Komodo Island is the new 7 wonders of the world tourism promotion area

Indonesian people's votes with the slogan Komodo Island is the new 7 wonders of the world that is one way in order to support tourism promotion area of komodo island national park, Indonesia. This event also challenged as a seo contest that held by komodo.me, as an expression of nationalism of indonesian bloggers and webmasters. The presence of the Komodo National Park which is one of the popular vote competition nominator of the New 7 Wonder of the world is quite inviting charm. The controversy that accompanied the event certainly had no effect on the intensive efforts to continue to preserve the park established in 1986 by UNESCO as world heritage site.

Komodo National Park is located between the Province of West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara It includes three large islands of Komodo, Rinca, and Padar, and several small islands with a land area covering 603 km ² and the total area is 1817 km ². Administratively, this region lies in the subdistrict of Komodo, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. National Parks are designated as forest conservation area by the Minister of Forestry with 132 572 ha area was originally established with the aim of conserving species of giant lizard dragons or a unique and rare.

Komodo Dragons and Its Ecosystems

Komodo dragons are known by the scientific name Varanus komodoensis that is the world's largest lizard species that live on the island of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami in Nusa Tenggara. By local people, dragons are often called Ora, learn more here : The unique history of komodo island and its dragons

Including family members Varanidae monitor lizards, and Toxicofera klad, dragons are the largest lizards in the world, with an average length of 2-3 m. Large size is associated with symptoms of island gigantism, the tendency for its giant body certain animals that live in small island linked to the absence of mammalian carnivores on the island of komodo world where dragons live, and the rate of metabolism of small dragons. Because komodo dragons they're occupy the position of a top predator that dominates its place of living ecosystems.

Komodo dragons are found in 1910. its body is great and terrible reputation makes them popular in zoos. Dragons in the wild habitat has shrunk and therefore IUCN include dragons as a n endangered species that vulnerable to extinction. These large lizards are protected under Indonesian law and the national park was established to protect them, and became a tourism area that visited by tourists from all around the world

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