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Site description (1999 baseline):
Site location and context
Located around 20 km north of Tasikmalaya.
Non-bird biodiversity: The important faunas in this site are Presbytis comata and Trachypithecus auratus (Nijman 1997).
Gunung Sawal supports lowland rainforest and lower mountain rainforest. This area has hydrological importance for surrounding area. (MacKinnon
et.al.1982).Although only few information already known from this site, but based on good forest condition it is predicted that the site is important for biodiversity.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
General forest destruction (MacKinnon
et.al.1982).
5400 ha of this area declared as Wildlife Sanctuary based on SK Menteri Pertanian No.420/Kpts/Um/7/1979 (Anon 1997, Anon 1998)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Sawal (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-sawal-iba-indonesia on 23/11/2024.
