Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park

In NORINDRA
surveys of the
Bukit
Covering some 1270 Km² of the Bukit Tigapuluh
Tigapuluh
("The Thirty Hills"), a massif rising steeply just south fauna, 192
species of birds
of the equator in the middle of Sumatra's eastern plain,
were recorded,
the National Park serves several important functions. that is
almost1/3 of all
In addition to providing a safe haven for thousands of species of plants
bird species
and animals, many of which are threatened by extinction or extremely known from
Sumatra.
rare, the Park provides vital catchment protection for several large
Breeding was
rivers that sustain downstream agricultural communities. confirmed of 18
species of birds
The forest of the National Park and its surrounding buffer areas also
not previously
provide habitat to Talang Mamak and Orang Rimba forest-dwelling known to breed
on Sumatra,
tribal communities and traditional Malay peasants who live around the
including the
forest edges. All of these groups are faced with increasing Garnet pitta
(Pitta
marginalization as a result of rapid deforestation. The Talang Mamak
granatina)
and the Orang Rimba are non-Muslim tribal groups who live inside and  which had not
been recorded
around the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park. They are surrounded by
for this island
traditional Muslim Malays who constituted the majority group in the for more than
70 years. At
area before the recent arrival of Javanese transmigrants. Both the
least 10 of the
Malay and the tribal people represent a living tradition of interaction bird species
recorded are
with the rain forest and utilization of its resources.
globally
In a survey of the biological resources of the Bukit Tigapuluh area, threatened.
NORINDRA (Norwegian-Indonesian Rainforest and Resource Some 59
species of
Management Project) researchers observed
mammals were
and recorded 660 plant species, including recorded, 5 of
246 medicinal plants, that are utilized by the which are
globally
local population. 550 of these species were
threatened,
collected and preserved. Many rare and including the
threatened non-utilized plant species were Oriental small-
clawed otter
also recorded. One example is the locally named Cendawan muka
rimau ("Tiger-face mushroom"), which is none other than Rafflesia
hasseltii previously observed in only two locations (West Sumatra
and Pulau Tioman, Malaysia). Other examples are a Betel related
palm known by loca
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ls as Mapau kalui (Iguanura sp.), here encountered for the first Batas
time in Sumatra, and the highly distinctive Salo palm
(Johannestejsmannia altifrons), which is on the IUCN list of
threatened plants.

(West Sumatra and Pulau Tioman, Malaysia). Other examples (Ao (Nneb), us
are a Betel related palm known by locals as Mapau kalui (Elephas
(Iguanura sp.), here encountered for the first time in Sumatra, maximus). 98
and the highly distinctive Salo palm (Johannestejsmannia
species of fish
altifrons), which is on the IUCN list of threatened plants.
were collected
and preserved,
and one of
these, a Glass-
Further information about planned facilities and perch, turned
programs for visitors to the Bukit Tigapuluh National out to be new
Park can be obtained from: to science and
has been given
the name
Gymnochanda
limi.

UPT Taman Nasional Bukit Tigapuluh

Jl. Seminai No 8, Pematang Reba, Rengat, Riau - Indonesia
BUKIT
Telp/fax.: 62-769-341148
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Rasionalisasi
Batas

(Aonyx
cincerea),
Clouded
leopard
(Neofelic
nebulosa),
Tiger
(Panthera
tigris),
Malayan tapir
(Tapirus
indicus), and
Elephant