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About Lanjau Entimau Wildlife SanctuaryLanjau Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in the Kapit Division of Sarawak, adjacent to the border with Indonesia.Lanjau Entimau covers an area of 187,000 hectares. It was made a protected forest in 1940, and was elevated to the status of wildlife sanctuary in 1983, primarily to provide protection to the orang utans living in that area. The wildlife sanctuary comprises of rugged terrain of hills and ridges with steep slopes and v-shape valleys. The highest points in the sanctuary are Bukit Lanjak (1284 meters), Bukit Entimau (974 meters) and Gunung Spali (966 meters). Among the rivers flowing through this area are the Ensirieng, Mujol, Poi, Ngemah, Katibas, Bloh, Apoh and Kanowit rivers. Lanjau Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary is rich in biodiversity. Among the flora that have been documented here includes 2807 species of vascular plants, 218 species of medicinal plants, 158 species of forest fruit trees and 500 species of fungi. Among the animal life includes 6 species of primates, 48 species of small mammals, 73 species of reptiles and amphibians, 82 species of fish and 1053 species of insects. In 1993, the Sarawak state government and the Indonesian government jointly established the Lanjak-Entimau/Bentung Kerihun Conservation Area to protect the wildlife there. The combined area has a total size of 1.1 million hectares. It is one of the largest transboundary biodiversity conservation areas in the world, and home to about 3000 orang utans representing 10% of the world's orang utan population. Getting thereAt the moment, access to Lanjau Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary is open only to researchers and conservationists holding written permission of the Sarawak Forestry Corportation.ContactSarawak Forestry CorporationLot 219, KCLD Jalan Tapang, Kota Sentosa 93250 Kuching Tel: 082 610088 Web: www.sarawakforestry.com Lanjau-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary Location MapView Lanjau-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary in a larger map  Morning at Lanjau-Entimau Author: Roystein Emmor Photos provided by Panoramio are under the copyright of their owners 
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