Sabangau National Park | |
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Location | Central Kalimantan, Indonesia |
Nearest city | Palangka Raya |
Coordinates | 2°35′S 113°40′E / 2.583°S 113.667°E |
Area | 5,687 km2 (2,196 sq mi)[1] |
Established | 2004[1] |
Governing body | Ministry of Forestry |
Sabangau National Park (sometimes spelled Sebangau) is a national park in Central Kalimantan, a province of Indonesia in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo established in 2004. Between 1980 and 1995 the site was a massive logging concessions area. After 1995, the park became a site for illegal logging, which resulted in up to 85 percent of the 568,700-hectare total park area being destroyed. By 2012, less than 1 percent of the park's total area has been reforested and at the current rate, it will take several centuries to restore it to its pre-logged state.[2]