Klias Forest Reserve

Klias Forest Reserve
Map showing the location of Klias Forest Reserve
Map showing the location of Klias Forest Reserve
Klias Forest Reserve
Location in Borneo
LocationSabah, Malaysia
Nearest cityBeaufort, Beaufort District
Coordinates5°17′37″N 115°37′50″E / 5.2936°N 115.6305°E / 5.2936; 115.6305
Area36.3 km2 (14.0 sq mi)
Established1984
Governing bodySabah Forestry Department[1]

Klias 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 1984. Its area is 3,630 hectares (36.3 km2).[3] The reserve is mostly flat, consisting mainly of peat swamp forest, with a small area of mangroves.[1] The peat forests within this reserve, along with those in the nearby Binsuluk Forest Reserve, are the last peat forests in Sabah.[4]

Being mostly peat forest, the reserve faces high fire risks. Large fires occurred in 1997–98, burning about 10% of the Klias Reserve.[5] In 2016 large fires in peat bogs, which spread to Klias and other forest reserves from nearby open burning, contributed to the 2016 Malaysian haze.[6]

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