PULAU SERIBU, INDONESIA.

PULAU SERIBU, INDONESIA.

Thousand Islands National Park is one of representative marine nature conservation area in Indonesia which is located approximately 45 km north of Jakarta.

There are 78 large-small islands with a height of not more than three meters above sea level., And all of them are coral islands.

In hundreds of years ago, the islands were formed on top of coral colonies of coral animals are already dead. The colony was initially grown on the shallow sea floor, and the upper layer of the ocean surface and undergo weathering. Then on top of the rock land, growing pioneer species such as shrubs, trees, and there was some kind of land. Land on the islands are not the same as the land consists of land. Similarly, the wealth of plants and animal.

Generally, plants that are in the Thousand Islands National Park is dominated by coastal vegetation, such as nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum), hibiscus (Hibicus tiliaceus), pandan (Pandanus sp.), Sea pine (Casuarina equisetifolia), cangkudu (Morinda citrifolia), butun ( Barringtonia asiatica), punch (Bruguiera sp.), breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), ketapang (Terminalia cattapa) and defeated (Cerbena adollam).

The wealth of marine life national park consists of hard rock / soft as 54 species, 144 species of fish, two types of clams, 3 groups of algae such as Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta, 6 kinds of seaweed such as Halodule sp., Halophila sp., And Enhalus sp ., and 17 species of shorebirds.

Thousand Islands National Park is a nesting hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Hawksbill and green turtles are endangered species and are rarely found in other waters, especially the northern coast of Java, Semak Daun bred on the island.

Captive breeding is meant to restore populations of endangered sea turtles. Breeding activities include semi-natural hatchery and child care turtle until it is ready to be released into the wild.

Most of the beaches in the national park is protected by mangrove forests, where live lizards, snakes and pythons gold ring.

Behind phenomena and the secrets of nature, the cluster actually save the natural beauty of the Thousand Islands are very charming. Simponi tiny islands of green, waves, golden colored sun at dusk; course will reassure those in the Thousand Islands National Park.