Lunang
Location:
2°15'S, 101°00'E; Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan, Sumatra Barat Province, approximately 7 km from the border with the Jambi Province, Sumatra.
Area:
17,700 ha.
Altitude:
Near sea level.
Biogeographical Province:
4.21.12.
Wetland type:
21.
Description of site:
A flat, swampy area with extensive peat swamp forests, near the coast of Tanjung Batu. The evergreen vegetation grows to a height of about 30m. The soils consist of organosolen and glei-humus.
Climatic conditions:
Humid tropical climate with an average annual rainfall of 2,000 mm.
Principal vegetation:
Peat swamp forests dominated by Litsea sp, Shorea javanica. Santeria
oblongifolia and Gluta renghas.
Land tenure:
State owned (PHPA).
Conservation measures taken:
The area was established as protection forest by Government Besluit in April 1921.
Conservation measures proposed:
The area has been proposed as a Nature Reserve (Cagar Aiam).
Land use:
Preservation of threatened habitats and their associated fauna and flora.
Disturbances and threats:
Drainage of swamps for agriculture, logging and illegal cutting, cultivation and ladang encroachment, and poaching.
Economic and social values:
A valuable genetic resource, important for scientific research.
Fauna:
The area supports a rich fauna with many protected species. Mammals include Macaca sp, Hylobates sp, Sus sp, Panthera tigris, Aonyx sp. Manis javanica and Cuon javanicus. Little information is available on the waterfowl, but Egretta garzetta. Ciconia episcopus and Dendrocygna sp are known to occur.
Special floral values:
No information.
References:
Direktorat P.P.A. (l979d).
Criteria for Inclusion:
1b, 2a, 2b.
Source:
Marcel J. Silvius and Agustinus W. Taufik.