13-18, cf. AsRSG Asian Rhinos.
general outline map.
The park's long, thin shape results in c. 700 km of boundaries, and encroachment by illegal logging and cultivation are recurrent problems.
Bukit Barisan Dselatan National Park is the third largest protected area, 3568 km?, on Sumatra. Located in the extreme SW of Sumatra, 104.50 E, the park spans two provinces, Lampung and Bengkulu, extending from the southern tip at Tanjung Cina to more than 120 km north along the Barisan mountain range.
Survey conducted 7-24 March 1995, end of rainy season, mainly along 2 survey routes. Rhino signes at 3 locations: In the vicinity of Blambangan River, footprints of at least 2 individuals, also scrapes and wallows. This area is a mosaic of open marshy areas, swamp forest and low-land forest on low ridges. At Tanjung Belimbing, adjacent to a roposed hunting concession on the park's eastern border, one set of footprints. At Paya River, one recent set of footprints. Our guide said prints in three size classes are normally found in the area. No signs north of Paya River, although rhino tracks had been seen near Krui in 1993. Interviewed people in Rata Agung said that there were no reports of rhino for many years.
