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[[Image:Kahayan River Meanders.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Kahayan river to the north of Palangkaraya. The river meanders through most of its length, and often shifts its bed]]
[[Image:Kahayan River Meanders.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Kahayan river to the north of Palangkaraya. The river meanders through most of its length, and often shifts its bed]]


Central Kalimantan covers 153,800&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, with 82% tropical rain forest and no more than 3% agricultural land. The northern part of the province is mountainous, the central area has flat and fertile tropical forests and the southern area is swampy.<ref>[http://baliwww.com/kalteng/ Central Kalimantan – Indonesia Destination & Travel Information Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117122344/http://www.baliwww.com/kalteng/ |date=17 January 2009 }}</ref> The forests provide [[rattan]], [[resin]] and high-quality woods. The climate is hot and humid, typically around 30° most of the year. Annual rainfall is between 2800 and 3400&nbsp;mm.
Central Kalimantan covers 153,800&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, with 82% tropical rain forest and no more than 3% agricultural land. The northern part of the province is mountainous, the central area has flat and fertile tropical forests and the southern area is swampy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://baliwww.com/kalteng/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117122344/http://www.baliwww.com/kalteng/|title=Central Kalimantan – Indonesia Destination & Travel Information Guide|archivedate=17 January 2009}}</ref> The forests provide [[rattan]], [[resin]] and high-quality woods. The climate is hot and humid, typically around 30° most of the year. Annual rainfall is between 2800 and 3400&nbsp;mm.


The Kahayan River originates in the northern mountains, then [[meander]]s for 600&nbsp;km southward through the plains to the [[Java Sea]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722071625/http://www.glp.hokudai.ac.jp/ecosmag/link/Sunghai_Kahayan.pdf Sunghai Kahayan Watershed]</ref> Tidal effects are felt 50&nbsp;km – 80&nbsp;km inland from the sea. A recent study found 28 species of fish throughout the river, 44 species in the Danau Sabuah lake and 12 species in the traditional fish ponds. The [[Riparian zone|riparian wetlands]] were the main spawning areas. Fishermen are reporting declining yields due to problems with water quality.<ref>[http://puspasca.ugm.ac.id/files/Abst_(2918-H-2007).pdf Fish Distribution and Abundance in Kahayan River, Central Kalimantan by: Andria Yosephandi Andel]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The Kahayan River originates in the northern mountains, then [[meander]]s for 600&nbsp;km southward through the plains to the [[Java Sea]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glp.hokudai.ac.jp/ecosmag/link/Sunghai_Kahayan.pdf|title=Sunghai Kahayan Watershed|date=22 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722071625/http://www.glp.hokudai.ac.jp/ecosmag/link/Sunghai_Kahayan.pdf|archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> Tidal effects are felt 50&nbsp;km – 80&nbsp;km inland from the sea. A recent study found 28 species of fish throughout the river, 44 species in the Danau Sabuah lake and 12 species in the traditional fish ponds. The [[Riparian zone|riparian wetlands]] were the main spawning areas. Fishermen are reporting declining yields due to problems with water quality.<ref>[http://puspasca.ugm.ac.id/files/Abst_(2918-H-2007).pdf Fish Distribution and Abundance in Kahayan River, Central Kalimantan by: Andria Yosephandi Andel]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==People==
==People==
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The Dayak tribes are the dominant people in the Kahayan river region. An [[Austronesian]] people, they have preserved some of their original culture and [[Kaharingan]] religion. They speak languages of the Barito family, related to the [[Malagasy language]] spoken in [[Madagascar]]. The Kaharingan religion combines [[ancestor worship]], [[animism]] and dynamism. It is now considered a form of [[Hinduism]].{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
The Dayak tribes are the dominant people in the Kahayan river region. An [[Austronesian]] people, they have preserved some of their original culture and [[Kaharingan]] religion. They speak languages of the Barito family, related to the [[Malagasy language]] spoken in [[Madagascar]]. The Kaharingan religion combines [[ancestor worship]], [[animism]] and dynamism. It is now considered a form of [[Hinduism]].{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}


The main Dayak tribes are the [[Ngaju people|Ngaju]], Ot Danum and [[Ma'anyan people|Ma'anyan]]. The Ot Danum remain in the upstream regions of the Kahayan, Barito, Kapuas and Rungan rivers and preserve a traditional way of life. Many still live in [[longhouses]] and subsist through hunting, fishing and basic agriculture. Village elders practice traditional medicine and mark their status with intricate [[Bornean traditional tattooing|body tattoos]] and heavy ear adornments.<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/degigant/9DayKahayan.html&date=2009-10-25+19:25:59 Fascinating Flora & Fauna Wealth of Borneo]</ref> The Ngaju have moved downstream, and to some extent assimilated with the mixed population of the towns further down the river, which includes [[Javanese people|Javanese]], [[Madura Island|Maduranese]], [[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]], [[Toraja]], [[Ambonese]], [[Bugis]], [[Palembang]], [[Minangkabau people|Minang]], [[Banjar people|Banjarese]], [[Makassar]], [[Papuan peoples|Papuan]], [[Balinese people|Balinese]], [[Acehnese people|Acehnese]] and [[Chinese people|Chinese]].<ref>[http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/cent_kal/pop.htm Central Kalimantan – An Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227193207/http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/cent_kal/pop.htm |date=27 December 2004 }}</ref>
The main Dayak tribes are the [[Ngaju people|Ngaju]], Ot Danum and [[Ma'anyan people|Ma'anyan]]. The Ot Danum remain in the upstream regions of the Kahayan, Barito, Kapuas and Rungan rivers and preserve a traditional way of life. Many still live in [[longhouses]] and subsist through hunting, fishing and basic agriculture. Village elders practice traditional medicine and mark their status with intricate [[Bornean traditional tattooing|body tattoos]] and heavy ear adornments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/degigant/9DayKahayan.html&date=2009-10-25+19:25:59|title=Fascinating Flora & Fauna Wealth of Borneo|website=webcitation.org}}</ref> The Ngaju have moved downstream, and to some extent assimilated with the mixed population of the towns further down the river, which includes [[Javanese people|Javanese]], [[Madura Island|Maduranese]], [[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]], [[Toraja]], [[Ambonese]], [[Bugis]], [[Palembang]], [[Minangkabau people|Minang]], [[Banjar people|Banjarese]], [[Makassar]], [[Papuan peoples|Papuan]], [[Balinese people|Balinese]], [[Acehnese people|Acehnese]] and [[Chinese people|Chinese]].<ref>[http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/cent_kal/pop.htm Central Kalimantan – An Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227193207/http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/cent_kal/pop.htm |date=27 December 2004 }}</ref>


==Peat Swamp Forest and the Mega Rice Project==
==Peat Swamp Forest and the Mega Rice Project==
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The lower reaches of the Kahayan river used to flow through a huge area of peat swamp forest, an unusual ecosystem that is home to many unique or rare species such as [[orangutans]], as well as to slow-growing but valuable trees. The peat swamp forest is a dual ecosystem, with diverse tropical trees standing on a 10m – 12m deep layer of partly decayed and waterlogged plant material, which in turn covers relatively infertile soil. The peat swamp forests were being slowly cleared for small scale farming and plantations before 1997, but most of the original cover remained.
The lower reaches of the Kahayan river used to flow through a huge area of peat swamp forest, an unusual ecosystem that is home to many unique or rare species such as [[orangutans]], as well as to slow-growing but valuable trees. The peat swamp forest is a dual ecosystem, with diverse tropical trees standing on a 10m – 12m deep layer of partly decayed and waterlogged plant material, which in turn covers relatively infertile soil. The peat swamp forests were being slowly cleared for small scale farming and plantations before 1997, but most of the original cover remained.


In 1996 the government initiated the [[Mega Rice Project (Kalimantan)|Mega Rice Project]] (MRP), which aimed to convert one million hectares of peat swamp forest to [[Paddy field|rice paddies]]. Between 1996 and 1998, more than 4,000&nbsp;km of drainage and irrigation channels were dug, and [[Deforestation in Borneo|deforestation]] started in part through legal and illegal forestry and in part through burning. It turned out that the channels drained the peat forests rather than irrigating them. Where the forests had often flooded up to 2m deep in the rainy season, now their surface is dry at all times of the year. The government has therefore abandoned the MRP, but the drying peat is vulnerable to fires which continue to break out on a massive scale.<ref>[http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/~acrs2001/pdf/126boehm.pdf Ecological Impact of the One Million Hectare Rice Project in Cantral Kalimantan, Indonesia, Using Remote Sensing and GIS. Boehm, H-D.V. and Siegert, F.]</ref>
In 1996 the government initiated the [[Mega Rice Project (Kalimantan)|Mega Rice Project]] (MRP), which aimed to convert one million hectares of peat swamp forest to [[Paddy field|rice paddies]]. Between 1996 and 1998, more than 4,000&nbsp;km of drainage and irrigation channels were dug, and [[Deforestation in Borneo|deforestation]] started in part through legal and illegal forestry and in part through burning. It turned out that the channels drained the peat forests rather than irrigating them. Where the forests had often flooded up to 2m deep in the rainy season, now their surface is dry at all times of the year. The government has therefore abandoned the MRP, but the drying peat is vulnerable to fires which continue to break out on a massive scale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/~acrs2001/pdf/126boehm.pdf|title=Ecological Impact of the One Million Hectare Rice Project in Cantral Kalimantan, Indonesia, Using Remote Sensing and GIS. Boehm, H-D.V. and Siegert, F.}}</ref>


Peat forest destruction is causing [[sulphuric acid]] pollution of the rivers. In the rainy seasons, the canals are discharging acidic water with a high ratio of [[Pyrite|pyritic sulphate]] into the Kahayan river up to 150&nbsp;km upstream from the river mouth. This may be a factor contributing to lower fish catches.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130104192602/http://www.springerlink.com/content/k1047552107w7523/ Effect of sulfuric acid discharge on river water chemistry in peat swamp forests in central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Akira Haraguchi]</ref>
Peat forest destruction is causing [[sulphuric acid]] pollution of the rivers. In the rainy seasons, the canals are discharging acidic water with a high ratio of [[Pyrite|pyritic sulphate]] into the Kahayan river up to 150&nbsp;km upstream from the river mouth. This may be a factor contributing to lower fish catches.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-007-0206-4|archiveurl=http://archive.today/20130104192602/http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10201-007-0206-4|title=Effect of sulfuric acid discharge on river water chemistry in peat swamp forests in central Kalimantan, Indonesia|first=Akira|last=Haraguchi|date=1 August 2007|journal=Limnology|volume=8|issue=2|pages=175–182|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/s10201-007-0206-4|s2cid=26067776|archive-date=4 January 2013}}</ref>


==Mining==
==Mining==


People have panned for gold in the Kahayan river for centuries.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Borneo |volume=4 |pages=257–258}}</ref> Following test drilling, a consortium of Canadian and Indonesian companies announced in 1997 that in-situ gold resources were at least 3.4 million ounces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Jan_20/ai_19042077 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708103738/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Jan_20/ai_19042077 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |work=Business Wire |title=Tewah Project Update |date=20 January 1997 }}</ref> In 2002 a Canadian company with a background in community development programs proposed to develop artisanal mining in the headwaters of the Barito and Kahayan Rivers in Kalimantan, providing income for some 13,000 Dayak people at project maturity.<ref>[http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/smscalemining/docs/AM_Proposal_Part_1.doc Poverty alleviation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: A proposal for an integrated sustainable artisanal small scale mining community development. Kalimantan Surya Kencana Ltd. Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta. June 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026161541/http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/smscalemining/docs/AM_Proposal_Part_1.doc |date=26 October 2007 }}</ref> A large number of informal prospectors are undertaking alluvial operations within the river system, and mining hard rock gold veins. Even those doing hard rock mining transport the ore to the rivers for processing. More than 2,000 illegal miners may converge on a site when there is a reported gold find. In Indonesia as a whole, nearly 180 tonnes of mercury are released to the environment annually.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gmf/intranet/gmp/countries/countries.htm |title=Global Mercury Project |access-date=10 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217024745/http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gmf/intranet/gmp/countries/countries.htm |archive-date=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
People have panned for gold in the Kahayan river for centuries.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Borneo |volume=4 |pages=257–258}}</ref> Following test drilling, a consortium of Canadian and Indonesian companies announced in 1997 that in-situ gold resources were at least 3.4 million ounces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Jan_20/ai_19042077 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708103738/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Jan_20/ai_19042077 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |work=Business Wire |title=Tewah Project Update |date=20 January 1997 }}</ref> In 2002 a Canadian company with a background in community development programs proposed to develop artisanal mining in the headwaters of the Barito and Kahayan Rivers in Kalimantan, providing income for some 13,000 Dayak people at project maturity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/smscalemining/docs/AM_Proposal_Part_1.doc|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026161541/http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/smscalemining/docs/AM_Proposal_Part_1.doc|title=Poverty alleviation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: A proposal for an integrated sustainable artisanal small scale mining community development. Kalimantan Surya Kencana Ltd. Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta. June 2002|archivedate=26 October 2007}}</ref> A large number of informal prospectors are undertaking alluvial operations within the river system, and mining hard rock gold veins. Even those doing hard rock mining transport the ore to the rivers for processing. More than 2,000 illegal miners may converge on a site when there is a reported gold find. In Indonesia as a whole, nearly 180 tonnes of mercury are released to the environment annually.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gmf/intranet/gmp/countries/countries.htm |title=Global Mercury Project |access-date=10 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217024745/http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gmf/intranet/gmp/countries/countries.htm |archive-date=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Kelompok Hutan Kahayan or Sabangau Forest==
==Kelompok Hutan Kahayan or Sabangau Forest==
{{Main|Sabangau River}}
{{Main|Sabangau River}}
[[Image:Orang Utan in Bukit Lawang (Indonesia).jpg|thumb|Orangutan in [[Bukit Lawang]] (Indonesia)]]
[[Image:Orang Utan in Bukit Lawang (Indonesia).jpg|thumb|Orangutan in [[Bukit Lawang]] (Indonesia)]]
Hutan Kahaylan ({{coord|-2.55|113.7|type:forest_region:ID|display=inline|name=Hutan Kahaylan}}) is a peat swamp forest of about 150,000 hectares between the Kastingen and Kahayan rivers that so far has suffered least from the Mega Rice Project, although it has been badly damaged. Because it is close to the regional capital Palangkaraya it is still at risk. Vulnerable bird species include the [[large green pigeon]] (''Treron capellei'') and possibly [[Storm's stork]] (''Ciconia stormi'') and [[lesser adjutant]] (''Leptoptilus javanicus'').<ref>[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=15907&m=0 Birdlife.org Hutan Kahayan ]</ref> The Sabangau Forest is centered on the [[blackwater river|blackwater]] [[Sabangau River]]. There is no longer any continuous forest cover where [[orangutan]]s may cross this river. The forest has been badly damaged by legal and illegal forestry, but the western part is now protected as either National Park or National Laboratory Research Area. With a relatively small human population, there is some hope that this area of the forest may recover. The more badly damaged eastern part, between the Sabangau and the Kayahan, is still officially designated for agriculture, although no further efforts are being made to make it suitable for this purpose.<ref>[http://www.orangutantrop.com/research/researchsite/catchment.html Orangutantrop.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715014349/http://www.orangutantrop.com/research/researchsite/catchment.html |date=15 July 2011 }}, Sabangau Forest</ref>
Hutan Kahaylan ({{coord|-2.55|113.7|type:forest_region:ID|display=inline|name=Hutan Kahaylan}}) is a peat swamp forest of about 150,000 hectares between the Kastingen and Kahayan rivers that so far has suffered least from the Mega Rice Project, although it has been badly damaged. Because it is close to the regional capital Palangkaraya it is still at risk. Vulnerable bird species include the [[large green pigeon]] (''Treron capellei'') and possibly [[Storm's stork]] (''Ciconia stormi'') and [[lesser adjutant]] (''Leptoptilus javanicus'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/home|title=Hutan Kahayan|website=datazone.birdlife.org}}</ref> The Sabangau Forest is centered on the [[blackwater river|blackwater]] [[Sabangau River]]. There is no longer any continuous forest cover where [[orangutan]]s may cross this river. The forest has been badly damaged by legal and illegal forestry, but the western part is now protected as either National Park or National Laboratory Research Area. With a relatively small human population, there is some hope that this area of the forest may recover. The more badly damaged eastern part, between the Sabangau and the Kayahan, is still officially designated for agriculture, although no further efforts are being made to make it suitable for this purpose.<ref>[http://www.orangutantrop.com/research/researchsite/catchment.html Orangutantrop.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715014349/http://www.orangutantrop.com/research/researchsite/catchment.html |date=15 July 2011 }}, Sabangau Forest</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Kahayan River

The Kahayan river, or Great Dyak, is the largest river in Central Kalimantan, a province of Indonesia in Kalimantan – the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. The provincial capital Palangkaraya lies on the river. The main inhabitants are Dyaks, who practice slash-and-burn rice cultivation and pan for gold on the upper reaches. The lower Kayahan flows through a rich and unusual environment of peat swamp forests, which has been severely degraded by an unsuccessful program to convert a large part of the area into rice paddies, compounded by legal and illegal forestry.

Geography

Kahayan river to the north of Palangkaraya. The river meanders through most of its length, and often shifts its bed

Central Kalimantan covers 153,800 km2, with 82% tropical rain forest and no more than 3% agricultural land. The northern part of the province is mountainous, the central area has flat and fertile tropical forests and the southern area is swampy.[1] The forests provide rattan, resin and high-quality woods. The climate is hot and humid, typically around 30° most of the year. Annual rainfall is between 2800 and 3400 mm.

The Kahayan River originates in the northern mountains, then meanders for 600 km southward through the plains to the Java Sea.[2] Tidal effects are felt 50 km – 80 km inland from the sea. A recent study found 28 species of fish throughout the river, 44 species in the Danau Sabuah lake and 12 species in the traditional fish ponds. The riparian wetlands were the main spawning areas. Fishermen are reporting declining yields due to problems with water quality.[3]

People

Orangutan attacked by Dayaks. Victorian illustration.

The Dayak tribes are the dominant people in the Kahayan river region. An Austronesian people, they have preserved some of their original culture and Kaharingan religion. They speak languages of the Barito family, related to the Malagasy language spoken in Madagascar. The Kaharingan religion combines ancestor worship, animism and dynamism. It is now considered a form of Hinduism.[citation needed]

The main Dayak tribes are the Ngaju, Ot Danum and Ma'anyan. The Ot Danum remain in the upstream regions of the Kahayan, Barito, Kapuas and Rungan rivers and preserve a traditional way of life. Many still live in longhouses and subsist through hunting, fishing and basic agriculture. Village elders practice traditional medicine and mark their status with intricate body tattoos and heavy ear adornments.[4] The Ngaju have moved downstream, and to some extent assimilated with the mixed population of the towns further down the river, which includes Javanese, Maduranese, Batak, Toraja, Ambonese, Bugis, Palembang, Minang, Banjarese, Makassar, Papuan, Balinese, Acehnese and Chinese.[5]

Peat Swamp Forest and the Mega Rice Project

Smoke from agricultural and forest fires burning on Sumatra (left) and Borneo (right) in late September and early October 2006

The lower reaches of the Kahayan river used to flow through a huge area of peat swamp forest, an unusual ecosystem that is home to many unique or rare species such as orangutans, as well as to slow-growing but valuable trees. The peat swamp forest is a dual ecosystem, with diverse tropical trees standing on a 10m – 12m deep layer of partly decayed and waterlogged plant material, which in turn covers relatively infertile soil. The peat swamp forests were being slowly cleared for small scale farming and plantations before 1997, but most of the original cover remained.

In 1996 the government initiated the Mega Rice Project (MRP), which aimed to convert one million hectares of peat swamp forest to rice paddies. Between 1996 and 1998, more than 4,000 km of drainage and irrigation channels were dug, and deforestation started in part through legal and illegal forestry and in part through burning. It turned out that the channels drained the peat forests rather than irrigating them. Where the forests had often flooded up to 2m deep in the rainy season, now their surface is dry at all times of the year. The government has therefore abandoned the MRP, but the drying peat is vulnerable to fires which continue to break out on a massive scale.[6]

Peat forest destruction is causing sulphuric acid pollution of the rivers. In the rainy seasons, the canals are discharging acidic water with a high ratio of pyritic sulphate into the Kahayan river up to 150 km upstream from the river mouth. This may be a factor contributing to lower fish catches.[7]

Mining

People have panned for gold in the Kahayan river for centuries.[8] Following test drilling, a consortium of Canadian and Indonesian companies announced in 1997 that in-situ gold resources were at least 3.4 million ounces.[9] In 2002 a Canadian company with a background in community development programs proposed to develop artisanal mining in the headwaters of the Barito and Kahayan Rivers in Kalimantan, providing income for some 13,000 Dayak people at project maturity.[10] A large number of informal prospectors are undertaking alluvial operations within the river system, and mining hard rock gold veins. Even those doing hard rock mining transport the ore to the rivers for processing. More than 2,000 illegal miners may converge on a site when there is a reported gold find. In Indonesia as a whole, nearly 180 tonnes of mercury are released to the environment annually.[11]

Kelompok Hutan Kahayan or Sabangau Forest

Orangutan in Bukit Lawang (Indonesia)

Hutan Kahaylan (2°33′S 113°42′E / 2.55°S 113.7°E / -2.55; 113.7 (Hutan Kahaylan)) is a peat swamp forest of about 150,000 hectares between the Kastingen and Kahayan rivers that so far has suffered least from the Mega Rice Project, although it has been badly damaged. Because it is close to the regional capital Palangkaraya it is still at risk. Vulnerable bird species include the large green pigeon (Treron capellei) and possibly Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi) and lesser adjutant (Leptoptilus javanicus).[12] The Sabangau Forest is centered on the blackwater Sabangau River. There is no longer any continuous forest cover where orangutans may cross this river. The forest has been badly damaged by legal and illegal forestry, but the western part is now protected as either National Park or National Laboratory Research Area. With a relatively small human population, there is some hope that this area of the forest may recover. The more badly damaged eastern part, between the Sabangau and the Kayahan, is still officially designated for agriculture, although no further efforts are being made to make it suitable for this purpose.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Central Kalimantan – Indonesia Destination & Travel Information Guide". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Sunghai Kahayan Watershed" (PDF). 22 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011.
  3. ^ Fish Distribution and Abundance in Kahayan River, Central Kalimantan by: Andria Yosephandi Andel[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Fascinating Flora & Fauna Wealth of Borneo". webcitation.org.
  5. ^ Central Kalimantan – An Overview Archived 27 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Ecological Impact of the One Million Hectare Rice Project in Cantral Kalimantan, Indonesia, Using Remote Sensing and GIS. Boehm, H-D.V. and Siegert, F." (PDF).
  7. ^ Haraguchi, Akira (1 August 2007). "Effect of sulfuric acid discharge on river water chemistry in peat swamp forests in central Kalimantan, Indonesia". Limnology. 8 (2): 175–182. doi:10.1007/s10201-007-0206-4. S2CID 26067776. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013 – via Springer Link.
  8. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Borneo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 257–258.
  9. ^ "Tewah Project Update". Business Wire. 20 January 1997. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Poverty alleviation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: A proposal for an integrated sustainable artisanal small scale mining community development. Kalimantan Surya Kencana Ltd. Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta. June 2002". Archived from the original on 26 October 2007.
  11. ^ "Global Mercury Project". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  12. ^ "Hutan Kahayan". datazone.birdlife.org.
  13. ^ Orangutantrop.com Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Sabangau Forest

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