Long Pelay Village is in Kelay District, Berau. This village is located in the Wehea-Kelay Landscape. The forest area in the Wehea-Kelay landscape has a very high level of tree diversity. The trees in the Wehea-Kelay landscape forest are dominated by Dipterocarpaceae type of tree. Apart from being dominated by commercial tree species from the Dipterocarpaceae,
The Wehea-Kelay forest landscape also has a fairly high diversity of fruit tree species. These types of fruit trees include durian (Durio spp), rambutan (Nephelium spp), breadfruit (Artocarpus spp), Kapul (Baccaurea spp), and mango (Mangifera spp). The existence of these types of fruit trees in Wehea Kelay, is important not only for the local community but also for wildlife such as orangutans, gibbons, langurs, and others.
In line with the commitment of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government to protect areas that have high conservation value, including forest areas that are orangutan habitat, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry is collaborating with the East Kalimantan Provincial Government, YKAN, the Wehea Traditional/customary Institute, and the parties agreed to develop and promote management plans for 4 essential ecosystem areas of the orangutan corridor. That 53,143-ha area is in the Wehea-Kelay landscape, East Kutai Regency and Berau Regency, East Kalimantan Province.
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