Sebangau River and WWF replanting program

We picked a great day to take a speedboat trip to the WWF-Indonesia's tree planting and forest rehabilitation site on the eastern edge of the Sebangau National Park. Perfect reflections in the river, and a clear day, made this half day spin from Palangkaraya a real treat.

Over the past 7 or so years, WWF-Indonesia have constructed an earth dam, closing a major canal opened previously by loggers. This has allowed the water table to raise, thus permitting the reforestation of dangerously dried out areas at the park boundaries.

A view from lookout tower shows the vast area now being re-forested, and a glimpse of the tall forest perhaps 10kms beyond. The first trees replanted, including resin tress, are now up to 4 meters in height, and up to 100,000 have been planted or are in nurseries waiting to go out!