Project Borneo

 

Kalaweit Borneo has 4 sites dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, reintroduction and welfare of confiscated gibbons, specifically the species native to Borneo: the Agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis albibarbis) and the Muller's gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) of which there are 3 sub-species  (Hylobates muelleri muelleri, H. m. abotti and H. m. funerus). The sites are: 

Kalaweit Care Centre: Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. This is the arrival centre and quarantine facility for gibbons and the main office and information/education centre for Kalaweit.

Kamp Kalaweit: he main rehabilitation site in the Bukit Baka/ Bukit Raya (BB BR) National Park (1811km²), which is situated in the Bornean provinces of West and Central Kalimantan. Kamp Kalaweit is located along the banks of the River Bimban (a tributary of the Katingan River), about 250km north (as the crow flies) from the regional capital of Palangka Raya where the Kalaweit Care Centre is based.

Kalaweit Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Center  for Gibbons: situated on Hampapak Island in the Rugan River about 30km from Kalaweit Care Centre.

Mintin Island: The release site is an island of 100ha situated on the Kahayan River, 75.4m south of Palangka Raya on the road to Banjarmasin, This island is home to 2 pairs of agile gibbons and home to wild Nasalis larvatus, Macaca nemestrina and M. fasicularis.