Location
Key Information
| 0.10 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 5.84 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
Boundary: WDPA (Unmodified)
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January 2023
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Purpose
Pulau Tukong Ara-Banun is the breeding site of the Bridled tern (Sterna anaethetus) and the Black-naped tern (S. sumatrana), which are both protected under the Wildlife Protection Act.
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
1. No person shall enter a Wildlife Sanctuary unless he first obtains a written permission from the Warden in charge thereof authorizing him to do so.
2. No person shall in a Wild Life Sanctuary:
(a) hunt, kill or capture any animal;
(b) keep or carry any weapon, contrivance or material of any kind used for the taking, shooting or killing of any animal;
(c) be in possession of, or use, any form of trap, snare, net or other contrivance for trapping or snaring animals; the only exception are nets being used for fishing by people with subsisting rights or privileges;
(d) cut, collect, remove or be in possession of any wild plant or any part thereof.
Allowed
Authorized acts for scientific or educational purposes are allowed.