BBC Wildlife - UK (2020-05)

theareais ofgreatimportanceforthe

conservationofthestate’sgreatapes.

“Thoughlogged,DFRretainsgenerally

goodforestcoverbypracticingRIL,

conductingregularforestpatrollingand

forestmonitoring,”saysDonna.“Therehas

alsobeensomereplantingoflarantrees,

especiallyalongroadsides.Theseprovide

somefoodfororangutansandtheyliketo

makenestsinthem.Furthermore,it helps

withforesttourismbecauseit increasesthe

chanceofvisitorsseeinggreatapes.”

Bumpyride

TouristactivityinDFRrevolvesaround

4x4drivesbothdayandnightalonga

60kmtrack,startingatDeramakotForest

ReserveChalets,whicharelocatednearly

halfway,andoperatinginbothdirections.

Duringtheday,wewatcha beautiful

rhinoceroshornbillstrikea poseatthe

endofa branch,thesunlightshiningon

itsimpressivecasque.Thishandsome

headornamentationalsoservesa practical

purposeasit is thoughttoamplifythe

birds’callsthroughouttheforest.

APLOSONEstudy

suggestsa well-managed

forestcansupportan

orangutanpopulation.

Protected

Populationgroups

BORNEO

SABAH

SABAH

DERAMAKOT

887

SEGAMA

4,943

IMBAK-KALABAKAN

1,666

SILABUKAN

51

TA B I N

1,277

KULAMBA

328

TRUSMADI

320

TRUSANSUGUT

118

Counting great apes

Map: Donna Simon, Glyn Davies, Marc Ancrenaz/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218819/PLOS ONE

Bornean orangutan populations based

in Sabah forest reserves surveyed

between 2014 and 2017. Monitoring

of the population is needed for

effective conservation

management.

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