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GIS and participatory management of a protected forest in east Kalimantan, Indonesia and more of the burden of government. The province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo is playing a leading role in this new movement, pioneering new institutional arrangements, writing strong local laws and regulations, and adopting innovative technologies to help meet its new responsibilities. GIS is one such technology, and this paper describes how, in one very small corner of the province, stakeholders are using GIS to help them manage and conserve a unique and threatened resource—the River Wain Protection Forest. 2. Background - The River Wain Protection Forest The River Wain Protection Forest occupies 10,000 hectares of land within the city limits of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan's oil-rich commercial center (Figure 1). It is one of the last patches of primary Borneo lowland dipterocarp forest left on East Kalimantan's heavily exploited coastal plain. Because of its rich 
Figure 1 - Existing and Proposed Roads in Balikpapan, Indonesia |