas (Indonesia)

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Name (Latin)
Taman Nasional Way Kambas (Indonesia)
Other forms of name
Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia)
Coordinates
105.757 105.757 -4.93593 -4.93593 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
National parks and reserves Indonesia
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q963098
Library of congress: sh2015001013
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2014332909: Andatu, anugerah dari Tuhan, 2013:
  • Wikipedia, viewed April 20, 2015
Wikipedia description:

Way Kambas National Park is a national park covering 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) in Lampung province of southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It consists of swamp forest and lowland rain forest, mostly of secondary growth as result of extensive logging in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite decreasing populations, the park still has a few critically endangered Sumatran tigers, Sumatran elephants and Sumatran rhinoceroses. It also hosts over 400 bird species. In 2016, Way Kambas was formally declared an ASEAN Heritage Park. Threats to the park are posed by poaching and habitat loss due to illegal logging. Conservation efforts include patrolling and the establishment of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary and the Elephant Conservation Centre. In 2019 and 2021, the International Rhino Foundation was working to capture three Sumatran rhinoceros in the park.

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