Rawa di Pesisir Kapuas (15905)
Indonesia, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2001
National site name: Rawa di Pesisir Kapuas
Central coordinates: Latitude: -0.6667, Longitude: 109.5000
System: marine, terrestrial
Area of KBA (km2): 7531.9877
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Wetland International (1997) describes this area as globally important wetland, with a very good condition of mangrove forest in West Kalimantan and this area also has a good peat swamp. This area is proposed as Ramsar site under the name of Southern Kapuas Swampsland.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Additional biodiversity: Almost no information about bird from this area. Holmes (1997) recorded Ciconia stormi in Kubu River. This area probably has the same bird diversity as Gunung Palung.There is no more information except publication from Wetland International (1997). Storm's Stork Ciconis stormi is the only important species recorded in this area. Non-bird biodiversity: Nasalis larvatus, Helarctos malayanus, Crocodylus porosus and Tomistoma schlegelii (Wetlands International 1997).
Habitats
Summary of habitats in KBA: Peat-swamp forest (45%), freshwater swamp forest (10%), mangrove (10%), and others.Land use: forestry (70%), 20% for fisheries and the rest for agriculture.
Land use: agriculture | fisheries/aquaculture (20%) | forestry (70%)
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 65 | |
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 18 | |
| Marine Intertidal | 18 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Infrastructure development plan (proposed for harbor development at Padang Tikar area), forest conversion (for plantation and transmigran), legal or illegal logging, hunting activity, forest fire in dry season. Increasingly of mangrove conversion for pond since 1998 has reported (Nyoman kom. pri.).
Additional information
References: Wetlands International. 1997. The Environmental Profile of the Coastal Wetlands of West Kalimantan. Draft Report. Wetlands International-Indonesia Programme and P.T. Lestari Bina Desa Sejahtera. Integrated Swamp Development Project in West Kalimantan (IBRD Loan 3755 IND).