Nangarawa (15937)
Indonesia, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2014
National site name: Nangarawa
Central coordinates: Latitude: -8.8200, Longitude: 120.6740
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 950
Area of KBA (km2): 106.56771
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Nangga Rawa village located on the beach. Gunung Poco Ndeki is the highest mountain in this area (separated from the forest block in Nangga Rawa), isolated from the main mountains area in central Flores (Gibbs 1990).
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas) KBA identified by the 2014 CEPF Wallacea Ecosystem Profile process. Taxonomy and threat status follow the 2013 IUCN Red List.
Additional biodiversity: In the 1998 a survey hold by BirdLife International-Indonesia Programme (Trainor & Lesmana 2000) to assess the population of Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea. There was no Cacatua sulphurea found by the survey team. Interview with the local people indicated that the Cacatua sulphurea is difficult to find. There was similar result from other survey one year before by Cambridge Flores/Sumbawa Conservation Project in 1993. This survey also shown that only few record for Flores Crow Corvus florensis in this area,and the species can only be seen in the forest along river (Butchart et.al.1996). Around 100 birds recorded in this area.
Delineation rationale: 2015-06-10 (BL Secretariat): site area changed from 3000 ha to 10885 ha, following 2014 CEPF Ecosystem Profile.
Habitats
Summary of habitats in KBA: The important habitat is tropical moist deciduous forest on volcanic rock (Trainor & Lesmana 2000). Most of the forest on altitude between 0-500 m (70%) and the remaining between 500-850 m.Semi-deciduous forest and deciduous forest are used for grazing area and plantation, thorny shrub, evergreen forest along of river and small group of mangrove on the coastal area.Most of grassland below 200 m.
Land use: agriculture
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 26 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 26 | |
| Grassland | 26 | |
| Forest | 21 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Illegal hunting and logging (Butchart et.al. 1996, Trainor & Lesmana 2000).
Additional information
References: Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Davies, C. W. N., Dharmaputra, G., Dutson, G. C. L., Lowen, J. C, and Sahu, H. 1996. The conservation status of forest birds on Flores and Sumbawa, Indonesia. Bird Conservation International 6: 335-370.Gibbs, D. 1990. Wallacea, A Site Guide for Birdwatchers.David Gibbs. [tidak dipublikasi].Trainor, C and Lesmana, D. 2000. Exploding volcanoes, unique birds, gigantic rats and elegant ikat: Identifying sites of international conservation significance with particular reference to Sumbawa. PKA/BirdLife/WWF, Bogor. Report No. 11.