It is impossible to avoid massive destruction with development but we seen an exceptional case when we saw a housing developer developing luxury housing on an oil palm land and at the same time aiming to protect a small piece of forest in the area. The person in charge mentioned, they have no intention to develop the green piece even though they’re permitted to do so, it is instead a good advertisement alternative to the company. In whatever means, as long as the forest is protected we’re pleased and glad. I hope this agenda will be kept, for as long as it could.

The company invites team of naturalist from various groups to explore the forest hoping to collect more data on the flora and fauna living in it and we’re glad to be part of the team.

We had a wonderful breakfast at the club house.

This was a piece of oil palm estate but clearing for housing development.

Multi-million dollars houses.

Embarking the forest.

The most exciting part of the expedition was when we discovered C. minima “Crypts of  Selangor” in the forest.

Here is a healthy patch of crypts.

Bullated leaves minima.

Aglaonema simplex is found abundantly here.

Scindapsus pictus is an ornamental gripper.

Schismatoglottis calyptrata?

Eurycoma longifolia a.k.a Tongkat ali is believed be an aphrodisiacs and widely consumed by the native.

The footprint of the Tapirus indicus a.k.a Malayan Tapir, also called the Asian Tapir is a resident in the forest. It’s kinda weird creature who having four toes on the front legs and three at the back.

We have been told to follow this markers and driver should fetch us from the other site of the forest, we did exactly what been told but unfortunately, we still lost in the jungle for two hours, reason being the forestry department also put the same markers on the way that causing confusions and led us to no way.

Some interesting shots along the way.