Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve
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| Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve | |
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Map showing the location of Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve Map showing the location of Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve Silabukan | |
| Location | Sabah, Malaysia |
| Coordinates | 5°00′04′′N 118°45′18′′E / 5.001°N 118.755°E / 5.001; 118.755 [1] |
| Area | 114 km2 (44 sq mi) |
| Established | 1992 |
The Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve is located in Sabah, Malaysia. It was established in 1992. This site covers an area of 114 km2 (44 sq mi).[2] Although 8% of Sabah's land area is included in the system of national parks, most of Sabah's orangutans do not occur in official protected areas, they are instead found in production forest landscapes in the eastern Sabah Foundation concession, which includes Silabukan Forest Reserve (McConkey et al. 2005).
Flora and fauna
[edit ]In 2022, a blooming Rafflesia keithii was discovered in the reserve during a World Wildlife Fund inventory.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve". protectedplanet.net.
- ^ World Database on Protected Areas [permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Rafflesia keithii discovered in Silabukan Forest Reserve". www.nabalunews.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- McConkey, K., Caldecott, J. and McManus, E. 2005. Malaysia. In Caldecott, J., Miles, L. (eds) 2005. World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation. Prepared by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. University of California Press, Berkeley, USA.
