Human activities include reed cutting, woodland coppicing, regulated hunting and recreation, livestock rearing and water sports. The site, bordering Indonesia, includes tidal river reaches, mangrove areas, grassland and savannah woodlands. An important wetland for over 250 species of resident and migratory waterbirds and as a refuge during drought. Sixty-three species of fish are supported. About 1,500 subsistence gardeners and hunters live in the area.
Visitors come for fishing, birdwatching and deer hunting.
Posted 20 April 1999, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.