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1.

Batang Lupar

•	Natural forest, logged-over forest, various secondary forest, sacred forest sites
•	Swidden agriculture and rubber gardens, Tengkawang forest
•	Dayak people, mostly Iban Dayaks
•	Settlements near rivers, sometimes access by roads (ex-logging roads)
•	Mostly longhouses (juxtaposed private living quarters bilik, each bilik occupied by more than one household)
•	Most bilik have one or several family members working in Malaysia or in the city of Lanjak
•	No electricity in the hamlets
•	Health facilities, education facilities and markets are located in Lanjak, about one hour by motorbike or car
•	Most villagers speak Iban; only a few speak Indonesian

2.

Mentebah

•	Natural forest, logged-over forest, various secondary forests
•	Swidden agriculture and rubber gardens, gold mining on some riverbanks
•	Mostly Suruk Dayaks
•	Most settlements are near rivers, some near roads. Better road conditions compared with Batang Lupar, including proximity to the main Sintang–Putussibau asphalt road
•	Mostly individual houses
•	Electricity, elementary school and village midwife in Tanjung Intan village
•	Most villagers speak Indonesian

3.

Batang Merangin

•	Major land cover type is young rubber agroforest; few smallholder oil palm gardens and paddy ﬁelds; some remnants of natural forest
•	Customary forest within the site
•	Mostly private land, smallholder farms
•	Terrain mostly undulaong
•	There are 10 villages within the site with several others within a 10-km buﬀer area, mostly local villages
•	Accessibility moderately good, several main asphalted roads, with some accessible only by foot

4.

Sarolangun

•	Major land cover types and land uses are smallholder rubber gardens, young oil palm and smallholder forest plantations (HTR)
•	Parts of the land is privately- owned and some parts are owned by plantation concessions
•	Terrain mostly ﬂat
•	There are approximately 10 villages found within the site, the majority are transmigration settlements with few local villages
•	Some inaccessible roads during the rainy season

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