Danum Valley Conservation Area

Danum Valley Conservation Area is a 438 rectangular kilometres tract of extraordinarily undisturbed lowland dipterocarp woodland in Sabah, Malaysia. It has an in depth iety of tropical plants and fauna, along with such species because the uncommon East Sumatran rhinoceros, Bornean orangutans, gibbons, mousedeer, clouded leopards and over 270 fowl species. Activities presented are jungle treks, river swimming, fowl looking, night jungle tours and excursions to close by logging sites and wood mills.

The location holds specific status inside the experience that before it have become a conservation place there had been no human settlements in the place, which means that searching, logging and other human interference turned into non existent making the region nearly unique. It is managed with the aid of Yayasan Sabah for conservation, studies, training, and habitat recuperation training purposes. There have been proposals to nominate the site as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The lowland tropical rainforest is domestic to many birds and mammals.

It is the most effective place wherein the enigmatic spectacled flowerpecker has been recorded. Bornean orangutans, Muller's Bornean gibbons, and other primates, including Horsfield's tarsier, as well as deer, wild cats and the rare Bornean pygmy elephant can be seen. Other extraordinary species that inhabit the location are the sun bear and Bornean rhinoceros. The wealthy insect fauna has been one of the fundamental areas of studies wherein the Danum Valley Field Centre has been energetic, and the land snail fauna is also considered one of the richest inside the international, with at the least 61 species recorded from a 1-km-plot.