Monitoring

MONITORING

1. Wildlife Monitoring | 2020 |

Although Ulu Kalumpang and Mt Wullersdorf FRs have been logged over and encroached, the residual forests provide habitat to support viable populations of numerous wildlife species in the forest reserve that connects to Tawau Hills Park to form an important conservation area. Through previous surveys conducted and recorded by various organizations and government departments, there is an estimated 180 species of birds present in the Ulu Kalumpang area, which makes it an important site for lowland forest species in Sabah, especially for hornbills (six species) and pheasants. This reserve is also a safe haven for the Orang Utan whose numbers are around 150 individuals within Ulu Kalumpang, as well, the endangered Bornean Pygmy Elephant and Banteng are found roaming in this part of Sabah. Other animals prevalent to the area include various types of deer, wild boars and several species of monkeys such as the Bornean Gibbon, Long-tail and Short-tail Macaques and the Redleaf Monkey.

Lesser mouse deer Wildlife monitoring is mostly based on periodic aerial surveys of Orang Utans as well as camera trapping that are conducted periodically in all forest reserves according to Procedure 06 (Monitoring). In addition it is recommended that the SFD staff record types of wildlife observed, date, place observed and quantity in formal records and monthly reporting whenever there is an opportunistic sighting in all conservation forest reserves. Opportunistic sighting data should be summarized and reported annually.

There are four (04) methods used for wildlife monitoring in Ulu Kalumpang-Wullersdorf Sustainable Forest Management (UKW SFM) Project area:

	Year 2016	Year 2017	Year 2018	Year 2019
1	Camera Trap	Camera Trap	Camera Trap	Camera Trap
2	Recce Walk	Recce Walk	Recce Walk	Recce Walk
3	Opportunistic Sighting	Opportunistic Sighting	Opportunistic Sighting	Opportunistic Sighting
4	Hornbill Observation	Hornbill Observation

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1. Bearded pig (Sus barbatus)	2. Bearded pig (Sus barbatus)	3. Great Argus (Argusianus argus)
4. Lesser mousedeer (Tragulus javanicus)	5. Moon rat (Echinosorex gymura)	6. Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
7. Sambar deer (Cervus unicolor)	8. Spotted pig tail macaque	9. Banteng

Borneo pygmy elephant - Elephas maximus (Landau)	Crested Fireback	Wild Pig (Sus Barbatus)	Samba Deer (Cervus unicolor)
Pgmy Elephant (Elephas maximus)	Red Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista petaurista)	Pig Tailed Macaque-macaca Nemestrina	Sambar Deer-Cervus Unicolor
Ayam hutan (Crested fireback).	Bornean yellow muntjac (Muntiacus atherodes)	Pig tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)	Samba deer (Cervus unicolor)
Slow loris (Nvcticebus coucang)