Abstract
Peninsular Malaysia has a long history of careful forest management, and conservation of its extremely rich biological reserves is well developed. Rapid development of the land has occurred over recent decades, but this has now begun to stabilise. Under the 5th Malaysia Plan an area of only 1286 sq. km has been scheduled for deforestation, much less than in previous plans. However, it is envisaged that all stateland forests (approximately 8700 sq. km) not included either in the Permanent Forest Estate (currently 47,500 sq. km) or in the protected area network (c. 5700 sq. km) will eventually be deforested and converted to other land uses.
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- Rain Forest
- National Park
- Forest Reserve
- Limestone Hill
- Peninsular MALAYSIA
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Collins, N.M., Sayer, J.A., Whitmore, T.C. (1991). Peninsular Malaysia. In: Collins, N.M., Sayer, J.A., Whitmore, T.C. (eds) The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests Asia and the Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12030-7_22
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