Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park
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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park
| iucn_category = II
| photo = Gunung Bukit Raya.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Bukit Raya in Central Kalimantan
| map = Borneo
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| label = Bukit Baka Bukit Raya NP
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| location = Borneo, Indonesia
| nearest_city = Palangka Raya
| coordinates = {{coords|0|47|S|112|37|E|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{cvt|1,810|km2}}
| established = 1992
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| governing_body = Ministry of Forestry
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Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park ({{langx|id|Taman Nasional Bukit Baka Bukit Raya}}) is a national park located on Borneo Island, Indonesia. It is named after the mountains of Bukit Baka ({{convert|1620|m|sp=us|abbr=off}}) and Bukit Raya ({{convert|2278|m|sp=us|abbr=off}}),Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia: [http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/INFORMASI/TN%20INDO-ENGLISH/tn_bukitbaka.htm "Taman Nasional Bukit Baka-Bukit Raya"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105194649/http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/INFORMASI/TN%20INDO-ENGLISH/tn_bukitbaka.htm |date=November 5, 2013 }}, retrieved 4 December 2013 part of the Schwaner mountain range at the border of Central and West Kalimantan.Bellefroid, E. et al: [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4496870?uid=3737536&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21103056567727 "Additions to the Pteridophyte Flora of Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo"] in American Fern Journal, Vol.97, No.1, 2007
File:Logo TN Bukit Baka Bukit Raya.png
The national park forms part of the Heart of Borneo conservation project.Heart of Borneo: [http://heartofborneo.or.id/en/conservations-areas/2/about "Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050305/http://heartofborneo.or.id/en/conservations-areas/2/about |date=2014-04-29 }}, retrieved 4 December 2013
Flora and fauna
There have been 817 species of plant recorded in the park, including from the families of Dipterocarpaceae, Myrtaceae, Sapotaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lauraceae and Ericaceae. Plants endemic to the island include Symplocos rayae, Gluta sabahana, Dillenia beccariana, Lithocarpus coopertus, Selaginnella magnifica and Tetracera glaberrima.
The park protects the habitat of clouded leopards, orangutans, sun bears (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus), maroon leaf monkeys, slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang borneanus), sambar deer and flying squirrels. Bird species in the park include the black hornbill, helmeted hornbill, common emerald dove, little cuckoo-dove, Bornean White-Bearded Gibbon and Bornean peacock-pheasant.
Human habitation
Conservation and threats
In 1978 a nature reserve of 500 km2 around Bukit Raya was established, and the next year it was extended to 1,100 km2. In 1982 the Bukit Baka nature reserve was established, comprising 1,000 km2. After several smaller alterations to the boundaries of both reserves, in 1992 the two protected areas were merged into the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park comprising 1,810 km2.Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia: [http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/files/TN_BBBR.pdf "Taman Nasional Bukit Baka-Bukit Raya"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929023921/http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/files/TN_BBBR.pdf |date=September 29, 2015 }}, retrieved 4 December 2013
The park has been affected by severe illegal logging since the end of the 20th century.
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Category:National parks of Indonesia
Category:Geography of Central Kalimantan
Category:Geography of West Kalimantan
Category:Protected areas established in 1992
Category:Tourist attractions in West Kalimantan
Category:Protected areas of Kalimantan
Category:Important Bird Areas of Kalimantan
Category:Tourist attractions in Central Kalimantan