The Historic and Marine Landscape of the Banda Islands

The Banda Islands is part of the Tentative list of Indonesia in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

The Banda Islands are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands, which until the mid-19th century were the world's only source of the spices nutmeg and mace. They were among the earliest European exploitations in Asia, the Dutch already constructed a comprehensive nutmeg plantation system on the islands during the 17th century. The plantations relied upon the endemic and high-quality Bandanese nutmeg tree. The island group also has one of the most spectacular coral reefs of the region.