Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
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How it came to be
Three widely separated national parks, Gunung Leuser, Kerinci Seblat and Bukit Barisan Selatan, follow the Bukit Barisan range, the spine of Sumatra. Together they cover about 2.6 million ha, one of the largest conservation areas in Southeast Asia. The island's forest was reduced to isolated remnants in only 50 years.
The three parks hold more than half of Sumatra's plant diversity and are home to the Sumatran orangutan, tiger, rhino and elephant. Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest flower in the world, and Amorphophallus titanum, the tallest, grow here. In 1971 the Ketambe research station for orangutans was set up inside Gunung Leuser National Park.
The site was inscribed in 2004 and has been on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2011 because of poaching, illegal logging, agricultural encroachment and plans for roads through the forest.
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