Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve Explained

Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve
Iucn Category:	Ia
Map:	Borneo
Label:	Silabukan
Label Position:	top
Relief:	1
Location:	Sabah, Malaysia
Coordinates:	5.001°N 118.755°W
Coords Ref:	^[1]
Area:	114km2
Established:	1992

The Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve is located in Sabah, Malaysia. It was established in 1992. This site is 114km2.^[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

In 2022, a blooming Rafflesia keithii was discovered in the reserve during a World Wildlife Fund inventory.^[3]

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve. protectedplanet.net.
2. http://www.wdpa.org/siteSheet.aspx?sitecode=9845 World Database on Protected Areas
3. Web site: Rafflesia keithii discovered in Silabukan Forest Reserve . 2022-11-02 . www.nabalunews.com.