Path to recovery: A Javan hawk-eagle named Raja Dirgantara was kept as a pet for about a year before undergoing rehabilitation to regain basic survival skills at the Mt Gede Pangrango National Park in Cianjur, West Java. — The Jakarta Post/ANN
THE iconic raptor, the Javan hawk-eagle (nisaetus bartelsi), is facing mounting risks from habitat degradation that threatens its remaining populations, according to recent findings, as forest loss and land conversion continue across parts of Java.
Dwi Listyorini, an animal development regulation expert from Batu, East Java, said the impact of habitat loss is evident in the changing landscape around her hometown over the past decades.
