Pamukan
Location:
2°32'S, 116°20'E; 85 km NNE of Kotabaru, Kabupaten Kotabaru, South Kalimantan.
Area:
10,000 ha.
Altitude:
Sea level.
Biogeographical Province:
4.25.12.
Wetland type:
07.
Description of site:
A mangrove and estuarine swamp forest. The mangrove is well developed
and little disturbed.
Climatic conditions:
Humid tropical climate with an annual rainfall of 1,200-3,260 mm. Average temperatures range from 25-27°C.
Principal vegetation:
Extensive mangrove forest with species of Avicennia, Rhizophora, Sonneratia and Bruguiera.
Land tenure:
State owned (Indonesian Government).
Conservation measures taken:
None.
Conservation measures proposed:
A proposal that the area be designated as a Nature Reserve (Cagar Alam) has been approved.
Land use:
No information.
Disturbances and threats:
Cutting of mangroves trees. There is a possibility that the area will be logged for wood chips.
Economic and social values:
The mangrove forests are of considerable importance as nursery and breeding areas for marine fishes and crustaceans which form the basis of the inshore fishery.
Fauna:
No information.
Special floral values:
A large stand of relatively undisturbed mangrove forest.
References:
MacKinnon & Artha (1981a).
Criteria for Inclusion:
1b.
Source:
Marcel J. Silvius.