Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park
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| Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
| Location | Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Area | 2,871.15 km² |
| Established | 1991 |
Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park is a 2,871.15 km² (1,108.56 mi²) National Park on Minahassa Peninsula on Sulawesi island, Indonesia. Formerly known as Dumoga Bone National Park, park was established in 1991 and was renamed in honour of Nani Wartabone, a local resistance fighter who drove the Japanese from Gorontalo during the World War II.
The park has been identified by Wildlife Conservation Society as the single most important site for the conservation of Sulawesi wildlife[1] and is home to a large number of species endemic to Sulawesi. The species observed in the park include among others the endangered Anoa and Cinnabar Hawk Owl, which was only described scientifically in 1999 from a specimen collected from the park.[1] The park is threatened by uncontrolled logging, poaching and illegal gold mining.
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- ^ P.C. Rasmussen: "A New Species of Hawk-owl Ninox from North Sulawesi, Indonesia", Wilson Bulletin, 111(4), 1999, pp. 457-464
[edit] External links
- Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park
- Sulawesi national park last refuge for threatened wildlife
- WorldTwitch - Australasia Bird News
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