Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park

Mount Gede Pangrango National Park
Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango
IUCN category II (national park)
View of Gunung Gede from the nearby tea plantation
Gunung Gede Pangrango NP Location in Java
Location	West Java, Indonesia
Nearest city	Bogor
Coordinates	6°46′0″S 106°56′0″E / 6.76667°S 106.93333°E / -6.76667; 106.93333Coordinates: 6°46′0″S 106°56′0″E / 6.76667°S 106.93333°E / -6.76667; 106.93333
Area	151.96 km² (15,196 ha)
Established	1980
Governing body	Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Website	gedepangrango.org

Mount Gede Pangrango National Park is a national park in West Java, Indonesia. The park is centred on two volcanoes—Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango—and is 150 km² in area.^[1]

It evolved from already existing conservation areas, such as Cibodas Botanical Gardens, Cimungkat Nature Reserve, Situgunung Recreational Park and Mount Gede Pangrango Nature Reserve, and has been the site of important biological and conservation research over the last century.^[1] In 1977 UNESCO declared it part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.^[2]

Topography and ecology

The Javan trogon found in the national park, is an endangered species endemic to West Java

Mount Gede (2,958 m) and Pangrango (3,019 m) are twin volcanoes. The two summits are connected by a high saddle known as Kandang Badak (2,400 m). The mountain slopes are very steep and are cut into rapidly flowing stream, which carve deep valleys and long ridges.

Lower and upper montane and subalpine forests are within the park and have been well studied. To the north of Mount Gede is a field of Javanese Edelweiss (Anaphalis javanica). The park contains a large number of species known to occur only within its boundaries, however, this may be a result of the disproportionate amount of research over many years.^[1]

Flora and fauna

Gunung Gede-Pangrango is inhabited by 251 of the 450 bird species found in Java. Among these are endangered species like the Javan hawk-eagle and the Javan scops owl.^[2]

Among the endangered mammal species in the Park there are several primates such as the silvery gibbon, Javan surili and Javan lutung. Other mammals include Javan leopard, leopard cat, Indian muntjac, Java mouse-deer, Sumatran dhole, Malayan porcupine, Sunda stink badger, and yellow-throated marten.^[2]

Tourism

Visitors usually enter the park by one of the four gates of the park: the Cibodas, Gunung Putri, and Selabintana gates, all give access to the peaks; the Situ Gunung gate gives entrance to a lake area set aside mainly for family-style recreation. Cibodas gate is the most popular entrance gate and is the site of the park's headquarters. From Jakarta, the area is two hours drive, usually via Cibodas Botanical Gardens.

References

1 2 3 Whitten, Tony and Jane (1992). Wild Indonesia: The Wildlife and Scenery of the Indonesian Archipelago. United Kingdom: New Holland. pp. 127–28. ISBN 1-85368-128-8.
1 2 3 Ministry of Forestry: Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, retrieved 23 July 2010

External links

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(Indonesian) Official site
Ministry of Forestry: Gunung Gede-Pangrango National Park

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