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Wetlands of Berbak National Park (Indonesia)

Abstract

Berbak National Park extends over 162,700 ha and is the largest relatively intact swamp forest reserve on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. One third of the park consists of freshwater swamp forests and the remainder consists of peat swamp forests. Berbak is highly important for biodiversity conservation, especially of species such as false gharial Tomistoma schlegelii, painted terrapin Batagur borneoensis, Storm’s stork Ciconia stormi, white-winged duck Cairina scutulata and Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae. Although officially protected since 1935 it is under severe threat from illegal logging, encroachment by agriculture (oil palm) and fires, the latter mainly occurring in peatland areas drained by canals excavated for agriculture.

Keywords

  • Berbak
  • Swamp forest
  • Peatland
  • Sumatra
  • Indonesia

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Euroconsult Mott MacDonald, Amsterdamseweg 15, 6814 CM, Arnhem, The Netherlands

    Wim Giesen

  2. Wetlands International, PO Box 471, 6700 AL, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Marcel Silvius

  3. Wetlands International – Indonesia Programme, Jl. Bango No. 11 Tanah Sareal Bogor 16161, Bogor 16161, P.O. Box 254/BOO, 16002, Bogor, Indonesia

    Yoyok Wibisono

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  1. Wim Giesen
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Correspondence to Wim Giesen , Marcel Silvius or Yoyok Wibisono .

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  1. Dept. of Ecology and Biodiversity, Charles Sturt University Inst. for Land, Water and Society, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    C. Max Finlayson

  2. Dept. of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

    G. Randy Milton

  3. Nature Management Services, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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  4. Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    Nick C. Davidson

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Giesen, W., Silvius, M., Wibisono, Y. (2016). Wetlands of Berbak National Park (Indonesia). In: Finlayson, C., Milton, G., Prentice, R., Davidson, N. (eds) The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_43-2

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