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Sancang Forest, "the lungs of the earth"

  The Sancang Forest Area is a conservation area with the status of a nature reserve located in Cibalong District, Garut Regency, Indonesia. The area is located in the south of Garut which has so much potential for biodiversity. Not surprisingly, because of the uniqueness of the plants and wildlife that are in it. Sancang Forest is designated as a nature reserve in West Java with an area of ​​about 2,157 ha. The coastal waters around the 1,150 ha Sancang Forest CA were designated as a marine nature reserve in 1990 because they have coral reefs in relatively good condition.    Not only the scenery is exotic, this area also saves the potential of diverse flora. With vegetation types classified into lowland forest, mangrove forest, and coastal forest, in this area there are several types of flora such as palahlar (Dipterocarpus sp) which is the only species of the Dipterocarpaceae family that is still original and grows naturally on the island of Java. ; kaboa (Lumnitzera ra...