Image http://indonesiancities.blogspot.comThe Barisan Selatan National Park in Sumatra is one with a total area of 356.8 thousand hectares. Together with the National Park Gunung Leuser National Park and the Kerinchi-Seblat he was admitted in 2004 as a significant example of the tropical rain forest in Sumatra in the list of UNESCO world natural heritage. In this reserve you meet the still relatively untouched flora and fauna of South Sumatra. The fertility of the volcanic soil and humid climate throughout the island form the basis for a rich vegetation. For example, one finds there the giant flower of Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum). The park is home to many birds and especially of threatened mammal species, such as the Sumatran elephant (approximately 500 animals), the striped Sumatran rabbit, and the Sumatran rhino, with an estimated population of about 70 species and the Sumatran tiger with one half as large population. In addition, many more to come from some endangered large animal species such as clouded leopard, Malayan tapir, spotted deer, barking deer, wild pigs, gibbons and siamang. The park was first established in 1935 as a refuge for wild animals and developed a national park in 1982. Lost due to illegal agriculture, the park last 20% of the forest it came as the conservation organization WWF to help. The WWF found that more than 450 square kilometers of the park was used for coffee cultivation. Today the organization works in concert with the global orientation of coffee producers in mind not to buy illegally grown coffee.Location: Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Area: 3568 sq km
Founded: 1982