MAINTAINING THE NATURAL IMPACT OF WEHEA

Wehea’s custom protected forest is a natural paradise that is still preserved on the Earth of Kalimantan with a forest area of 38,000 hectares managed by the Village Wehea Village Nehas Liah Bing, East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

The sound of the fauna is intercepted like natural concerts, when climbing the legs to dive the forest relush of the Wehea customary protected forest.

"Petkuq Mehuey...", two sentences from Wehea Dayak who are meaningful to keep together, a joint invitation to keep the balance of nature, the form of human merging with the universe.

The Boi Kanisius forest guard when invigorating the Wehea indigenous Forest in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

The design of the direction is installed in the Wehea indigenous Forest area in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

The management of custom forests will be governed in customary law by referring to the principles of environmental sustainability and sustainability of forest resources.

Wehea’s vast majority of the region has not been weakened by humans to store the diversity of ecosystems, including 12 rodents, nine species of primates, 19 mammals, 114 types of games and 59 species of trees that are very valuable.

In Wehea is also a natural house for about 760 utan (Pongo Pygmaues) who are threatened due to the narrowest space of habitat movements in forests that have changed to oil and plantations.

The guard of the Kanisius Boi forest runs across the hembang tree when instilling the Wehea indigenous Forest in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

Wehea Custom Forest Aerial Photos are still lush in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

In order to keep the forest there, as many as six youth of Wehea Dayak tribe became his supervisor. The amount is very few compared to the area of forest that reaches thousands of hectares.

Kustarman and Kanisius Boi, is two youths that are moved to forest guards. Despite all limitations, they carry out routine patrols to ensure the Wehea forest remains preserved its sustainability.

In addition to maintaining the landscape of Wehea, the forest guard will also be very open to deliver tourists who visit or stay to enjoy the natural Wehea forest.

The guard of the Kanisius Boi forest across the bridge from the tree when instilling the Wehea indigenous Forest in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

The guard of Kustarman's forest sits on the stone when instilling the Wehea Forest in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

Photo and Text: Wahyu Putro A

The guard of the Kusterman’s forest is a five- kilometres of the Wehea indigenous forest research house in Kutai Timur, East Kalimantan.

The forest guard of the Boi Kanisius (left) and Kusterman walked the forest to the Wehea indigenous Forest tower in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

Change of Enggang’s Enggang in Wehea Custom Forest Risat House, East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

According to animal alerts are installed in the Wehea Custom Forest Area in East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

Aerial photos of research houses and homestays for tourists in the Custom Wehea Forest, East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

One tree labeled identification in Wehea Custom Forest, East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

The guard of the Kusterman forest observes the atmosphere of the forest of the Wehea indigenous forest in Kutai Timur, East Kalimantan.

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