Greater Leuser

Leuser landscape is located in two provinces, Aceh & North Sumatra provinces. BKSDA Aceh and Gunung Leuser National Park (GLNP) work in the area and includes the Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve. As one of the largest tropical forest landscapes in Sumatra, the Leuser Landscape covers 25,000 km2. It includes 8,282 km2 of Gunung Leuser National Park, a world heritage site. The landscape is home to critically endangered and endemic Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae), orangutans (Pongo abelii), and elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus). The Leuser Landscape ranges from carbon-rich peat swamp at sea level; to the main lowland, hill, submontane, and montane tropical rainforest; and up to the peak of Mount Leuser at 3,466 above sea level. This landscape covers 37 watershed forest areas that provide important ecosystem services to nearly 7 million people living in around 800 villages around the forest.