Gunung Leuser National Park

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Gunung Leuser National Park
Orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park
Orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park
Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia)
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Coordinates: 3 ° 34 '0.7 "  N , 97 ° 37' 45.1"  E
Location: Indonesia
Surface: 9000 km²
Founding: 1980 Indonesia, 1992 UNESCO
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The Gunung Leuser National Park ( indon. Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser ) is one of the largest nature reserves in Indonesia with an area of ​​around 9,000 km² . It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra , in the provinces of Sumatra Utara and Aceh and is mainly developed for tourism via the city of Medan . Together with the Kerinchi-Seblat and Barisan-Selatan National Parks, the Gunung Leuser National Park forms the natural monument of the tropical rainforests of Sumatra , which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004 , but has also been on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger since 2011 .

The park offers a retreat for many animal species that are threatened due to the ongoing deforestation on Sumatra, where high population growth leads to large-scale deforestation for the establishment of fields, plantations and new settlements.

The Sumatran orangutan , the Sumatran tiger, and the Sumatran rhinoceros , all highly endangered species or subspecies, have one of their largest populations here. A total of around 60 to 80 Sumatran rhinos live in the park, making the population the largest on the entire island and thus worldwide, along with that in the Barisan Selatan National Park . Gunung-Leuser is the most important refuge for the Sumatran orangutan. About 75% of the game population lives in this area. Other well-known animal species found here are the Asian elephant , the Siamang , macaques , langurs , pheasants , hornbills and the estuarine crocodile . The only evidence of the rare, insufficiently described Sumatra pheasant comes from this area.

About 70 kilometers northwest of Medan is the "Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center" in Bukit Lawang , on the edge of the national park. Orangutans that have been freed from captivity have been released into the wild here since 1973 in cooperation with Frankfurt Zoo . On November 2, 2003, the center and the village of Bukit Lawang were badly damaged in a flood. Over 300 people died.

Tourism in the national park is an important source of income for the region.

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Commons : Gunung Leuser National Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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