Gunung Kepala Madang (15978)
Indonesia, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1e, B2
Year of last assessment: 2018
National site name: Gunung Kepala Madang
Central coordinates: Latitude: -3.2940, Longitude: 126.1830
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 100 to 2735
Area of KBA (km2): 1329.66953
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Mountainous and steep area (RePPProt 1988) flat ground only on the northern part. Almost no settlement present, only some small clusters of indigenous Buru Island live in this area. The activities of community around this area are dry land farmer, hunting, and collecting forest product. People activities in the northern coastal area are agriculture, and collecting forest product to supply collectors or buyer from other island or for own consumption (Persulessy 1997). Main comodities are coconut, cacao, clove, coffee and melaleuca oil.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs. Alliance for Zero Extinction (2018): site confirmed as an AZE site during the AZE project (2015-2018). Taxonomy, nomenclature and Red List category follow the IUCN 2016 Red List.
Additional biodiversity: There are 3 birds species with uncertain status: Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosyna toxopei, Seram Honeyeater Lichmera monticola, Seram Oriole Oriolus forsteni. The threatened endemic bird species in Buru Island Black-losed Parrot Tanygnathus gramineus lives in this area. Although only few records of this bird from this species, but based on habitat analysis, it is predicted that the area has big population of this species. The same possibility also for Rufous-throated Darkeye Madanga ruficolis (Poulsen & Lambert 2000, BirdLife International 2001). Non-bird biodiversity: The other biodiversity (endemic of Buru Island) is Troides (=Troides) prattorum, Varanus gouldi, Nyctimene minutus varius, Pteropus temminckii liops and Rhinolophus euryotis burius, Rattus rattus moluccarius (Flanery 1995, Monk et.al.1997)
Delineation rationale: 2015-06-10 (BL Secretariat): site area changed from 138116 ha to 133317 ha, following 2014 CEPF Ecosystem Profile.
Habitats
Summary of habitats in KBA: Semi-evergreen forest in the western part and central area, and moist deciduous forest in the northern part. Meanwhile the southern part is covered by evergreen rainforest (Monk et.al.1997).
Land use: forestry | nature conservation and research
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 72 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Logging, bad reboisation system, expansion of plantation, and hunting.
Additional information
References: BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened bird of Asia: BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, U.K: BirdLife International.Coates, B.J., Bishop, K.D. & Gardner, D. 1997. A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea: Sulawesi, the Mollucas and Lesser Sunda Islands. Indonesia. Dove Publication, Australia.Flanery T. 1995. Mammals of The South-West Pacific and Moluccan Island's. Australia Museum, Australia.Persulessy, Y.E. 1997c. Telaah Awal Pentingnya Hutan Bakau di Teluk Kayeli, Pulau Buru. Memorandum Teknis nomor 16. PHPA/BirdLife Intenational-Indonesia Programme. Bogor.Poulsen, M.K. and Lambert, F.R. 2000. Altitudinal distribution and habitat preferences of forest birds on Halmahera and Buru, Indonesia: implications for conservation of Moluccan avifaunas. Ibis 142: 566-586.Silvius, M.J., Djuharsa, E., Taufik, A. W., Steeman, A.P.J.M, and Berczy, E.T. 1986. The Indonesian Wetland Inventory: A Preliminary Compilation of Information on Wetlands of Indonesia. PHPA-AWB/Interweder & Edwin, Indonesia.Smiet, A.C., Latupereissa, Th. & Sangadji, I.S. 1981. Result of Feasibility Studies and Proposals for Conservation Area in Maluku Tenggara. UNDP/FAO National Parks Development Project, Bogor.Monk. K.A., de Fretes, Y. and Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. 1997. The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Periplus Edition, Singapura