Kayan Mentarang National Park (TNKM) was first established in 1980 as a nature reserve by the Minister of Agriculture of Indonesia. Then in 1996, at the urging of local communities (indigenous) and the recommendations of the WWF, the area is transformed into the National Park status for the interests of local people can be accommodated. TNKM have primary and secondary forest largest remaining old on the island of Borneo and Southeast Asia.