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Danum Vally Post by Vincent
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MALIAU BASIN The Maliau Basin Conservation Area is a huge bowl of almost pristine forest comprising an unusual assemblage of forest types guarded by fomidable cliffs and described as one of the few remaining relatively untouched wilderness areas in the world. The flora of Maliau is distinct and diverse, including at least six speices of pitcher plant and 80 speices of orchid, several of which are new records for Sabah. Maliau may be one of only two remaining sites of the rare Rafflesia tengku adilinii, first discovered here in 1988. Maliau Basin is also set to become a haven for birdwatchers as well as conservation of bird biodevsity. Over 270 speices such as the Bornean Bristlehead, Peregrine Falcon, and Bulwer's Pheasant have been recorded in the area and the surrounding buffer zones, of which an astonishing 26% are listed as a treatened or near treatened by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Over 70 mammal speices have so far been recorded, including some of Sabah's rarest mammals such as the proboscis monkey and Sumatran rhinoceros. The Surrounding forest is also refuge to the endangered Banteng and Asian Elephant.Due ti the unique geomorphological condition of Maliau Basin,there are numerous waterfalls,one of which is the magnificent seven-tier Maliau Falls. |
