Southeast
Kayan Mentarang National Park: A Protected Landscape in North Kalimantan
Explore Borneo's critical protected area and its vast forest geography.
Kayan Mentarang National Park is an immense protected area in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, renowned for being a crucial part of the Heart of Borneo conservation initiative. This national park encompasses over 13,600 square kilometers of primary tropical rainforest, sheltering diverse montane and lowland habitats along the Indonesia-Malaysia border. Its importance lies in its vast, contiguous landscape, critical role in regional biodiversity, and its representation of one of Southeast Asia's last great wilderness expanses, offering significant insight into mapped protected areas.
- Area
- 13,605 km²
- Established
- 1996
- IUCN
- II
- Scope
- Mixed
