Ketapang


District Ketapang
Land area 3,124,000 ha
Forested area 21% (673,365 ha)
35% of forest is protected (234,440 ha)
Main threats to forests and peatlands Over 65% of land is affected by:

  • Logging
  • Palm oil plantations (half of plantations are on forests. 20% of this forest was previously intact)
  • Mining industry
  • Transition of natural forest into monoculture crops