Who are we?

Sapulut Forest Development Sdn Bhd, or fondly known as Sapulut, is a sustainable forestry company in Sapulut, located in the state of Sabah, Malaysia.

For many decades, Sabah's rain forest was logged extensively for its valuable timber. Although such uncontrolled practices have since ceased, its effect is still felt today. Many once forested regions are so badly degraded they are lost forever. As a responsible forestry company, we hope to reverse the damage. Hence, we are making it our mission, bringing back the natural forest and manage it sustainably.

We treasure the forest not only for its beautiful timbers but also as a habitat to a plethora of flora and fauna, as well as the native communities. To enhance the forests under our care, we are determined to restore parts of the degraded forest with well-thought replanting programs that includes indigenous and wildlife-friendly trees. This increases biodiversity and is the key to reviving the ecosystem to provide economic, environment and social services.

If you find our quest interesting and want to help us make a difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Thank you.

Sapulut Forestry Development Sdn Bhd

Tuesday 19 April 2011

Double Rainbow?? NOPE! DOUBLE WATERFALLS!

SALT LICK

Salt Lick - A salt deposit for animals for drinking water. Provides essential minerals such as iron, calcium, sodium and zinc. 

This was the journey in: 

We followed our forest ranger inside deep vegetation. Keti (left) and Casey Ng (front).

 Red-circled is Blace, the forest ranger. This was how dense it was. 


The salt lick area.

It was 2 waterfalls at one place. It  was big. Magnificent. Brilliant. We could not explain it. It was meaningful and beautiful. When we reached the stream at the bottom of the slope where we came down from, it lead us here. 


Here Blace and JJ were looking at how high it was.  


While Keti was busy climbing up to the salt lick.  





We FINALLY up there, it was fantastic. The view was overlooking the place in all its splendor. The gushing water from where we were standing, racing down to the waterfalls felt so powerful. The sound it made was so loud, that it muffled our voices when we spoke. It was impossible to fathom how the animals got up to where we did. But there, we saw the water trickle down the rough edges of the walls of the salt lick, and imagined how elephants and snow leopards would lick the walls.

The real problem was getting down. 


This was how steep it was. Not for the faint hearted.

All in all, it was an experience. Though it was not easy, it was an experience not to be forgotten.  Hope to do this again soon!

But warning: there are holes, steep slopes, slippery mud, thorns.

But we hope that does not scare people away. It was definitely one of the best things we ever did. Sometimes you got to push yourself a bit to do something. It can be hard, and you would want to quit. But if you stuck it out a lot of the times; and you know its good for you, the rewards are fruitful. Witness here.

And here is Casey Ng's website. I'll just say he's a human swiss army knife of anything, especially about the Environment. A man of opinion, insight and experiences, and one of the most interesting people I've ever met.  Here's the link.

Thanks guys for reading. We just leave a picture of Casey's "souvenir". Hope you had fun!


Big leech. (He's a size 10-11, I think)

After.







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