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Pages in category "Protected areas of Malaysia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement;
Malaysia has a number of national parks, but most of them are de facto state parks. This page provides the list of protected areas and pictures associated with the facilities and activities available in each area.
• Wildlife reserves and protected forest reserves are included in the category for land possessing little or no mineral, agricultural or productive forest development potential in Class V. National Land Code 1965 • Makes provisions to set aside potential protected areas as wildlife reserve or national park. Customs Act 1967 (amended in 1988)
Conservation in Malaysia is an issue of national importance. As a megadiverse country , Malaysia is rich in wildlife , endemic species and unique habitats. Wildlife protection began in some form as early as the 1880s, before the formation of Malaysia. [ 2 ]
Taman Negara is a national park in Peninsular Malaysia.It was established in 1938 and 1939 as the King George V National Park after Theodore Hubback lobbied the sultans of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan to set aside a piece of land that covers the three states for the creation of a protected area. [1]
Danum Valley Conservation Area is a 438 square kilometres tract of relatively undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia. It has an extensive diversity of tropical flora and fauna, including such species as the rare Bornean orangutans , gibbons , mousedeer , clouded leopards and over 270 bird species.
A 2017 assessment found that 5,678 km², or 33%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. [1] Protected areas within or partially within the ecoregion include Royal Belum State Park , Cameron Highlands Wildlife Sanctuary (677.97 km²), Grik Wildlife Reserve (518.0 km²), and Bukit Kutu Forest Reserve (24.43 km²) in the Titiwangsa Mountains.
Penang National Park is the first protected area legally gazetted under Malaysia's National Park Act of 1980, signifying the state and federal governments' environmental protection efforts. It was established to preserve flora and fauna as well as objects with geological, archaeological, historical, ethnological, scientific, and scenic interests.