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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.