page_title: East Kalimantan
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: East Kalimantan / Ecology
caption_attribution_description: English: Logging road and impacts in East Kalimantan: logged forest on the left, virgin/primary forest on the right.
context_page_description: East Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 Census and 3.42 million at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate is 3,619,700. Its capital is Samarinda.
  The province will host the future capital city of Indonesia that will be built on the border of Kutai Kartanegara and Penajam North Paser regencies. While the future capital is yet to be named, its construction is projected to start in 2020, and conclude in 2024.
  East Kalimantan has a total area of 125,336.81 square kilometres and is the second least densely populated province in Kalimantan. The majority of the region shares a maritime border to the east with West Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi; its Mangkalihat Peninsula separates the Makassar Strait from the Celebes Sea. Its former northernmost region was split off in October 2012 and is now North Kalimantan Province; meanwhile it still shares land border to the west with West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan Province; to its south, East Kalimantan borders the South Kalimantan province. The province bordered Sabah before the split, but still borders Sarawak.
context_section_description: Illegal logging has removed much of the original forests of the province. Less than half the original forest remains in places such as the Kayan Mentarang the Kutai national parks.
  The projects that supports tropical rainforest conservation includes a WWF project   and Samboja Lestari lodge, one of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation's reforestation and orangutan rehabilitation projects.
caption: Logging road in East Kalimantan: logged forest on the left, primary forest on the right
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