Gibbon and the Javan Hawk-eagle habitat increasingly pressured

Fauna survey

Habitat Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) and Javan hawk-eagle (Spizaetus bartelsi) in Central Java kept pressed and left on the slopes of Mount Slamet and hills, Petungkriyono, Pekalongan. Besides poaching, the two populations of rare fauna was shrinking due to the proliferation of very slow.

Thus the conclusion of a survey of Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Central Java two days to record populations of Javan gibbon and the Javan hawk-eagle on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, Banyumas. "On the slope of Slamet, Javan gibbon population is about 400 individuals," said Team Coordinator Survey Central Java BKSDA Joko Sulistiyanto, 09/30/2013). The Javan hawk-eagle across Java is estimated less than 1,000.

In Central Java, lived two places and eagle Javan gibbon habitat, the forests and hills of Mount Slamet Petungkriyono. Two species of fauna that includes highly protected because breeding is very slow.

Female gibbons, for example, just gave birth to at most three times in his life. Average even only 1-2 times. Additionally gibbons including animals loyal to your partner. Consequently, if one of the pair dies, the other spouse will not mate again until death.

During a sweep on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, around the village of Melung, District Kedungbanteng, BKSDA find a gibbon family consisting of three tails. They also observed four Javan hawk.

Conservation efforts need to be made ​​to approach the people who raise the animals. It is expected that residents can submit it for the reintroduction of rare fauna.

According to the Eagle Sanctuary Program Development Coordinator Gunawan, damaged habitats and disrupt breeding seasons change Javan hawk. Each pair of Javan hawk-eagle takes 2-3 years to incubate the eggs.

Poaching became a serious cause of the shrinking population Javan hawk.

Founder Biodiversity Society Navan, Hariyawan Agung Wahyudi, said the population of Javan hawk upstream Banjaran, Banyumas, or the southern slope of Mount Slamet only three pairs. In 2005 there were five pairs. (gre)