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Komodo

Situated between Flores and Sumbawa in Indonesia, Komodo Biosphere Reserve and National Park is well known for its population of about 5,000 giant lizards, also called ‘Komodo dragons’ (Varanus komodoensis).They exist nowhere else in the world and are of great interest to scientists studying the theory of evolution.This lizard was also the reason for the designation of the area as a World Heritage site.

The predominant vegetation type is open grass-woodland savannah, mainly of anthropogenic origin, with patches of tropical rain forests, monsoon forests and mangroves. Apart from Komodo Island, the biosphere reserve also covers Rinca and Padar Island as well as numerous islets. It includes one of the world’s richest marine environments with coral reefs. Read more about this reserve on the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves website.