Protected areas of Indonesia

In 1932 through the Ordinance on Nature reserves and Wildlife Sanctuary a new legal framework for protected areas has been established.

[4] After Indonesia's independence, legislation to establish game reserves was introduced in 1967, while national parks have been first defined in 1982.

Seven national parks are part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves[7] and 5 are wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar convention.

List of protected forests or nature reserves in Indonesia As of 2012 Indonesia had over 100 marine protected areas covering an area of 15.7 million ha, of which 32 where managed by the Ministry of Forestry while the rest where managed by local governments.

In 2010 Indonesia also set out a longer term target to further increase the coverage of its marine protected areas to 10% of its territorial waters, or 31 million hectares.