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Siberut National Park comprises 1,905 km 2 (47%) of the island of Siberut in the Mentawai Islands of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The whole island including the national park is part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves .
Siberut was recognized as a biosphere reserve in 1981. In 1993, the western part of the island was designated as a national park, covering an area of 1,905 square kilometres (736 square miles). About 70% of the remaining forest outside the reserve is subject to logging concessions, some operative and others pending.
The reason for Siberut's extensive forestry cover in comparison to the southern islands is due to historical conservation efforts. Much of the efforts started in the 1980s with the help of UNESCO man and the Biosphere reserve. [14] This was expanded in the 1990s were a large portion of Siberut was declared a National Park. [14]
In a major expansion in 2004, nine more new national parks were created, raising the total number to 50. [4] Mount Tambora was added in 2015. [5] 3 more National Parks in Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Bangka Island were added in 2016. Moyo Satonda was added in 2022, becoming the youngest National Park in Indonesia. [6]
The ecoregion has an area of 6,513 square kilometers, [3] which includes all the Mentawai Islands, the largest of which are Siberut, Sipura, North Pagai, and South Pagai, as well as Enggano Island further to the southeast. [1] The islands lie 80 to 120 km from the west coast of Sumatra.
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