Ulu Telupid Forest Reserve is a protected forest reserve in
Tongod District Tongod District may refer to:
* Tongod District, Malaysia
* Tongod District, Peru
Tongod District is one of thirteen districts of the province San Miguel in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
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of
Sandakan Division,
Sabah
Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...
, Malaysia.
[ First established in 1972,][ it was designated as a Class 1 Protection Forest by the Sabah Forestry Department in 1984.][ down from its former size of .][ Prior to being established as a forest reserve, the area was used for logging and ]palm oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from ...
plantations.dipterocarp
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...
forest. The land surrounding the reserve includes a town, oil palm plantations, rubber plantations, and rice paddies. It is threatened by fires and illegal logging. In some areas agricultural activities have encroached into the protected area.[ Since 2000 there has been a net loss of just under 2% of the reserve's forested area.]ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving responsible travel (using sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler, to provide funds ...
activity in the reserve, consisting of guided tours from a nearby village,
Flora
163 floral species have been identified within the reserve, the lowest diversity found within Sabah's inland forest reserves. 29 are endemic to Borneo, with none endemic to Sabah.[ The rest of the reserve's forest is secondary, including areas populated by pioneer species. It is an important area for tree species including, in upland areas of the reserve, '' Schima wallichii'', '']Dipterocarpus confertus
''Dipterocarpus confertus'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species is named derived from Latin (' = crammed together) and probably refers to the indumentum. It is an emergent tree, up to tall. It is widespread in mixe ...
'', ''Shorea atrinervosa
''Shorea atrinervosa'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species name is derived from Latin (''ater'' = dull black and ''nervosus'' = nerved) and refers to leaf venation which is black in herbarium specimens.
It is an em ...
'', ''Shorea argentifolia
''Shorea argentifolia'' (called, along with some other species in the genus ''Shorea'', dark red meranti) is an emergent rainforest tree species in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It native to Borneo. It grows in mixed dipterocarp forests on hill ...
'' and ''Shorea agamii
''Shorea agamii'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species is named after J. Agama a one time forest officier in the Sabah Forestry Department. Two subspecies are recognised subsp. ''agamii'' and subsp ''diminuta''. The s ...
''. The reserve is also home to '' Anisoptera'', '' Dipterocarpus'', '' Dryobalanops'', '' Hopea'', '' Parashorea'', ''Polyalthia
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific. '', '' Shorea'', '' Syzygium'' and '' Vatica'' species.[
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References
External links
Ulu Telupid – Protected Planet
{{Protected areas of Sabah
Forest reserves of Sabah
Tongod District
Borneo lowland rain forests