Distribution and Characteristics of Javan Hawk Eagle Nesting Trees in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, Indonesia

 Javan Hawk Eagle is one of the three keys species of the Gunung Halimun Salak National Park and endemic to the island of Java. Protecting the active Javan Hawk Eagle nesting tree is one of the efforts to increase the success rate of Java Hawk Eagle breeding so that information on the distribution and characteris-tics of Javan Hawk Eagle nesting tree is needed. Field exploration was carried out to determine the existence of the Javan Hawk Eagle nest. There were 10 individuals of Javan Hawk Eagle nesting trees which consisted of 5 species namely Rasamala, Huru, Damar, Leng-sar and Manggong with tree architecture models of rauh, massart, scarrone and aubreville, tree height between 26-55 m and height of nests between 18-41m. The Javan Hawk Eagle nesting trees grow in primary, secondary, and plantation forests in a height between 670- 1295 masl, with a steep and very steep slope, the majority of the dis-tance from the river is less than 100 m and the majority of the dis-tance with ecotone is less than 600 m. Javan Hawk Eagle nest on Damar is the first finding at Gunung Halimun Salak National Park.

THE EFFECT OF LAND USE HISTORY ON NATURAL FOREST REHABILITATION AT CORRIDOR AREA OF GUNUNG HALIMUN SALAK NATIONAL PARK, WEST JAVA INDONESIA

Corridor area of Gunung Halimun Salak National Park was degraded and fragmented by human activities. However, little is known about recovery process in tropical degraded forest under different land use history. To clarifyvegetation structure and forest recovery related to land use history we placed 22 plots (11 of 10 x 10 m2 in abandoned plantation and 11 of 20 x 20 m2 in secondary forest, respectively). DCA (Detrended correspondence analysis) discriminated the plots into three community groups. Swieteniamacrophylla –Agathisdammaa community in abandoned plantation where had a land use history of clear felling.Maesopsiseminii–Cyathea spp. community had a history of severe human disturbance. Fagaceae-Schimawallichii was in less disturbed forest. Below the plantation canopy, light tolerant species, weeds, grasses, and fern of Dicranopteris linearis were dominant. Some exotic plants spread to the disturbed forest. The less disturbed forest in distant area from village remained in good condition as indicated by dominancy of old forest species. For the forest rehabilitation in severely degraded area, human intervention by planting native species can be suggested to avoid invasive species occupancy as well as accelerate forest recovery