BORNEO
Sabah, Malaysia and East Kalimantan, Indonesia
March 2009
Responsible Asia Forestry and Trade Program
viewing some huge FSC-certified Dipterocarp logs that had recently been auctioned,
Daramakot Forest Estate, Sabah
the log yard
tree nursery, for planting fast-growing economic species
as part of the forest rehabilitation program
planting seeds
driving out into some over-harvested, degraded areas
these backhoes were doing some site preparation, mulching before planting
this standing giant gives a sense for what this forest once must have looked like
a logging camp, where they were sawing these smaller bits of 'waste' wood
a rock hit our windshield, and sprayed glass in my lap
over Indonesian Borneo, landing in Balikpapan
Balikpapan airport
oil palm plantation development--one of the main drivers of deforestation on Borneo--mostly going into food and cosmetics products, and increasingly biodiesel
nice forest outside of Berau
a coal mine, on our descent to Berau, East Kalimantan
driving out to the timber concession
past an ornate village gate
about four hours into the forest
some sawn timber, waiting to be collected
'how did that happen?!' wonders Steve
entering the Sumalindo concession
entering one of the 5 Dayak villages located inside the concession, church on the left
lots of newly-constructed wood homes
an orangutan conservation poster (with USAID logo)
a testy pet monkey
this goat kept butting Jim as we walked through the village
nice pink house!
ladder used by these nimble Dayak
beautiful front yard/putting green
rattan backback
lots of wood available for construction
another ladder down to the river
biking to school
Dayak community meeting hall
stilt house
beautiful rivers there
gearing up for an election
fire tower
looking out over an area of the concession protected for its conservation value
logging camp
a government-required harvest map, showing location of all trees above a certain diameter
a more practical Reduced-Impact Logging map, showing trees to be harvested, and laying out the skid trails to avoid creeks and minimize damage
visiting an area logged last year
looking down at the reduced-impact logging skid trail, where they would have dragged the logs out to the road
within in a couple years, this will be full of vegetation again
some serious erosion at one of the many log bridges
but the water still runs clear
monster rattan!!--this one is for Jeff and Rick...
leech check--there were MANY!
Jamie and Ben on the flight back to Balikpapan
more oil palm development
sign at the airport
beautiful Borneo rivers, and oxbow lakes
fish cages on the descent to Jakarta
some more fish traps
Jakarta from my hotel window, some mountains (volcano?) in the distance
1 Comments:
At 12:40 AM, Anonymous said…
Wow, nice pics there showing the dipterocarp forest.
Thanks.
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