The project aims to save 6 to 7 000 hectares of forests in Borneo (Kalimantan) from deforestation. More than 150 orangutans and 250 white-beared gibbons, lives there, also proboscis monkeys, bears, long tailed and pig tailed macaques, clouded leopards, hornbills etc. Kalaweit works closely with villagers and authorities to protect those lands and create communal forests. Kalaweit receives direct support from the Indonesian Minister of Forests.
Protecting forests is an emergency in regions of the world ravaged by deforestation. Our approach is concrete, fast and effective. The urgency is glaring: these forests, also surrounded by oil palm plantations and coal mining concessions, risk disappearing within 2 to 5 years if they are not secured in time. This project represents the last chance to preserve 6 to 7000 hectares of tropical rainforest, an irreplaceable ecosystem essential to the survival of great apes and hundreds of species
The goal is to connect several isolated forest areas-including the Dulan Reserve, established by Kalaweit in 2019-through the creation of an ecological corridor. Once these forest areas are connected, wildlife will be protected from the threat of deforestation. Aerian protection using seaplanes helps prevent illegal activities in protected areas. Protecting forests also helps combat climate change.
By protecting this ecological corridor, we could save between 110 and 150 orangutans (lowest estimate), 5,000 to 7,000 hectares of forest, including 4,000 hectares of very high-quality secondary forest, rich in biodiversity and still relatively intact, and the cultural identity and traditional livelihoods of six villages (approximately 6,171 people) whose lives remain deeply connected to the forest.
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