---
dataset_id: dosm_forest_reserve
last_checked: 2026-09-05T02:34:56Z
last_checked: 2026-09-05T02:34:56Z
status: stale
freshness_delta: 2073 days
next_expected_update: annual
record_count: 19
schema_version: unknown
schema_drift: none
known_quirks: ["Official catalogue caveat: Data prior to 2017 includes the area of included proposed PRFs in Peninsular Malaysia which had not yet been gazetted. Data from 2017 is based only on the area of gazetted PRFs. Furthermore, data for 2010 and 2011 is not available at present and will be updated at a later date."]
breaking_changes: []
licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
attribution: Forestry Department and Department of Statistics Malaysia via data.gov.my
---

# Area of Permanent Forest Reserves

## Status

**Status:** Stale

**Freshness:** 2073 days

HTTP 200

## Last checked

2026-09-05 at 02:34:56 UTC.

## File size

The checked resource is 824 bytes.

## Provenance

Forestry Department and Department of Statistics Malaysia publishes this dataset through DOSM via data.gov.my.

- Source: https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=forest_reserve
- [Official catalogue metadata](https://data.gov.my/data-catalogue/forest_reserve)

## Coverage

Malaysia.

## Schema

Refer to the [official catalogue field definitions](https://data.gov.my/data-catalogue/forest_reserve) before analysis. The machine-readable envelope records fields observed from the source.

## Known quirks

- Official catalogue caveat: Data prior to 2017 includes the area of included proposed PRFs in Peninsular Malaysia which had not yet been gazetted. Data from 2017 is based only on the area of gazetted PRFs. Furthermore, data for 2010 and 2011 is not available at present and will be updated at a later date.

## Breaking changes

None observed.

## Reproducibility

    curl -sS --max-time 30 "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=forest_reserve" | head

## Licence

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Attribution: Forestry Department and Department of Statistics Malaysia via data.gov.my.