{"id":191,"date":"2025-04-19T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T11:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.openvirtualworlds.org\/worldheritage2025\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:24:33","slug":"komodo-national-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stage.openvirtualworlds.org\/worldheritage2025\/komodo-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Komodo National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Where is Komodo National Park?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Komodo National Park is situated in the centre of the Indonesian archipelago and is made up of three islands of Rinca, Komodo and Padar and in 1991 was recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site  (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n

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This was largely due to the 5,700 Komodo dragon\u2019s who inhabit the island and make up the world\u2019s only population, existing nowhere else in the world. Komodo dragons have provided great value to the national park since their discovery in 1910 and are of great interest to scientists and researchers who can discover more regarding their biology and ecology (Wikipedia Contributors, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Komodo National Park is greatly valuable as a UNESCO Heritage site not only for the presence of Komodo dragon\u2019s but the diverse biodiversity spanning across orange footed scrub fowls, timor deer, endemic rats and marine biodiversity which includes manta rays, sea turtles and over 1000 species of fish and 260 species of coral (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n