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Back to homepage Zoning Area management within Komodo National Park is based on zoning. The zoning system of the Park (see table below) is in accordance with decree number 74/Kpts/Dj-VI/1990 from the Director General of PHPA and Law No. 5 of the year 1990 concerning the Conservation of Biological Resources and Their Ecosystems. The zoning system for the Park covers both terrestrial and marine habitats, where each of these two habitats have their own set of regulations. The following zone types are to be implemented in the Park:
Core Zone
(Zona Inti)
Wilderness Zone
with Limited Tourism (Zona Rimba dengan Wisata Terbatas)
Tourism Use Zone
(Zona Pemanfaatan Wisata)
Traditional Use
Zone (Zona Pemanfaatan Tradisional)
Pelagic Use Zone
(Zona Pemanfaatan Pelagis)
Special Research and Traimi Training Zone
(Zona khusus Penelitian dan Latihan)
Traditional Settlement Zone
(Zona Pemukiman Tradisional)
 Click on the icon for a map of the zonation of Komodo National Park (50kB).
The Core Zone
, Wilderness Zone
with Limited Tourism, Tourism Use Zone
and Special Research and Training Zone
are all no-take zones where all harvesting and/or mining of live and dead natural resources is strictly prohibited. Harvesting of living marine resources is only permitted in the Traditional Use
Zone and in the Pelagic Use Zone
of the Park. Tourism is strictly prohibited only in the Core Zone of the Park. Special regulations and sub-zoning will be designed for tourism in the Wilderness Zone with Limited Tourism. The free passage of ships into and through the Park is only permitted in the Pelagic and Traditional Use Zones
. Special licenses are needed for vessels aiming to enter the Wilderness Zone of the Park. Summary of Zoning System for Komodo National Park.
| Zone |
Permissible activities |
Prohibited activities |
| All Zones |
monitoring, research
(with permits), environmental restoration |
Anchoring except in designated areas, collecting legally protected species, damaging marine or terrestrial habitat, keeping dogs
or cats
, trash/waste disposal except where designated, harvesting fuel wood, the use of cyanide
, poisons, hookah
, scuba, or explosives for
fishing in the Park
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| 1. Core Zone
(Zona Inti) |
see All Zones |
all other activities prohibited |
| 2. Wilderness Zone
with Limited Tourism (Zona Rimba dengan Wisata Terbatas) |
plus limited tourism with permits |
all other activities prohibited |
| 3. Tourism Use Zone
(Zona Pemanfaatan Wisata) |
plus tourism with permits (temporary accommodations allowed dependent on outcome of EIA
), facilities development for Park management (dependent on outcome of EIA) |
all other activities prohibited |
| 4. Traditional Use
Zone (Zona Pemanfaatan Tradisional) |
plus tourism (temporary accommodations), mariculture
, captive breeding, fishing in designated sites using small-scale gear subject to certain restrictions (all subject to permits and dependent on outcome of EIA
) |
all other activities prohibited |
| 5. Pelagic Zone (Zona Pelagis) |
plus recreational, sustenance, and commercial pelagic
fishing subject to restrictions on gear type, species harvested, and location (all subject to permits and dependent on outcome of an EIA
) |
plus capture of demersal
species is prohibited, capture of Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Octopodidae, and marine invertebrates apart from Loliginidae is prohibited, all other activities prohibited |
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6. Special Research and Training Zone
(Zona khusus Penelitian dan Latihan) |
plus research
and training (all subject to permits and dependent on outcome of EIA
) |
all other activities prohibited |
| 7. Traditional Settlement Zone
(Zona Pemukiman Tradisional) |
plus rearing of domestic animals, harvesting sand or limestone, the use of pesticides
within the home, limited agriculture (no pesticides or fertilizer), limited fresh water use, and other normal daily living activities |
plus immigration prohibited, all other activities prohibited |
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