Tanimbar Tengah (15994)
Indonesia, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2014
National site name: Tanimbar Tengah
Central coordinates: Latitude: -7.5740, Longitude: 131.3670
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 188
Area of KBA (km2): 1167.38827
Protected area coverage (%): 51.01
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: This area is a flat area. The land of Yamdena island is important area for medicinal plants and other forest products and hunting (wild boar, deer and wild buffalo). There are 4 villages in this area and most of the people work as fisherman and farmer. Main comodities are coconut for copra and marine products mainly sea cucumbers and mussels.
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: The only area where Tanimbar Starling Aplonis crassa recorded. Non-bird biodiversity: The endemic flora in this area is Lemuku Dendrobium phaleonopsis (MacKinnon & Artha 1981, Monk et.al.1997). The emdemic fauna of Tanimbar are Troides riedeli, Litoria capitula (Monk et.al.1997). The other important fauna are Python morelia amethistina,Cervus timorensis floresiensis (Petocz et.al.1997).
Delineation rationale: 2015-06-10 (BL Secretariat): site area changed from 207000 ha to 116888 ha, following 2014 CEPF Ecosystem Profile.
Habitats
Summary of habitats in KBA: Moist deciduous forest, dry deciduous forest and a few of semi-evergreen forest at eastern (Monk et.al.1997). There are five types of wetlands (Wetlands International): estuary, delta, beach, tidal mudflat, mangrove, river.
Land use: forestry
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 87 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 13 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Logging, land clearence for plantation, collection of orchid and megapode eggs is the potential threat (Monk et.al.1997).
Additional information
References: MacKinnon, J & Artha, M.B. 1981. A National Conservation Plan For Indonesia vol VII: Maluku & Irian Jaya. UNDP/FAO National Parks Development Project, Bogor.Monk. K.A., de Fretes, Y. and Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. 1997. The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Periplus Edition, Singapura Petocz, R., Jepson, P. & Staf of BirdLife. 1997. Terestrial Protected Areas Component MACONAR Project Preparation Mision: Working Draft for Comment. World Bank, Ambon. [Unpublished].