Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park


Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park is a 2,871.15 km² (1,108.56 mi²) National Park on Minahassa Peninsula on Sulawesi island, Indonesia. Formerly known as Dumoga Bone National Park, it was established in 1991 and was renamed in honour of Nani Wartabone, a local resistance fighter who drove the Japanese from Gorontalo during the World War II.

The Spectral Tarsier is one of the endangered species inhabiting the park
The park has been identified by Wildlife Conservation Society as the single most important site for the conservation of Sulawesi wildlife  and is home to a large number of species endemic to Sulawesi. The species observed in the park include among others the endangered Anoa and Cinnabar Hawk Owl, which was only described scientifically in 1999 from a specimen collected from the park.
Among the larger animals of the park are babirusas and the Sulawesi warty pig. The park is threatened by uncontrolled logging, poaching and illegal gold mining.

Maleo breeding

The endemic Maleo birds have been bred successfully in this park. As per February 2012, about 3,300 Maleo birds have been released to their habitat. Hungoyono camp in Bone Bolango is the largest Maleo habitat which the conservasionists have 4 breeding sites. Normally the birds need geothermal hot sand for their breeding as in Hungoyono camp

Source : wikipedia.org

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