Siak Kecil
Location:
0°59'-1°23'N, 101°26'-10l°52'E; 60 km WSW of Bengkalis, Kabupaten Bengkalis, Riau Province, Sumatra.
Area:
c.100,000 ha.
Altitude:
c.20m.
Biogeographical Province:
4.21.12.
Wetland type:
14 & 21.
Description of site:
A very interesting system of small freshwater lakes in a large area of peat swamp forest (30,000 ha) and freshwater swamp forest (2,000 ha).
Climatic conditions:
Humid tropical climate.
Principal vegetation:
Peat swamp forest with up to 30 tree species, and freshwater swamp forest.
Land tenure:
State owned (Government of Indonesia).
Conservation measures taken:
None.
Conservation measures proposed:
The area has been proposed as a Hunting Reserve. FAO (1976) has subsequently recommended that the proposed reserve be enlarged from an original 40,000 ha to 100,000 ha, and that it be given the status of Wildlife Reserve (Suaka Margasatwa). Hunting should be forbidden.
Land use:
No information.
Disturbances and threats:
Logging and disturbance from oil exploitation.
Economic and social values:
No information.
Fauna:
The area is known to support many waterfowl, but no details are available. The forest are important for a variety of rare or endangered mammals such as Asian Elephant Elephas maximus, Tiger Panthera tigris and Tapir Tapirus indicus. The site is also very important as a breeding area for the False Gharial Tomistoma schlegelii.
Special floral values:
None known.
References:
FAO (1986); MacKinnon & Artha (1982a).
Criteria for Inclusion:
1b, 2a, 2b.
Source:
Marcel J. Silvius.