Bogani Nani
Wartabone National Park is a 2,871.15 km² (1,108.56 mi²) National Park on Minahassa
Peninsula on Sulawesi island, Indonesia. Formerly known as Dumoga Bone
National Park, it was established in 1991 and was renamed in honour of Nani Wartabone, a local resistance fighter who
drove the Japanese from Gorontalo during the World War II.
The park has
been identified by Wildlife Conservation Society as the single most important site
for the conservation of Sulawesi wildlife and is home to a large number of species endemic to Sulawesi. The species observed
in the park include among others the endangered Anoa and Cinnabar Hawk Owl, which was only described
scientifically in 1999 from a specimen collected from the park.
Among the
larger animals of the park are babirusas and the Sulawesi
warty pig. The park
is threatened by uncontrolled logging, poaching and illegal gold mining.
Maleo breeding
The endemic Maleo birds have been bred successfully in this park. As
per February 2012, about 3,300 Maleo birds have been released to their habitat.
Hungoyono camp in Bone Bolango is the largest Maleo habitat which the
conservasionists have 4 breeding sites. Normally the birds need geothermal hot sand for their breeding as in
Hungoyono camp.
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