FORCLIME presented its activities at the annual “Danau Sentarum – Betung Kerihun Festival” which took place in Lanjak and Danau Sentarum National Park on 12 - 15 December 2013. The event was opened by the Governor of West Kalimantan and witnessed by the Deputy of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, as well as the Bupati and other high-level government officials of Kapuas Hulu District.

The FORCLIME booth was collaboratively presented by FORCLIME technical and financial cooperation (GIZ and KfW), as well as the District Forest Service of Kapuas Hulu. During the exhibition, information about the FORCLIME’s implementation activities was provided to the visitors and different stakeholders in Kapuas Hulu and its surroundings.

Kapuas Hulu is one of FORCLIME’s pilot districts where implementation activities take place. The district has two national parks, Danau Sentarum (132,000 ha) and Betung Kerihun (800,000 ha). As protected areas, these national parks have major functions for biodiversity conservation and the protection of life support systems. Since 2011, the district government of Kapuas Hulu (through the District Tourism Service Disbudpar) and national park authorities have been collaborating to conduct together the annual tourism festival “Danau Sentarum – Betung Krihun Festival” which aims to highlight the importance of these two conservation areas.

For more information about FORCLIME implementation activities in Kapuas Hulu, please contact:
Ismet Khaerudin, Senior Adviser for Biodiversity and Management of Protected Areas
Franz-Fabian Bellot, Development Adviser for GIS