Tanjung Puting Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 1977, in Indonesia. This biosphere reserve and national park is situated on the Tanjung Peninsula in the south of Borneo and covers the swampy alluvial areas between Kumai Bay and the Seruyan River. Covering a total area of 415,040 ha, Tanjung Puting has a large diversity of forest ecosystems, including lowland forest, freshwater swamp forest, tropical heath forest (locally called kerangas), peat swamp forest, mangrove forest and coastal forest.