Disappearing forests

Protected areas – mainland Sumatra (source MoF)

  Sumatran forest cover 1997 (Source MoF/World Bank 2000)

Estimated carrying capacity of forest blocks for tigers based on 1997 forest cover (Source STCP)

Forest Cover in Riau and surrounding areas
1980 :   1990 :  2000  :   2007

(Source WCMC); (Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP); (Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP); (Source: STCP, MoF)

Forest cover and land-use plan in Riau and adjoining areas c.2000 

(Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP; MoF)

 Forest loss 1990-2000 in the vicinity of Senepis proposed national park
 (Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP)

 Proposed Senepis-Buluhala National Park 
(Source: PHKA; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP)

 Tiger conservation units in Riau and adjoining areas 
(Source: Wikramanayake et al.1999, Riding the tiger: Tiger conservation in human-dominated landscapes)

 Forest loss 1990-2000 in the vicinity of TNBT and proposed extension areas 
(Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP)

TNBT and surrounding concessions 
(Source: MoF)

 TNBT, surrounding concessions, and forest cover 
(Source: MoF; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP )

 TNBT, surrounding concessions, and forest cover 
(Source: MoF; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP; SRTM )

 TNBT, surrounding concessions, and forest cover 
(Source: MoF; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP; SRTM )