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Betung Kerihun National Park (Indonesian: Taman Nasional Betung Kerihun) [a] is a national park located in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. The park was established in 1995, and has a total area of 8,000 km 2 (3,100 sq mi) or about 5.5 percent of West Kalimantan Province area.
The Directorate General of Nature Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (Indonesian: Direktorat Jenderal Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam dan Ekosistem, also known as Ditjen KSDAE) is a directorate general under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia.
Lamandau Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Lamandau) is a regency of Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia. The regency was created in 2002 from the northwestern parts of West Kotawaringin Regency . The regency has a population of 63,119 according to the 2010 census [ 2 ] and 97,611 based on the 2020 census.
Kalimantan (Indonesian pronunciation: [kaliˈmantan]) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. [2] It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan , East Kalimantan , North Kalimantan , South Kalimantan , and West Kalimantan .
The local mango, called klemantan, is still widely found in rural Ketapang and surrounding areas of West Kalimantan. [10] Internationally, it is known as Borneo, a name derived from European contact with the Brunei kingdom in the 16th century, during the Age of Exploration. On a map from around 1601, Brunei city is referred to as Borneo, and ...
The peat swamp forest is a dual ecosystem, with diverse tropical trees standing on a 10 to 12 m layer of peat - partly decayed and waterlogged plant material – which in turn covers relatively infertile soil. Peat is a major store of carbon. If broken down and burned it contributes to CO 2 emissions, considered a source of global warming. [10]
The Kahayan River through the city of Palangka Raya.. The name Palangka Raya is a combination of two words from two languages: palangka (Dayak Ngaju), meaning sacred site, and raya (), meaning vast; therefore, Palangka Raya means a vast sacred site.
Kotabaru Regency is one of the eleven regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan.It consists of two parts; the smaller (2,375.44 km 2) but more populated insular part comprises Laut Island ("Sea Island"), the largest island off the coast of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), together with the smaller Sebuku Island off Laut Island's east coast and other even smaller islands nearby ...