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There Is Hope Yet: Conservation versus development in Kutai National Park
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Kutai National Park was established to protect one of the last remaining tracts of typical lowland tropical rainforest in Indonesia. But the park is in crisis. CIFOR with IMpro have produced a new documentary film, There Is Hope Yet, which examines the complex problems that people managing and living near this conserved area face.
Through interviews with representatives of key stakeholders, the film looks at the issues of illegal logging, encroachment, a proposal to excise an area of 23 000 hectares as an enclave and the enforcement of laws which protect the park. The film also explores solutions. The documentary concludes that policies providing the basis for a clear sense of rights coupled with attendant responsibilities are essential if Kutai National Park is to be better managed in the future.
The national park was set up in the 1970s and covers 200 000 ha in East Kalimantan. Its high degree of biodiversity includes a large proportion of endemic species:
- Eight of the 13 genuses of the Dipterocarp family
- 13 of the Dipterocarp species which are critically endangered
- Half of all mammals of Borneo
- 11 of the 13 endemic primate species including the orangutan and the proboscis monkey.
The park also hosts Indonesia’s largest orangutan reserve.
The film is available in Indonesian with English subtitling in DVD or VCD format. To obtain a copy, which is free of charge, contact Dina Hubudin by email at d.hubudin@cgiar.org.
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