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The Dulan’s project: protect the habitat of orangutans in Borneo

To slow down deforestation, Kalaweit has embarked on a race against the palm oil producers. The association is buying up pieces of forest to transform them into nature reserves with the help of the local population.

9 December 2022

Last update:24 April 2023

Since the age of 13, Chanee has been passionate about monkeys. To help save primates from deforestation and trafficking in Indonesia, he decided to create Kalaweit. Today, the association buys up pieces of forest from the local population before they can be sold for commercial purposes, primarily for producing palm oil. Since 2018, they have acquired 500 hectares of a 1500-hectar forest in south-eastern Borneo to create the Dulan Reserve.

Protecting wildlife

The Dulan Natural Reserve is home to wild animals that have been rescued from traffickers. It provides refuge for more than 100 orangutans, 200 gibbons, langur monkeys, Malay bears, clouded leopards, macaques, sambar deer and muntjacs. Kalaweit employs local people to monitor and protect the reserve, who can also fish in the lake and collect fruit in a sustainable way.

In a country with one of the highest rates of deforestation in world, Kalaweit is determined to protect the diverse flora and fauna of the remaining forest with help from as many partners as possible. But the clock is ticking!

Would you like to help before coal extraction and palm oil production destroy the forest?

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