Malaysia - Sabah Forestry Department

1. STUDY AREA & PURPOSE OF STUDYKawag Base Camp is the centre of administration for the Ulu Segama-Malua ForestReserves (USM FRs) in Lahad Datu, Sabah (Figure 1). USM comprises six forestreserves (241,089 ha) as shown in Table 1 and Figure 2. The initial primary focus ofUSM initiative was only the Ulu Segama and Malua Forest Reserves, but later, otherforest reserves were included as they are located within / adjacent to the USM.Table 1: Forest reserves within the USM SFM project area.No. Forest Reserve Class Function Area (ha)1 Ulu Segama* II Production 202,8562 Malua II Production 33, 9693 Kawag Gibong VI Virgin Jungle Reserve 7074 Merisuli VI Virgin Jungle Reserve 5525 Sepagaya** VI Virgin Jungle Reserve 2,3166 Sapagaya I Protection 698*952 ha are outside of the USM project area**1,812 ha are outside of the USM project areaTotal 241,098The Base Camp is located at N 05 o 03.102’, E 117 o 58.856’ at about 120 m a.s.l. Thevegetation adjacent to the camp is of lowland dipterocarp forest.This survey wasconducted from 13 th to17 th of February, 2012as part of therequirement to preparethe EIA report forUSM FRs. During theEIA survey, the teamvisited various siteswithin the USM FRsto look at the variouswildlife mitigationmeasures initiated.This report, however,focuses mainly on thenocturnal insects. It isan unpublished reportFigure 1: Location of USM FRs in Sabah.for record purposes only, highlighting some of the interesting insects recorded fromKawag and some points of discussion on insect diversity and conservation.4