Gunung Rara Forest Reserve

{{Short description|Rainforest area in Malaysia}}

Gunung Rara Forest Reserve is a rainforest area in Tawau Division, Sabah, Malaysia.{{cite web

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|title=A Survey of the Mammalian Fauna of the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve Tawau Sabah|website=borneoscience.ums.edu.my|date=August 2011|access-date=27 June 2023}}

Borneo elephants probably were killed in a concession area of Yayasan Sabah in the reserve.{{cite web| url = http://www.lipstiq.com/2013/02/08/baby-elephant-found-tugging-its-dead-mother/| title = Sabah Authorities Considers Reward for Information on Dead Elephants – Lipstiq.com}}{{cite web| url = http://www.theage.com.au/environment/animals/poison-suspected-in-pygmy-elephant-deaths-20130129-2dj11.html| title = Poison suspected in pygmy elephant deaths}} The concession was originally intended to be managed into perpetuity for the benefit of all Sabahans but was instead largely decimated by overharvesting.{{cite web| url = http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0228-sabah-ngo-demands.html?nwslttr#2CbEkb43Lu0CextY.99| title = Conservation news - Environmental science and conservation news}} The reserve sits between Danum Valley and Maliau Basin Conservation areas.{{cite web| url = http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/no-more-jumbo-carcasses-1.211639| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130202011054/http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/no-more-jumbo-carcasses-1.211639| archive-date = 2013-02-02| title = 'No more jumbo carcasses' - General - New Straits Times}} There are palm oil plantations in the reserve.{{cite web| url = http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57566822/14th-endangered-borneo-elephant-found-dead-in-forest-reserve/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130131133742/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57566822/14th-endangered-borneo-elephant-found-dead-in-forest-reserve/| archive-date = 2013-01-31| title = 14th endangered Borneo elephant found dead in forest reserve - CBS News| website = CBS News}} The rainforests in Sabah are endangered by palm oil plantations.{{cite web| url = http://digitaljournal.com/article/342755| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130209182424/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/342755| archive-date = 2013-02-09| title = Op-Ed: Malaysia sacrifices its rare pygmy elephants for palm oil}}