With an area of 9782 hectares and there are two streams Watershed (DAS) ie watershed and watershed

52% of the area of the city of Balikpapan is a green area and protected forest. Until now, the government and the citizens agreed tapuer to maintain its sustainability in the form of lack of coal mining permits that can damage the environment.
Oil City of Balikpapan nickname, could not be separated from the existence of the National Vital Objects (Obvitnas) PT Pertamina Processing Unit V which is the location of production needs fuel oil (BBM) Eastern Indonesia. In the process of fuel production, Pertamina requires at least 13,000 cubic meters of water per day or 450-750 cubic meters per hour which is used as a production engine cooling tapuer (cooling water ed).
Until now, oil refineries Pertamina UP V Balikpapan which resulted in a total national oil production, most of the water is dependent on the fulfillment of the raw water from Sungai Wain Protection Forest (HLSW).
The amount of water that, according to the Director of the Management Board Protected Forest River Wail (BPHLSW), tapuer Purwanto is 25% of the total requirement of raw water which is used by all households in Balikpapan. "85% of the water coming from the reservoir Pertamina Sungai Wain. We never counted, when the function of the lost water, and water for the needs of privately run oil refinery, Rp.26miliar must be issued at least annually. And if the urban forest is lost, it is lost as a public water source. Saving forests Balikpapan actually save lives. This is a primary need, "said Purwanto.
With an area of 9782 hectares and there are two streams Watershed (DAS) ie watershed and watershed Bugir Wain, make HLSW potential to be managed as a water catchment tapuer area for the city of Aberdeen. Can support the natural function of life to regulate the water system, prevent flooding, erosion and sedimentation control, maintain soil fertility tapuer and biodiversity protection.
"Fauna-fauna mostly including rare species and endangered species such as the Clouded Tiger, Bear, Red monkey, monkey White Forehead, Uwa-uwa, Long-tailed Macaques, monkey, and Proboscis," Purwanto said.
Balikpapan city with an area of 503.3 km , is the gateway to Borneo Tropical Rainforest. Since leadership Balikpapan Mayor Imdaad Hamid (2001-2011), the development and management of the environment, reflected in the Spatial Plan (Spatial) integrated from 2005 to 2015. The rules are set 51% green (protected forest, urban forest, green space and other protected areas) and 49% cultivation.
"Under all coal Balikpapan City. But our commitment is still Anti-mining. Because until now there is no technology that is so quick to make a recovery against the damaging effects of this coal. We have terminals for coal to be exported overseas, "said Mayor of Balikpapan, Rizal Effendi, who helped make the LH policy while serving as Deputy Mayor in the period 2006-2011.
Currently, in addition to continuing to improve HLSW region, the city has won the award 15 times this clean city continued to expand with rehabilitating manggar River Protected Forest (HLSM) covering tapuer 4,999 hectares for the city's water reserves. Balikpapan also has 37 city forests spread over 5 districts and 27 villages with a total area of 1602.4 ha.
The number of trees that have been planted in HLSW, HLSM and urban forests from December 2007 to January 2011 as many as 95 062 which includes tamarind trees, aloes, cape, sengon, nyamplung, rubber, mahogany, mango, keruing, pecans, tapuer Angsana, Cempedak, durian, rambutan , coconut, cashew nuts, sapodilla kecik, ketapan, fir, bungur, pine, and others. tapuer
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