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• The Danum Valley Conservation Area

• Surrounding forest
  • Yayasan Sabah Forest Management Area

  • Infapro Forest Rehabilitation Project

  • Maliau Basin Conservation Area

  • Imbak Canyon Conservation Area

• Climate

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• Site Map

 

Surrounding Forest

The Danum Valley Conservation Area is embedded within an exceptionally large (1 million hectare) forest concession, which is managed by Yayasan Sabah the Yayasan Sabah Forest Management Area. Much of the YSFMA is accessible for research use and includes extensive areas of forest under management for timber production (approx. 750,000 hectares), a number of large and important primary forest protected areas (including the Maliau Basin and Imbak Canyon Conservation Areas) which, together with Danum, cover approximately 150,000 hectares, two or the SE Asia's largest forest rehabilitation projects (including the Infapro project located close to Danum Valley) and agricultural and exotic timber plantations. Details can be found in the drop-down menu on this page.

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NEW BIRD SPECIES DISCOVERED AT DANUM VALLEY BY SEARRP SCIENTIST The "Spectacled Flowerpecker," a bird species new to science, has been discovered in the heart of the Bornean rainforest. However, the species is so little known that it has yet to be given a scientific name.
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