Borneo lowland rain forests

Borneo lowland rain forests
Primary lowland forest at Danum Valley, Sabah
Map of the Borneo lowland rain forests ecoregion
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area425,124 km2 (164,141 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusvulnerable,[1] nature could reach half protected[2]
Protected6.267%[3]

The Borneo lowland rain forests is an ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, of the large island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.[1] It supports approximately 15,000 plant species, 380 bird species and several mammal species. The Borneo lowland rain forests is diminishing due to logging, hunting and conversion to commercial land use.

  1. ^ a b "Borneo lowland rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 1924, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
  3. ^ Borneo lowland rain forests. DOPA Explorer. Accessed 11 March 2023.

Borneo lowland rain forests

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