Sintang district is located in the eastern part of West Kalimantan province and one of the districts of the Heart of Borneo (HoB). Sintang district is divided into 14 sub-districts, 16 urban villages, and 391 villages with covers an area of 2.2 million hectares and is part of the Kapuas integrated watershed, which consists of 20 sub-watersheds, including Sub-Watersheds of Ketungau, Melawi, and others, as well as consists of which 59% is forest areas and 41% as other use area (APL) functions. Forest areas consist of conservation forest including national park and ecotourism parks with an area of 69,341 hectares, protected forest area of 471,938 hectares, and production forest area of 759,955 hectares. Meanwhile, as of 2020, APL used for agriculture with dominance of key commodities, including oil palm and rubber with an area of around 777,816 hectares, consisting of 511,992 hectares of companies (consists of 46 oil palm companies and one rubber companies) with location permit (currently, called the Conformity of Spatial Utilization Activities or KKPR) and right to cultivate (HGU), as well as 265.824 hectares of independent smallholder and schemed smallholder with a number of 22,278 oil palm smallholders and 49,315 rubber smallholders. In addition, a major flood occurred in the district on October 2021 with more than 20,000 households affected in 12 sub-districts. As of 2021, the population of Sintang district is 423,674 people, consisting of 218,978 men and 204,696 women, with an urban population of 81.51% and a rural population of 18.49%, with Human Development Index of 66.93. District economy is dominated by land and natural resource-based sectors, especially agriculture, increasing the chances of forest loss & degradation. Sintang district has an economic growth of 3.80% with a GRDP value based on constant 2010 market prices is 9.73 trillion rupiah with the largest contribution in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector at 22.96%, as well as with gini ratio is 0.248.
Furthermore, since 2018, Sintang district has innovations and sustainability commitments as known “Sustainable Sintang or Sintang Lestari” towards sustainable development with the leadership commitment and political will of the district leader, which is supported by the multi-stakeholders initiatives. Sintang’s commitment to be a sustainable district strengthened by the Sustainable Palm Oil Regional Action Plan (RAD-KSB), Sintang Lestari Regional Action Plan (RAD-SL), and Collective Landscape Action Plan (CLAP), as well as strengthened by the existence of multi-stakeholder fora such as the Joint-Secretariat or SekBer and the Sintang Regional Implementation Team for Sustainable Palm Oil (TPD-KSB) in bring together stakeholders to suppport progress towards jurisdictional sustainability initiatives. Thus, now and in the future, the district is strengthening the control in land and natural resource-based activities through review of the regional spatial plan, as well as scaling and ensuring sustainability practices in its activities in an effort to enhance the district’s scenarios to attract investments that will further strengthen the district's sustainability commitments.
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Sintang district is located in the eastern part of West Kalimantan province and one of the districts of the Heart of Borneo (HoB). Sintang district is divided into 14 sub-districts, 16 urban villages, and 391 villages with covers an area of 2.2 million hectares and is part of the Kapuas integrated watershed, which consists of 20 sub-watersheds, including Sub-Watersheds of Ketungau, Melawi, and others, as well as consists of which 59% is forest areas and 41% as other use area (APL) functions. Forest areas consist of conservation forest including national park and ecotourism parks with an area of 69,341 hectares, protected forest area of 471,938 hectares, and production forest area of 759,955 hectares. Meanwhile, as of 2020, APL used for agriculture with dominance of key commodities, including oil palm and rubber with an area of around 777,816 hectares, consisting of 511,992 hectares of companies (consists of 46 oil palm companies and one rubber companies) with location permit (currently
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