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Batu Apoi Forest Reserve

Brendan · CC BY-SA 2.0

100% trees around it and 143 species recorded.

80Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km100%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded143
  • Altitude173 m

The forest around

100% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 100%Trees 99%Grassland 1%Water 0%100%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km100%
  • 3–6 km100%
  • 6–10 km99%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees100%
  • Grassland0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

143 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Microsorum membranifolium
Microsorum membranifoliumMicrosorum membranifolium7 recordsLowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900 · No restrictions
Diplazium cordifolium
Diplazium cordifoliumDiplazium cordifolium5 recordsBeddome, R. H. · Public domain
Agrostophyllum stipulatum
Agrostophyllum stipulatumAgrostophyllum stipulatum4 recordsDee Dee Al Farishy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Leucosyke capitellata
Leucosyke capitellataLeucosyke capitellata4 recordsR.Rahasia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Urophyllum arboreum
Urophyllum arboreumUrophyllum arboreum4 recordsKoorders, S. H.; Valeton, Theodoric · Public domain
Nephrolepis biserrataNephrolepis biserrata7 records
Sphaerostephanos polycarposSphaerostephanos polycarpos6 records
Anerincleistus bracteatusAnerincleistus bracteatus5 records
Abacopteris nitidaAbacopteris nitida4 records
Blechnopsis finlaysonianaBlechnopsis finlaysoniana4 records
Long-leaved felt fernPyrrosia longifolia4 records
Sphaerostephanos heterocarposSphaerostephanos heterocarpos3 records

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

80out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 100%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 143Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 173 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from February to March.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan28°22°305 mm
  2. Feb28°22°161 mm
  3. Mar28°22°166 mm
  4. Apr28°23°223 mm
  5. May28°23°242 mm
  6. Jun28°23°248 mm
  7. Jul28°23°238 mm
  8. Aug28°22°224 mm
  9. Sep28°22°240 mm
  10. Oct28°22°306 mm
  11. Nov28°23°315 mm
  12. Dec28°22°339 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Batu Apoi Forest Reserve.

Batu Apoi Forest Reserve is a forest in Brunei.

Seen from space, 100% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

143 species have been recorded around it: 65 plants, 0 fungi, 78 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Microsorum membranifolium, Diplazium cordifolium and Agrostophyllum stipulatum.

The best time to walk is from February to March.

Over borneo
Brendan · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Batu Apoi Forest Reserve seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1campsites within 10 kmAz Back to Nature Tour Services
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmFreme Rainforest Lodge
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Batu Apoi Forest Reserve.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas18 mountains within 25 km
Bukit Lutut152 m · 2.0 kmBukit Telugong54 m · 7.7 kmBukit Gelagas647 m · 10 kmBukit Biang65 m · 13 kmBukit Belalong874 m · 13 kmBukit Peradayan83 m · 14 kmBukit Patoi226 m · 16 kmGunung Bilai17 km
Islandyasthe island
Borneo748,168 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Batu Apoi Forest Reserve

Brunei

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 143Species

Peradayan Forest Recreation Park

Brunei · 17 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 83%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 278Species

See the guide

Borneo peat swamp forests

Brunei · 33 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 34%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 44Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q4873299) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species938 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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