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In 1979 this has been expanded to 56,500 ha and upgraded to Nature Reserve status. In 1981 the whole island has been declared a biosphere reserve. In 1993 the 190,500 ha large Siberut National Park has been declared. [4] Logging concessions threaten 70% of the forests outside the national park, and thus endanger the entire ecosystem of the ...
The western half of the island was set aside as the Siberut National Park in 1993. Much of the island is covered with rainforest, but is subject to commercial logging. Smaller islands adjacent to Siberut include Karamajet and Masokut which lie in the Bungalaut Strait to the south of the island.
The island of Siberut has most of its area declared as a National park whereas the southern islands of Sipora, North Pagai, and South Pagai have limited areas of forestry conservation. [8] It is estimated that Siberut's forest cover decreased from 3,500 km 2 to 2,400 km 2 and the southern Mentawai islands of Sipora and Pagai have decreased from ...
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.
The regency seat is Tua Pejat, on the island of Sipora. Padang , the capital of the province, lies on the Sumatran mainland opposite Siberut. The regency is divided into ten districts ( kecamatan ), tabulated below from south to north with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [ 3 ] and the 2020 Census, [ 4 ] together with the ...
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]
Recommendations to conserve the species include development of a biosphere reserve on Siberut Island, creation of a primate reserve on South Pagai Island and offshore islands, a survey of primates on Sipora Island, a captive breeding program to recover the endemic subspecies of Mentawai primates on the southern islands, and beginning a campaign ...
The Siberut langur (Presbytis siberu) is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Mentawai langur, Presbytis potenziani (as Presbytis potenziani siberu) but genetic analysis revealed that these are separate species. [2] [3] [4] The Siberut langur is native to the island of Siberut in ...