Pulau Kasa
Location:
3°18'S, 128°08'E; in Teluk Piru at the west end of Seram Island, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, Seram, Moluccas.
Area:
2,000 ha (800-900 ha of land, 1,100-1,200 ha of sea).
Altitude:
Sea level.
Biogeographical Province:
5.1.13.
Wetland type:
03 & 05.
Description of site:
A small sandy island with scrubby forest, sandy beaches and surrounding coral reefs; about eight km offshore in Piru Bay.
Climatic conditions:
Tropical maritime climate.
Principal vegetation:
Scrubby forest.
Land tenure:
State owned.
Conservation measures taken:
The land area was designated as a Wildlife Reserve (Suaka margasatwa) and the sea area as a Marine Park (Taman Laut) in 1978.
Conservation measures proposed:
It is essential that the wardening of the island be improved to stop the present gross abuses.
Land use:
Fishing.
Disturbances and threats:
The illegal gathering of megapode eggs, gathering of molluscs and corals, over-fishing and fishing with dynamite.
Economic and social values:
No information.
Fauna:
Little information is available. The megapode Megapodius reinwardt occurs in the scrubby forest, and sea-turtles nest on the sandy beaches.
Special floral values:
No information.
References:
Kvalvagnaes & Halim (l979b); MacKinnon & Artha (1981b); Saim et al. (1982).
Criteria for Inclusion:
1b. 2a, 2c.
Source:
Alison Skene.