Please provide additional information on each of the following categories by
attaching extra pages (please limit extra pages to no more than 10):
12. Justification of the criteria selected under point 9, on previous page. (Please refer to Annex II in the
Explanatory Note and Guidelines document).
Criterion 1: The site is a particularly good representative example of a natural coastal wetland,
characteristic of this biogeographical region; this criteria has also been identified in the Asian Wetland
Directory, 1989.
Criterion 2: The island supports some rare and vulnerable species of animals such as endanger species
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and quite possibly critically endanger species Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys
imbracata).
Criterion 3: The site is of special value for maintaining the genetic and ecological diversity of the area.
There is a considerable convergence of plant and animal species that inhabit the island and the surrounding
waters. This criteria has also been identified in the Asian Wetland Directory, 1989.
Criterion 4: The area is of special value as the nesting ground of Green turtles and possibly the Hawksbill
turtle. As well as, the site is of special value for at least one endemic animal species, Echis carinatus astoli,
a viper. This criteria has also been identified in the Asian Wetland Directory, 1989