page_title: Mount Halimun Salak National Park
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Halimun Salak National Park / Ecology
context_page_description: 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 an 11-kilometer forest corridor. 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 again to Cikaniki post gate.
  The park contains water catchment areas shielded from urban populations and agricultural areas to the north, as well as several endangered animals and rare birds.
context_section_description: 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. Javan lutung (Trachypithecus auratus), and other endemic species are evident; about half its 145 known bird species are rarely seen elsewhere in Java.
  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 animals are known to breed:
  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
caption: Mount Halimun NP is one of few remaining secure habitats of Javan lutung
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