Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

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Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Geological map of Bukit Barisan mountain range.
Location	Sumatra, Indonesia
Area	3,568 km²
Established	1982

Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is a national park in Sumatra, Indonesia. The park has a total area of 3,568 km², and spans three provinces:

Starting as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1935, the area became a National Park in 1982. Together with Gunung Leuser and Kerinci Seblat national parks it forms a World Heritage Site, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.^[1]

The park is home to many endangered species, including:

Sumatran Elephant (about 500 animals, or 25% of the total remaining population of this sub-species live in the park)
Sumatran Striped Rabbit
Sumatran Rhino (an estimated 60-85 Sumatran rhinos live in the park, the largest population anywhere on Sumatra)
Sumatran Tiger (approximately 40 adult tigers or 10% of the remaining Sumatran tigers live in the park).

The park has recently lost 20% of its forests to illegal agriculture, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. WWF found that more than 450 km² of park land is being used for growing coffee, and the organisation is now working with multinational coffee companies (including Nestle) to help them avoid buying illegally grown coffee.^[2]