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        "id": 2046839,
        "msgid": "bksda-javan-leopard-caught-on-camera-in-west-nusakambangan-1792500760",
        "date": "2026-10-20 18:59:32",
        "title": "BKSDA: Javan Leopard Caught on Camera in West Nusakambangan",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Anthropology",
        "summary": "A camera trap recorded a Javan leopard in the West Nusakambangan Nature Reserve during a brief monitoring exercise by Central Java\u2019s Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA). Officials cautioned that the footage of one animal cannot establish the island-wide population, estimated at around 20 in earlier research, and said development activity could affect wildlife and habitats, although its impact has not yet been assessed.",
        "content": "<p>The presence of these various wildlife species highlights the\nimportance of protecting habitats in the Nusakambangan conservation\narea.<\/p>\n<p>Cilacap (ANTARA) \u2013 A Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas) was\nrecorded by a camera trap in the West Nusakambangan Nature Reserve,\nCilacap Regency, during brief monitoring conducted by the Central Java\nNatural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) from 12 to 15 October.<\/p>\n<p>Wahyono Restanto, head of the Cilacap Natural Resources Conservation\nResort, said in Cilacap on Tuesday that the footage came from monitoring\nin the conservation area and could not be used to determine the Javan\nleopard population across the whole of Nusakambangan Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe monitoring only lasted a short time. The camera trap captured\none individual, probably on Tuesday night (13 October) or in the early\nhours of Wednesday (14 October),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the latest research estimated that there were around 20 Javan\nleopards on Nusakambangan Island.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, that figure was based on observations in specific\nareas and did not represent a comprehensive population survey across the\nentire island.<\/p>\n<p>Camera-trap monitoring of wildlife also allows officers to record\nother species living in the area, including mouse-deer, deer, porcupines\nand monitor lizards.<\/p>\n<p>Other protected and rarely seen species, such as the binturong\n(Arctictis binturong), leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) and Javan\nhawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi), have also been recorded during\nmonitoring activities on Nusakambangan.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding construction projects at several sites on the island, he\nsaid these activities had the potential to affect wildlife and their\nhabitats.<\/p>\n<p>However, his agency had not yet carried out a detailed study to\ndetermine the scale of their impact on wildlife presence or\nmovement.<\/p>\n<p>He urged members of the public, prison staff and workers on\nNusakambangan not to disturb, capture or hunt any wildlife they\nencounter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you see a Javan leopard, remain calm, do not approach it or\nprovoke it to move, and retreat slowly to avoid conflict between people\nand wildlife,\u201d Wahyono said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bksda-javan-leopard-caught-on-camera-in-west-nusakambangan-1792500760",
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