1.3 M ha
of UNESCO World Heritage rainforest across four Sumatran provinces.
4
provinces sharing one continuous mountain forest block.
Tiger
one of the most important remaining Sumatran tiger landscapes.
Core
World Heritage rainforest under constant edge pressure.
What lives here
- Sumatran tigers ranging remote mountain valleys
- Asian elephants and clouded leopards in lowland edges
- Rafflesia and other rare Sumatran flora
- Headwater forests feeding farms far downstream
What threatens it
- Poaching of tigers, elephants and forest products
- Palm oil and smallholder clearing on park borders
- Illegal roads and encroachment into core forest
- Human–wildlife conflict in edge villages
“A tiger needs room to disappear. Our job is to keep that room intact.”
— Kerinci Seblat forest partners
Kerinci Seblat National Park is among Southeast Asia’s largest protected rainforests — a World Heritage landscape that still holds Sumatran tigers, elephants and rare plants.
Keeping it whole means community patrols, conflict response and alternatives to clearing forest for cash crops along hundreds of kilometres of park edge.
Consortium partner
Guarding Sumatra's tiger mountains
Local and national partners around Kerinci Seblat combine patrols, village agreements and livelihood support to keep this World Heritage forest intact.
Show Kerinci Seblat some love
Every heart tells Sumatra that people still care whether tigers keep a home in these mountains.