Kepulauan Togean National Park

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Kepulauan Togean National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
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Kepulauan Togean NP
Location Sulawesi, Indonesia
Coordinates 0°21′S121°59′E / 0.350°S 121.983°E / -0.350; 121.983 Coordinates: 0°21′S121°59′E / 0.350°S 121.983°E / -0.350; 121.983
Area 3,626 km²
Established 2004
Governing body Ministry of Forestry

Kepulauan Togean National Park is a largely marine national park, including the Togian Islands, near Sulawesi island of Indonesia. [1]

A marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea sometimes protected for recreational use, but more often set aside to preserve a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms that exist there. Most marine parks are designated by governments, and organized like 'watery' national parks.

National park park used for conservation purposes of animal life and plants

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), has defined "National Park" as its Category II type of protected areas.

Togian Islands island group

The Togian Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and islets, in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The three largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, and Talakatoh. There are 37 villages on the islands, with one settled by the Bajau people, more commonly known as the sea gypsies.

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References

  1. Lestari Hutan Indonesia Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine ., retrieved 26 February 2010