Mountain Gede Pangrango

Mountain Gede Pangrango

Saturday, May 10, 2014

National Park of Mount Gede Pangrango (TNGGP) have an important role in the history of conservation in Indonesia. Defined as a national park in 1980. Covering 21,975 hectares, the national park area is covered by tropical rain forest mountains, just 100 km from Jakarta. In the forest area GPNP, can be found "the giant tree" Rasamala, "the hunter insect" or pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp); diversified forest orchids, and even some types of plants that have not been scientifically known name, like mushrooms that glow. Besides the uniqueness of the plant, the area is also a habitat GPNP of various wildlife species, such as giant ladybugs, beetles, more than 100 species of mammals such as deer, mouse-deer, coyote, leopard, skunk, etc., as well as 250 species of birds. This area is also the habitat of the Javan gibbon, Javan and surili and Javanese eagle population nearing extinction.