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The logging of rainforest for timber and the growing populations of the islands are a big threat to the future of many species. | The logging of rainforest for timber and the growing populations of the islands are a big threat to the future of many species. | ||
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Revision as of 17:55, 11 October 2010
Map by Wintibird
The Moluccas are a group of islands in Indonesia.
They are situated west of New Guinea, northwest of Australia, east of Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas.
Politically the form two Indonesian provinces:
- Maluku
- Ambon
- Aru
- Babar
- Banda
- Buru
- Kai
- Kisar
- Leti
- Seram
- Tanimbar
- Wetar
- North Maluku
- Ternate
- Bacan
- Halmahera
- Morotai
- Obi
- Sula
- Tidore
They lie in Wallacea, the biogeographical area between Asia and Australia. Their avifauna is more Australiasian than Asian and families like Birds-of-paradise, Honeyeaters or Whistlers are represented by many endemic species.
The logging of rainforest for timber and the growing populations of the islands are a big threat to the future of many species.
