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The nearby Kinabatangan River is an area along which small fragments of lowland riverine rainforest remain: the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary.The area is wet and humid and the swampy lowlands are home to particularly high densities of Borneo's more emblematic birds and mammals, such as hornbills, Borneo elephants, and the endemic proboscis monkey.
The Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project was established in 1998 to secure the population in the Kinabatangan floodplain of eastern Sabah (McConkey et al. 2005). The Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands was added to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance on October 28, 2008 (Ramsar Site # 1849).
Gomantong Forest Reserve is a protected forest reserve in Sandakan and Kinabatangan Districts of Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. [2] It was designated as a Class 1 Protection Forest by the Sabah Forestry Department in 1984. Its area is 3,297 hectares (32.97 km 2). [3] The Gomantong Caves are within the reserve. Gomantong's terrain consists ...
The Kinabatangan River (Malay: Sungai Kinabatangan) is a river in Sandakan Division, in eastern Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second longest river in Malaysia, with a length of 560 km (350 miles) from its headwaters in the mountains of southwest Sabah to its outlet at the Sulu Sea , east of Sandakan .
Lok Kawi Wildlife Park; Padang Teratak Wetlands Area; Lower Kinabatangan - Segama Wetlands; Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary; Tabin Wildlife Reserve; Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre; Protected Forest Reserves: Balembangan Forest Reserve; Bengkoka Forest Reserve; Bidu Bidu Forest Reserve; Binsuluk Forest Reserve; Botitian Forest Reserve
The pre-eminent threats to the Asian elephant today are habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation, which are driven by an expanding human population, and lead in turn to increasing conflicts between humans and elephants when elephants eat or trample crops. Hundreds of people and elephants are killed annually as a result of such conflicts.
Birds from around the globe, including non-breeding winter visitors, are commonly sighted at the sanctuary, especially during migratory season of Asian birds (i.e. Sept-April). Common visitors. Little egret, a winter visitor to Borneo; Striated heron, a winter visitor from the mainland of Asia;
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), through its seven regional divisions, [15] manages more than 700 protected areas statewide, totaling 1,177,180 acres (4,763.9 km 2). [16] They are broadly categorized as: 110 wildlife areas, [17] designed to give the public easier access to wildlife while preserving habitats.