Indonesia Wehea Protected Forest
A small river in protected Wehea forest in Muara Wahau in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia on Sunday 15 September 2013. The rainforest holds one of the remaining orangutan populations now threatened by illegal logging and expanding oil palm plantations in East Kalimantan provinces. Rainfirest contain enormous amounts of carbon and once drained, cleared and burned off by oil palm companies, contributes to global warming. Rare species of wildlife including the clouded leopard, Borneo rhinoceros and Hornbill birds live in the rainforest tracts now being cleared.Wehea Forest is a 38,000 ha rainforest located in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Borneo. Wehea was declared a 'protected forest' in 2004 by the Wehea Dayak.This project received the Kalpataru Award in 2009, Indonesia's highest environmental honor. It currently is a co-managed forest between the local Wehea Dayak people from the village of Nehas Liah Bing and Wehea Management Body. The Chiefs of Nehas Liah Bing is Ledjie Taq. Ardiles Rante for Greenpeace

* City: Muara Wahau

* State: East Kalimantan