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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 is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, located 150 kilometres west of Sumatra in the Indian It covers an area of 3,838.25 km 2 including smaller offshore islands, and had a population of 35,091 at the 2010 Census [ 2 ] and 40,220 at the 2020 Census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 41,899. [ 1 ]
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]
They cover a land area of 6,033.76 km 2 and had a population of 76,173 at the 2010 Census [3] and 87,623 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 95,068. [ 1 ] Siberut at 3,877.9 square kilometres (1,497 square miles) is the largest of the islands, occupying 64.27% of the land area of the regency.
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.
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 ...
View history; General What links here ... Siberut langur: Presbytis siberu: 11,014–27,439 [59] EN [59] [59] Population is for Siberut National Park. [59] Barbary ...