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we know that kalimantan is the 3rd world's largest island covering the area 747,000 square kilometers. something unique, there is a rainforest that really close to Balikpapan city,east of kalimantan. if you like having adventure and studying bout the ecosystem, you will get it there. so, whats it? and how interesting is it?check it bellow.
Just up the main road from the bustle of Balikpapan is a hidden treasure,its just 15 kilometers. With total about 8783 hectare the Sungai Wain Protected Forest is untouched tropical forest, complete with sun bears, hornbills and giant long pythons, rhinoceros birds, and multi-biodiversity ecosystem that can be found in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. Sungai Wain is protected rainforest. Sungai Wain is a treasure unique to Balikpapan. What other municipality can boast a pristine jungle right on its doorstep? At Sungai Wain, people can learn about the complex forest ecosystem by seeing it for themselves. Like a giant natural filter, it transforms the wind and rain into clean air and water. The reserve lies entirely within the borders of Balikpapan on Kalimantan's east coast, but it seldom appears on maps of the area. Even city residents know little about it.
Its history as a reserve reaches back to 1934, when the Sultan of Kutai declared it a closed forest. Over the years it escaped the fate of most of Kalimantan's coastal forest, which was converted to farmland or parceled up into logging concessions. Today Sungai Wain still boasts a vast array of native plants and animals that is better known among international researchers than local residents. In addition to being a source of water, Sungai Wain is a source of wisdom. From it people can learn not only abo Perhaps the most valuable treasure hidden among the trees is water. Both the Wain and the Bugis rivers lie almost entirely within the protected forest. Every day those two watersheds produce millions of liters of clean, fresh water. In an area chronically short of fresh water and where seawater often contaminates wells, such a resource is very valuable indeed. at the interconnected lives of the forest creatures, but also the many threads that link those lives to ours.
those all are just small part of Sungai Wain Protection Forest. You will know everything inside of it and see how amazing is it when you are right there. so,let's go to there and check it soon. We Should Be Proud That We Have This Great Resource.
Hi yeri,
Thats good information..i guess,i'm interested of it..how can i go to there? And how much money will i spend?
I think, i must have permition first,right?
Okay,thanks yeri.
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