Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park, Bandung West Java

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Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park is one of the first five national parks in Indonesia. However, its unique characteristics have made it a natural laboratory for researchers since long before this time. Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park is a national park in West Java, Indonesia. The park is centered on two Volcanoes-Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango-and is 150 kilometer in area. It evolved from already existing conservation areas, Such as Cibodas Nature Reserve, Nature Cimungkat Reseve, Situgunung Recreational Park and Mount Gede Pangrango Nature Reserve, and has been the site of Important biological and conservation research over the last century. Mount Gede-Pangrango is widely known for its wealth of bird species: 251 of the 450 species in Java inhabit this Park. Among these are endangered species like the Javan hawk eagle (Spizaetus bartelsi), and the owl (Otus angelinae).

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UNESCO declared Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park a Biosphere Reserve in 1977, and it is a Sister Park to Taman Negara Malaysia, under a cooperation signed in 1995 the between Indonesia and Malaysia. This Park is surrounded by ancient superstitions and beliefs. It has some legend , that the spirits of Eyang Suryakencana and Prabu Siliwangi guard Mt. Gede to keep it from erupting. Even now, at certain times of the year, people flock to the caves around Mt. Gede to Meditate or hold ritual Ceremonies.

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