Binsuluk Forest Reserve | |
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Location | Sabah, Malaysia |
Nearest city | Beaufort, Beaufort District |
Coordinates | 5°28′43″N 115°40′52″E / 5.4786°N 115.6811°E |
Area | 121.06 km2 (46.74 sq mi) |
Established | 1984 |
Governing body | Sabah Forestry Department[1] |
Binsuluk Forest Reserve is a protected forest reserve on the Klias Peninsula, in Beaufort District of Interior Division, Sabah, Malaysia.[2] It was designated as a Class 1 Protection Forest by the Sabah Forestry Department in 1992.[3][4] Its area is 12,106 hectares (121.06 km2).[3] The reserve is mostly flat, consisting mostly of peat swamp forest, with a small area of mangroves.[1] The peat forests within this reserve, along with those in the nearby Klias Forest Reserve, are the last peat forests in Sabah.[5]
Being mostly peat forest, the reserve faces high fire risks. Large fires occurred in 1997–98, burning most of the park.[6] In 2016 large fires in peat bogs, which were caused by fires spread to Binsuluk and other forest reserves from nearby open burning, contributed to the 2016 Malaysian haze.[7][8] Over half of the reserve were burnt during this event.[5] Open burning caused yet another forest fire in 2020, this time burning 274 hectares (2.74 km2).[9]
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