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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
Originally this area consist of freshwater swamp and peat swamp extended to coastal. Conversion to transmigration area and oil palm plantation decrease the natural habitat. Drainage development in 1990 to convert the remaining natural habitat of this area into oil palm plantation. Although the oil palm plantation plan has been canceled and this give some hopes to protect this area, but clearence of forest still continue.
This area occured supports
Ciconia episcopus and
Cairina scutulata population (Yanuar kom. pri. to D. Holmes). Also record call of Grey-breasted Babbler
Malacopteron albogulare (Holmes 1996). The record indicates that other lowland bird species probably live in this area. Follow-up survey is really needed immediatelly.
Original habitats of this area were peat swamp forest (45%), freshwater swamp forest and others beach vegetation type.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Land conversion for agriculture/plantation.
17700 ha of this area proposed as Lunang Nature Reserve (Anon 1995)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rawa Lunang (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rawa-lunang-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.
