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Site description (2003 baseline):

Describe as hilly limestone area which was forested in 1980s. This area is alocated for water catchment area, but illegal logging probably has cut down part of the forest.

Non-bird biodiversity: Hylobates syndactylus, Naemorhedus sumatraensis, Panthera tigris and Tapirus indicus are listed as important fauna at this area (FAO 1982, Anon 1995).

Lowland evergreen forest (50%), secondary forest and rubber plantation (30%), shifting agriculture area (20%). The percentage value based on estimation.

Illegal logging, clearence forest and infrastructure development.

Proposed as Nature Reserve in NCP (FAO 1982).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bukit Baling (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bukit-baling-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.