Forest Corridor Community Network (FCCN) was established on May 12, 2005 during the Development of FCCN Meeting in Cisarua village, Sukabumi. The initiation of the network developed together by the community representatives from four villages within forest corridor Salak-Halimun Mountain. They are Cisarua, Cipeuteuy, Cisalimar, and Cigarehong. This network developed as a mean to provide knowledge and understanding on forest corridor function to provide life carrying capacity and actively involved community on the implementation of adequate, prosperity and sustainable forest corridor management.

FCCN roles not only to manage all information and communication among the community, and to coordinate network movements, but also carry out several goals: (i) building common understanding on forest orridor roles and function to provide life carrying capacity and to conserve biodiversity, (ii) developing community institution through network empowerment among villages within forest corridor, (iii) establish an adequate, prosperity and sustainable management of forest corridor Salak-Halimun. The establishment of the network based on common need to work together and decide how forest corridor should be managed derived from the principles of nature conservation, equal positions among parties, and equal rights for natural resources utilization in forest corridor area for community prosperity. The protected forest of Salak Mountain and Gunung Halimun National Park (GHNP) are very important for biodiversity conservation. Both areas have significant value for the surrounding community to provide natural resource for vital daily needs.

For the community in Cisarua, Cipeuteuy, Cisalimar, Cigarehong villages, also other villages, forest corridor Salak- Halimun gives principal services: (i) provide water supply for daily needs and irrigation, (ii) provide plant diversity and fruits for food and traditional medicine, (iii) maintain community livelihood from natural disaster, such as flood, etc, (iv) as habitat for many endemic and important animals and plants and add significant value on biodiversity and local assets, (v) as source of knowledge and eternal indigenous knowledge library available for the community and the next generation. Forest corridors Salak-Halimun Mountain is a strip line of forest, which connects the protected forest of Salak and GHNP. Today, all is not well at forest corridor Salak-Halimun. Illegal logging is jeopardising both the wildlife and local population. This condition causes fragmentation and forest undersized which threatened corridor function to connect two conservation areas.

Forest corridor Salak-Halimun has been undersized from 666,508 ha in 1990 to 318,985 ha in 2001, also wide undersized from 1,4 km in 1990 to 0,7 km in 2001 (Cahyadi, 2003). In order to anticipate further destruction, local community initiated to develop a model of community based forest corridor conservation. The initiation implemented through conservation actions in the forest corridor, participatory mapping of forest border, natural resources valuation, community and local institution capacity building. This initiative from community, then, further developed by establishing FCCN Salak-Halimun Mountain as information media, communication and coordination for gathering action to manage adequate, prosperity and sustainable management of forest corridor Salak- Halimun Mountain.