Yela Ka Forest

{{refimprove|date=February 2015}} {{Short description|Tree conservation area}} {{Infobox forest | name = Yela Ka Forest | native_name = | native_lang = | native_name2 = | native_lang2 = | image = | image_caption = | image_size = | map = Micronesia | map_caption = | map_width = | coordinates = | county = | region = Yela Valley, Kosrae | country = Federated States of Micronesia | elevation = | area = {{convert|78|acre}} | max_area = | date_max_area = | status = | established = | visitation = | visitation_year = | events = | authority = | website = | ecosystem = | classification_WWF = | classification_EPA = | classification_CEC = | disturbance = | forest_cover = | species = ka trees (''Terminalia carolinensis'') | indicator_plants = | lesser_flora = | fauna = }}

'''Yela Ka Forest''' is a conservation area of ka trees (''Terminalia carolinensis'') in the Yela Valley on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. The trees are also found on the island of Pohnpei. A conservation easement, the first achieved outside the Americas, protects {{convert|78|acre}} of the 1,400 acre (570 ha) valley.<ref>[https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/news-events/?cid=STELPRD3794698 First conservation easement in the Asia Pacific Region protects the last Ka Forest in the world] March 31, 2014 USDA</ref>

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==Further reading== *"[http://magazine.nature.org/features/enchanted-forest.xml Enchanted Forest]", article in ''The Nature Conservancy Magazine'' *[http://www.seacology.org/project/36-federated-states-of-micronesia/ Yela Valley, Kosrae Island, Federated States of Micronesia] January 2011 Seacology

Category:Environment of the Federated States of Micronesia Category:Parks in the Federated States of Micronesia