Kota Damansara Community Forest Park

Artificial lake at the park.

The Kota Damansara Community Forest Park (KDCFP) is a secondary forest located in Selangor, Malaysia.[1] It was part of a defunct Sungai Buloh Forest Reserve gazetted in 1898 which contained 3,900 acres (16 km2) of protected primary forest.[2] This made it as the oldest forest reserve in Peninsular Malaysia. The forest reserve was degazetted a number of times and subsequent development brought down the size of the reserve to a 857-acre (3.5 km2).

Logging activities especially has turned the area into a secondary forest. This results in the abundance of pioneer plants as well as rare species of plant such as Begonia aequilateralis.[3] Despite being a secondary forest, a number of primary forest species such as meranti are observable at the park. Furthermore, KDCFP is a dipterocarp forest typically found in tropical countries such as Malaysia. The area is a combination of flat land and low elevation hill.[4]

The trademark of KDCFP is an artificial lake. The lake was created in early 2000s due to the building of a road that blocked a small stream that flows through the park. This has introduced aquatic flora and fauna attributable to slow-flowing water body to the area.[5]

  1. ^ Page 1. A Step Beyond The City. Malaysian Nature Society. 2006.
  2. ^ Page 2, 5. A Step Beyond The City. Malaysian Nature Society. 2006.
  3. ^ Page 8. A Step Beyond The City. Malaysian Nature Society. 2006.
  4. ^ Page 5. A Step Beyond The City. Malaysian Nature Society. 2006.
  5. ^ Page 11. A Step Beyond The City. Malaysian Nature Society. 2006.