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Komodo National Park has widely known with the home of the giant lizard Komodo Dragon - which has just declare to be one of the latest heritage of the world. This is the home of the giants lizard known as the "Komodo Dragon" it was thought to be a myth until the turn of the century, when fishermen who were forced by a storm to take shelter on Komodo sight the monsters
Komodo National Park lies in the Wallacea Region of Indonesia. The Park is located between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores at the border of the Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) provinces. |
It includes three major islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar, and numerous smaller islands together totaling 603 km2 of land. The total size of Komodo National Park is presently 1,817 km2. Proposed extensions of 25 km2 of land (Banta Island) and 479 km2 of marine waters would bring the total surface area up to 2,321 km2
Komodo National Park was established in 1980 and was declared a World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. The park was initially established to conserve the unique Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), first discovered by the scientific world in 1911 by J.K.H. Van Steyn. Since then conservation goals have expanded to protecting its entire biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.
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The mix vegetation of Komodo National Park provides habitat and shade for different animals of the park. There are 254 plants species from Asian and Australian origin. Komodo dragons are carnivores and do not eat any of the vegetation. However, the main prey of Komodo dragon, such as deer and will boar, feed on various leaves, fruit, flowers, roots and grasses found in the park
SAVANNA : Savanna is exposed hills of tall grass with scattered trees. This habitat is probably formed and maintained by fires and extreme drought. More than 70% of the park is open savanna. This area is an important grazing ground for Timor deer, wild board, water buffalo and horses. |
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- Jarak (Jatropha curkas)
- Jujubi or Chinese Apple (Zizyphus Sp)
- Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia Sp)
- Gebang (Corypha Utan)
- Tamarind Tree (Tamarindus Indicus)
- Lontar Palm (Borassus Flavellifer)
- Sepang (Caesalpinia Sappan)
- Strangling fig (Ficus Sp)
- Kedondong Hotan (Garuga Floribunda)
- Kesambi (Schleichera Oleosa)
- Kapuh / Kelumpang (Sterculia Foetida)
- Wild Kapok (Bombac Ceibada)
- Orchid (Vanda Sp)
- Cicad / Cicus (Cycas Rumphii)
- Pipe (Moringa Pterygosperma)
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| Lontar palms (borassus flavellifer) and Jujubi trees (Zizyphus Jujuba) are scattered in the savanna. Both trees are important shade producers. Deer and boar eat the fruit of jujubi trees and the fruit of the lontar palm is eaten by a variety of animals. |
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