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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Tesso Nilo: Forest World's Richest

It turns out there to be proud of Indonesia. In Riau province there is a forest
tropical lowlands that after investigation it turns out is the world's richest forests

Located in Regency Palalawan and Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province
Tesso Nilo forest is a lowland tropical rain forests (lowland tropical rain forest) is left in Sumatra today
Tesso Nilo forest area is representative ecosystems conduction transition the highland and lowland that has high biodiversity


What Owned Tesso Nilo


Flora and Fauna

In 2001 the Center for Biodiversity Management of Australia found 218 vascular plant species in the plot area of ​​200 m2 and
The results LIPI and WWF Indonesia (2003) in sample plots measuring 1 hectare plot found 360 species belonging to the:
165 genera and 57 tribes with details of 215 species and 305 types of tree saplings
Sihingga Tesso Nilo area declared as a forest that has the richest biodiversity in the world

Some plant species that exist in the Tesso Nilo is an endangered species and included in the data IUCN red list, such as the Wood Stone (Irvingia malayana)
Kempas (Koompasia malaccensis), Jelutong (Dyera polyphylla), Kulim (Scorodocarpus borneensis), Tembesu (Fagraea fragrans), gaharu (Aquilaria malaccensis)
Ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), Keranji (Dialium spp), Meranti (Shorea spp), Keruing (Dipterocarpus spp)
Sindora leiocarpa, Sindora velutina, Sindora Brugemanii
and the types of durian (Durio spp) and some types of Aglaia spp

From the research, LIPI (2003) in the forests of Tesso Nilo also found no fewer than 83 plant species are used as ingredients such as community and 4 species of plants to poison fish
The most important medicinal plants are the type of pagago (Centella asiatica) and patalo earth (Eurycoma longifolia)
Pagago already cultivated local communities while patalo earth has not been farmed but is often used as fitofarmaka and have high sales value



This forest area has a wet and dry areas to allow for the development of wildlife including
Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), tapirs (Tapirus indicus), deer (Cervus timorensis Russa)
gibbon (Hylobathes syndactylus syndactylus), sun bear (Helarctos malayanus malayanus)

LIPI and WWF Indonesia (2003) reported that Tesso Nilo region has a high diversity index mammal species namely 3.696
found 23 types of mammals and accounted for 34 (16.5% of 206 species of mammal found in Sumatra), where 18 types of protected status, and 16 species including endangered according to IUCN

Tesso Nilo region is the most important elephant habitat blocks that still exist in Riau
Surveys conducted olek Resources Conservation Service and WWF shows that there are approximately 350 elephants remaining in Riau Province
Of these as many as 150-180 tail was in Tesso Nilo Bukit Tigapuluh landscape
and tail of 60-80 in the Tesso Nilo Kawasn

For the birds recorded 114 birds from 28 families
The total bird species found is 29% of the total bird species on the island of Sumatra that is 397 types
There is one kind that is scientifically new record for the distribution of mountain Kipasan (Rhipidura albicollis) and
there are endemic species of Sumatra and Borneo jungle pamah with limited distribution, has been threatened but not yet protected by the Empuloh beak hooks (Setornis criniger)


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Tesso Nilo Camera Trap

















                                                  Video Camera Trap
 Main Threats
The most obvious threat to the region Tesso Nilo is illegal logging and land looting. Illegal logging occurs almost throughout the territory in the Tesso Nilo forest
It was triggered by the economic conditions of communities around the forests and the need for such a tall timber
plus access to a forest that has been quite smoothly with the construction of the road corridors in the forest by former HPH
and large companies such as RAPP. Weak oversight of government agencies in this field also led to illegal logging activities can take place freely

Looting and land claims are also often found in Tesso Nilo forest area. Perpetrators are usually local people who limited economic conditions and require land to expand the garden and hang his life. But there also are found outside the community who are party to these violations and indicated many officials - officials who are involved.

Tesso Nilo forest degradation threatening the living resources they contain Loss of habitat is the main factor that threatens the sustainability of large animals such as elephants and tigers in the region





WisataTesso Nilo
 Since established in 2004 TNTN region has become a main attraction, especially for researchers in the environmental field
Long and winding road to go through for approximately 6 hours from the capital city of Riau Province (Week New) to reach the region Tesso Nilo National Park located
in the districts of Pelalawan and Indragiri Hulu district
Regions Tesso Nilo National Park presents the natural beauty and unique traditions of local communities

But the most interesting is the special forces guard the area from the threat of wild elephants and forest encroachment action called Flying Squad
Forces consisting of some of today's elephants routinely conduct patrols into the woods every day

Nilo navigate the river by boat and through the thick forest in the region with troops patrolling the elephant can give to anybody, that man can live side by side with all forest dwellers, provided there is wisdom behind everything done

Visitors who wish to spur andrenalinnya can participate directly herding wild elephants into their habitats
In this forest area visitors can see the footprints of tigers or other wild animals, such as tapirs, bears, clouded leopards and other






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