Mount Halimun Salak National Park
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| Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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View of Mount Salak from a rocky river bed (c. 1920).
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 Mount Halimun Salak NP
Location in Java
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| Location | West Java, Indonesia |
| Nearest city | Sukabumi |
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| Area | 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres; 400 km2) |
| Established | February 28, 1992 |
| Visitors | 7,000 (in 2006[1]) |
| Governing body | Ministry of Environment and Forestry |
| Website | halimunsalak.org |
Mount Halimun Salak National Park is a 400 km2 conservation area in the Indonesian province of West Java on the island of Java. Established in 1992, the park comprises two mountains, Mount Salak and Mount Halimun with a 11-kilometer forest corridor.[2][3] It is located near the better known Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, but the national park should be accessed from Sukabumi, 2 hours drive to the administration post and then 2 hours drive (30 kilometers) again to Cikaniki post gate.
The park contains water catchment areas shielded from urban populations and agricultural areas to the north,[4] as well as several endangered animals and rare birds.[5]
Geography
Its mountain tops reach 1,929 metres and are often mist-shrouded, while its valleys are thought to hide much that remains to be discovered.[4] Mount Salak is a critical water catchment area for its very high rainfall.[6] The park is an amalgamation of two important ecosystems at Halimun and Mount Salak, which are connected by an 11-kilometer forest corridor.[7]
Communities in the park
The Kesepuhan traditional community is a group of around 5,300 people who live in the southern part of the park. Their main village is Ciptagelar.[8]
Ecology
The lower zones hold secure populations of the endangered West Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch moloch) - a sub-species of the silvery gibbon. Mount Halimun is its most secure habitat, but its range is restricted to a thin ring around the park as the species is not found above 1,200 metres.[4] Javan lutung (Trachypithecus auratus), and other endemic species are evident; about half its 145 known bird species are rarely seen elsewhere in Java.[4]
Chevron Pacific Indonesia which has 10,000 hectares geothermal concession, used 3 percent of its area for its power station facilities, has been involved in some conservation activities such as set camera traps.[3][9]
3 animals are known to breed:[3]
- Silvery gibbon rose from 54 in 2008 to 61 in 2013
- Javan hawk eagle rose from 10 in 2008 to 16 in 2011, but declined to 11 in 2013
- Javan leopard rose significantly from 6 in 2008 to 18 in mid-2014
References
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- Mount Halimun Salak National Park Official Website
Media related to Mount Halimun Salak National Park at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak: Visitor Information, (Indonesian) retrieved 18 May 2010
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- ↑ Ika Krismantari, 'Saving "THE CORRIDOR" ', The Jakarta Post, 8 May 2012.
- ↑ J. Adiguna, 'Living in harmony with the nature', The Jakarta Post, 11 August 2008.
- ↑ CSR Outreach: Chevron restores ecology in Mt. Halimun Salak, 24 July 2012, The Jakarta Post.
