The project is to expand the size of the Dulan reserve located in Borneo, Indonesia, by 450 hectares in collaboration with the local populations living around it. There is a lake at the center of the forest and the villagers also live from fishing in it. Orangs-outans, gibbons, pangolins, bears, proboscis monkey etc live in this forest. The massive production of palm oil causes deforestation that threatens the habitat of wildlife and deteriorates the living conditions of local populations.
The destruction of forests has a significant environmental and social impact. The use of fertilizers and pesticides pollutes the soil and waterways. The toxic fumes released during deforestation last for months and lead to respiratory illnesses. Floods are becoming increasingly frequent. The habitat of wildlife is disappearing, and many endemic species are threatened: orangutans, Sumatran tigers, proboscis monkeys, coconut bears, siamang gibbons, Kloss's gibbons, etc.
Buying hectares of forests is the only way to protect wildlife habitats. By enlarging the Dulan reserve, Kalaweit allows wild animals to live there and provides local populations with a preserved living environment by protecting the lake located within the Dulan forest, where villagers fish. Without the action of Kalaweit, this forest would have already been replaced by oil palm trees. The protection of forests is also a way to combat climate change.
The expansion of the Dulan reserve allows the wildlife that has taken refuge in this pocket of forest, surrounded by palm oil plantations and coal mines, to live there safely. The purchase of forest plots by Kalaweit, to turn them into protected areas, and the creation of jobs (forest rangers) provides income to the villagers and allows them to improve their living conditions. The forests are then returned by Kalaweit to the local populations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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