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place what I am interested to go is Ujung Kulon National Park. It is located at
Java, Indonesia. The name is quit unique… At there, it contains the largest remaining area of lowland
rainforests in the Java plain. Several species of endangered plants and animals
can be found there, the Javan rhinoceros being the most seriously under threat.
For your information also, It is Indonesia's
first proposed national park and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991 for containing the largest remaining lowland rainforest in Java. After the 1883 eruption
of Krakatoa, many settlements in the park were wiped out and never repopulated.
It most interested
ecotourism place… why??..Ujung Kulon is the last remaining viable natural
refuge for Javan rhinoceros; Javan tiger was locally extirpated about 40 years
ago. Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard, wild dog
(dhole), leopard cat, fishing cat, Javan mongoose and several civets. Of the
primates, the endemic species Javan gibbon and Javan leaf monkey occur locally
along with the endemic silvered leaf monkey, while crab-eating macaque is found
throughout the park. Several ungulates range within the park, of which the
largest and most abundant is banteng. A rich avifauna is present with over 270
species recorded. Terrestrial reptiles and amphibians include two species of
python, as well as two crocodiles and numerous
The rich coral reefs of the Ujung Kulon coast are
dominated by a small number of species that make up some 90% of the coral mass;
the marine areas of Ujung Kulon support some of the richest fish fauna in the
archipelago, with both deep water and reef species well represented dog and toad..
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