Jan 14, 1898 the colonial government gazetted an area of 6,590ha
under Article 6 of the Selangor Land Enactment 1897 as Sungai Buloh
Forest Reserve for public purposes of ensuring accessible sources of
wood.
1908 Gazetting of the Selangor Forest Enactment (18/1907) and the forest reserve falls under State Forestry Department.
1929 a tree nursery and a Forestry Department training centre was established in the north of the forest reserve.
1954 Forest Reserve Research Institute (FRIM) set up a number of
long-term research plots to study the dynamics of tropical rainforest
ecology.