Description:
Orangutan Foundation UK (OF UK) through financing from the EU has been assisting the Indonesian Government to protect peat swamp forest that provides habitat for orangutans. Forest Carbon is currently mapping the vegetation of Lamandau River watershed in Central Kalimantan and conducting a full carbon stock assessment that includes aerial and ground surveys. Forest Carbon will train OF UK staff to conduct ground surveys for future carbon stock assessments and monitoring.

Forest Carbon is currently conducting a vegetation mapping and carbon stock assessment. This work includes including undertaking aerial surveys for the acquisition of high-resolution aerial photography in different forest types across the entire reserve area and ground-based forest sampling methods.