[3] It was designated as a Class 1 Protection Forest by the Sabah Forestry Department in 1992.

[4] The reserve is mostly flat, consisting mostly of peat swamp forest, with a small area of mangroves.

[2] Some tree species are Dryobalanops rappa, Shorea platycarpa, Dactylocladus stenostachys and Gonystylus bancanus.

[1] An IUCN assessment in 2019 did not include Binsuluk as part of the species habitat for Dryobalanops rappa.

[11] Binsuluk Forest Reserve is home to mammals including wild boar, sambar deer and macaque monkeys.