Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Bukit Barisan Selatan NP Location in Sumatra
Location	Sumatra, Indonesia
Coordinates	5°15′S 104°10′E
Area	3,568 km²
Established	1982
Governing body	Ministry of Forestry

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, and South Sumatra. Together with Gunung Leuser and Kerinci Seblat national parks it forms a World Heritage Site, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.

Flora and fauna

The park is home to many endangered species, including:

• Sumatran Elephant (about 500 animals, or 25% of the total remaining population of this subspecies live in the park)
• Sumatran Striped Rabbit (most recent records of this poorly known species have been from the park)
• Sumatran Rhino (an estimated 60-80 Sumatran rhinos live in the park; approximately the same number live in Gunung Leuser National Park, and when combined the two parks account for the majority of this species' population)
• Sumatran Tiger (approximately 40 adult tigers or 10% of the remaining Sumatran tigers live in the park).

Conservation and threats

Starting as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1935, the area became a National Park in 1982. 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 to help them avoid buying illegally grown coffee.

See also

• List of national parks of Indonesia
• Geography of Indonesia