TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Kelawasan Island in Teluk Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, has been officially designated as a protected area and will become the center for an orangutan sanctuary development project.
This project is the result of a collaboration between Arsari Djojohadikusumo Foundation (YAD), Nusantara Capital City Authority (IKN), and the Ministry of Forestry, as part of the conservation efforts for endemic Kalimantan wildlife amidst the development of the new national capital.
The Chairperson of YAD, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, explained that the sanctuary construction is specifically aimed at adult male orangutans that are no longer viable to be released into the…