| Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park | |
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| Taman Nasional Bogani Nani Wartabone | |
 Hungayono forest is one of the forest areas included in the Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Gorontalo. | |
  Bogani Nani Wartabone NP Location in Sulawesi | |
| Location | Sulawesi,Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 0°33′38″N123°40′48″E / 0.56056°N 123.68000°E /0.56056; 123.68000 |
| Area | 2,871.15 square kilometres (287,115 ha) |
| Established | 1991 |
| Governing body | Ministry of Environment and Forestry |
| Website | boganinaniwartabone |
Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park is a 2,871 km2 (1,108 mi2)national park onMinahassa Peninsula onSulawesi island,Indonesia. Formerly known asDumoga Bone National Park, it was established in 1991 and was renamed in honour ofNani Wartabone, a local resistance fighter who drove the Japanese fromGorontalo duringWorld War II. The park has been identified byWildlife Conservation Society as the single most important site for the conservation of Sulawesi wildlife[1] and is home to many speciesendemic to Sulawesi.
Common plant species in the park arePiper aduncum,Trema orientalis,Macaranga species and various orchids. Endangered plants in the park include the matayangan palm (Pholidocarpus ihur),Makassar Ebony, iron wood (Intsia spp.), yellow wood (Arcangelisia flava), and carrion flower (Amorphophallus companulatus).[2]
In the park there have been recorded 24 mammal, 11 reptile and 125 bird species.[2] These include the endangeredanoa andcinnabar hawk owl, which was only described scientifically in 1999 from a specimen collected from the park.[3]
Among the larger animals of the park arebabirusas[4] and theSulawesi warty pig.[5]
Themaleo megapode is endemic to the island and is the park's mascot.[2] Maleo birds have been bred successfully in this park, and as per February 2012, about 3,300 birds have been released to their habitat. Hungoyono camp in Bone Bolango is the largest maleo habitat which the conservationists have 4 breeding sites. Normally the birds needgeothermal hot sand for their breeding as in Hungoyono camp.[6]
The park is threatened by uncontrolled logging, poaching and illegal gold mining.
