🌿 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site
📋 Fast Facts
- Three national parks spanning over 2.5 million hectares across Sumatra
- Home to critically endangered Sumatran tigers, rhinoceros, elephants, and orangutans
- Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 under criteria (vii), (ix), and (x)
- Listed as World Heritage in Danger since 2011 due to illegal logging and poaching
The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra encompasses three geographically separated national parks—Gunung Leuser, Kerinci Seblat, and Bukit Barisan ...