Tesso Nilo National Park

Indonesia / Riau / Pekan Baru /
 hill, forest, nature conservation park / area, invisible, national park, wildlife protection/conservation
Tesso Nilo National Park is a national park in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It was declared a national park by the Indonesian government in 2004. The original area of the park was 38.576 km², but the decision has been made to expand it to 1000 km².
Tesso Nilo National Park houses some of the largest coherent lowland rain-forests remaining on Sumatra. The Center for Biodiversity Management has surveyed over 1,800 plots in tropical forests around the world. They found that no other plot has as many vascular plants as in Tesso Nilo. Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) surveyed forests throughout Sumatra, and also found that Tesso Nilo housed by far the most species.


www.wwf.or.id/tessonilo/Default.php?wwf_lang=0
www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=317197&le...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesso_Nilo_National_Park
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Coordinates:   -0°5'6"N   101°35'56"E
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