KEPADATAN POPULASI OWA JENGGOT PUTIH (HYLOBATES ALBIBARBIS) DI HUTAN DESA PENJALAAN KECAMATAN SIMPANG HILIR KABUPATEN KAYONG UTARA

Abstract

Penjalaan Village Forest includes the peat swamp production forest area designated as Simpang Keramat Village forest through the Decree of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Number. 708/ MENLHK-PSKL/PKPS/PSL.0/2/2017 Concerning the Granting of Village Forest Management Rights with an area of 376 hectares containing white-bearded gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis). According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the white-bearded gibbon is included in the Endangered category, while according to Conservation on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the white-bearded gibbon is included in the Appendix I list and cannot be bought and sold. internationally. The aim of this research is to record population numbers and population density. This research uses a survey method, by creating a 100 m observation path (50 m left and 50 m right), a path length of 1000 m with 4 observation paths with 2 repetitions on each path. The direction of the route is from Southwest-Northeast, observations are carried out in the morning from 05.30 to 7.30 WIB followed by 15.00 to 17.00 WIB. From the total observation route, a population of 14 individuals was obtained with a population density of 0.04 individuals/ hectares