Tesso Nilo National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia
About Tesso Nilo National Park
In 2004 Indonesia created the parkw:Tesso_Nilo_National_Park, and more than doubled its size in 2007. The people of Air Hitam have a history of opposing the park and its purposes. In 2008 people from the village burned a ranger vehicle due to anger at the restrictions placed on their activities by the park. In late November 2010, 5 wild elephants were killed at Air Hitam, despite ongoing education efforts and the work of the Flying Squad elephant patrol. In late November 2010, a two day major operation involving around 300 police, rangers and military personnel resulted in clearing from the park many of the oil palms planted there illegally. Tesso Nilo contains some tropical lowland forest, and it also contains land that was used as production forest and oil palm plantations but that is
Tesso Nilo National Park Travel Guide Sections
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