Pulau Kawi-Kabia
Location:
6°54'S, 122°12'E; in the Flores Sea, 140 km SSW of Pulau Buton, Kabupaten Buton, Southeast Sulawesi.
Area:
c.100 ha.
Altitude:
Sea level.
Biogeographical Province:
4.24.12.
Wetland type:
03 & 05.
Description of site:
A small and very remote coral island, used by sea-turtles and sea-birds.
Climatic conditions:
Humid tropical climate.
Principal vegetation:
No information.
Land tenure:
State owned (Indonesian Government).
Conservation measures taken:
None.
Conservation measures proposed:
The island has been proposed as a Nature Reserve (Cagar Alam).
Land use:
Fishing.
Disturbances and threats:
Over-fishing, the destruction of coral reefs, and stealing of sea-turtle eggs.
Economic and social values:
No information.
Fauna:
Sea-turtles are known to breed on the island, and there may be breeding colonies of
sea-birds, but no details are available.
Special floral values:
No information.
References:
MacKinnon & Artha (1982d).
Criteria for Inclusion:
1b. 2a, 2c.
Source:
Marcel J. Silvius.