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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
Northern part of this island is fertile area and people clear the forest for dry land farming. The southern part is still forested. Around three villages concentrate in the north and east of the island. Most of people work as dry land farmer and fisherman. Main comodities are coconut, cashew fruit, coffee, cacao, clove and nutmeg.
Short survey in 2000 showed that the endemic bird of this island Damar Flycatcher
Ficedula henrici still lives in this area. Blue-streaked Lory
Eos reticula introduced to this island by visitor and now become very common.
The main habitat is semi-evergreen rainforest (Monk et.al.1997)
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Natural habitat alteration.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pulau Damar (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pulau-damar-iba-indonesia on 22/12/2024.
