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Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve
The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, nearly the size of Singapore, consists of 64,000 hectares of bio-diverse tropical peat swamp forest that contain as much as 1,000 plant and animal species per hectare and is one of the most highly endangered ecosystems on the planet. The project area and ongoing initiatives focus on environmental conservation, community outreach, and climate control. Rimba Raya is home to one of the few remaining relic populations of wild orangutans and is the largest privately funded orangutan reserve in the world. The area is also one of the world’s largest repositories of carbon. Rimba Raya is the world’s largest Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, REDD+ project -Reduced Emissions from (Avoided) Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). The project developer, InfiniteEARTH, is an industry pioneer, delivering the world’s first REDD (forest carbon accounting) methodology in 2009. Location The reserve is located on the island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seruyan Regency
Seruyan Regency () is one of the thirteen Regency (Indonesia), regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. It was created on 10 April 2002 from what were previously the western districts of East Kotawaringin Regency. The town of Kuala Pembuang in Seruyan Hilir District is the capital of Seruyan Regency. The population of the Regency was 139,931 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 162,906 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate was at mid 2023 was 154,377.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kabupaten Seruyan Dalam Angka 2024'' (sum of returns in district Katalogs referenced below) History * In 1787, the ''Pambuang Banjar'' area which was part of the Banjar Sultanate was handed over by ''Sunan Nata Alam'' to the Dutch East India Company, VOC Netherlands. The area was then formed into a district named Van Pemboewan. * After Van Pemboewan ende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
