Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan Asia/Pacific >
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East Kalimantan (K. Timur) > Kayan Mentarang National Park The
project's main objective is to prepare a management plan and a
3-5 year operation plan for the park. This work involves
research and information gathering on topics such as
conservation biology, economic development plans and options,
social and cultural systems, and traditional land use patterns.
Other important components are awareness and education
activities to build support for the park, as well as the
development of a participatory management system that involves
the critical stakeholders, particularly the approximately 10,000
indigenous Dayaks that live in or near the national park. The
Kayan Mentarang Nature Reserve contains the largest unbroken
stretch of protected rainforest in Borneo, and is an important
refuge for numerous species, particularly rare and endemic ones.
About 70% of the reserve lies below 1,000 m and