Site Name : CAGAR ALAM LAUT KEPULAUAN ARU TENGGARA
    Centerpoint
Latitude :
6 43 12 S Longitude : 134 31 48 E
Altitude :
0 to 15 metres
Area :
114000 ha Wetlands: 50000 ha
Status : Marine nature reserve
Legislation : SK Menhut No. 72/Kpts-II/91, 4-2-1991.
Tenure : Managed by BPKH P.P. Aru
Province :  

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  Site Description  
  One of the remotest areas of Indonesia, located at the eastern most of the archipelago. The entire area is relatively flat, up to only a few metres above se level. The Aru Tenggara is situated on the Sahul continental shelf. The proposed reserve encompasses all coastal and marine ecosystems in the south east region of Aru Archipelago. The whole Aru island system comprises raised coral reefs of quaternary origin, fringed by current living reefs. The marine area between islands is shallow (between 0.5 - 18m). Principal vegetation: Mangrove swamps (10,000 ha) with genera Sonneratia, Bruguiera and Rhizophora. Sea grass beds (40,000 ha).  
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 List of Birds (2 species) 
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Casuarius casuariusVulnerable
Haliaeetus leucogasterApp II
 List of Mamal (1 species) 
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Dugong dugonVulnerableApp I
 List of Fish (0 species) 
 List of Crustaseans (0 species) 
 List of Mollusk (0 species) 
 List of Fish (0 species) 
 List of Reptile (7 species) 
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Caretta carettaEndengeredApp I
Chelonia mydasEndengeredApp I
Crocodylus novaeguineaeApp II
Crocodylus porosusVulnerableApp II
Eretmochelys imbricataCritically EndengeredApp I
Lepidochelys olivaceaeEndengeredApp I
Natator depressusVulnerableApp I
 List of Vegetation (32 species) 
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Acanthus ilicifolius
Acrostichum aureum
Aegialitis annulata
Amyema mackayense
Avicennia officinalis
Barringtonia asiatica
Bruguiera gymnorhiza
Bruguiera parviflora
Bruguiera sexangula
Bruguiera sp.
Calophyllum inophyllum
Camptostemon schultzii
Casuarina equisetifolia
Ceriops tagal
Cissus forsteniana
Dendrobium discolor
Derris trifoliata
Excoecaria agallocha
Heritiera littoralis
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Ipomoea pescaprae
Lumnitzera littorea
Osbornia octodonta
Pemphis acidula
Rhizophora apiculata
Rhizophora sp.
Rhizophora stylosa
Scyphiphora hydrophyllaceae
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Sonneratia caseolaris
Sonneratia sp.
Xylocarpus granatum