Conservation and management of threatened plants in Malaysia
2007
Yong, W.S.Y. | Koh, H.L. | Chua, L.S.L. | Saw, l.G. | Chan,Y.C. | Hamidah, M. | Chan, Y.M. | Suhaida, M. | Damanhuri, S.
In Malaysia, the conservation of biological diversity is practised largerly through the in situ approach. An extensive network of totally protected areas has been established since the early 20th century, comprising totally protected areas managed under the national and state park system, wildlife sanctuaries and the protected areas under the Permanent Reserved Forests. currently, at least 5.79 million hectares of forests (approximately 17.6%) are protected through these systems. It has long been recognised that although this approach sufficiently conserves in situ habitats of the climatic forest formations, it does not adequately conserve habitats of the edaphic types. An important example of the discrepancy is the lack of protection for limestone outcrops, sandstone outcrops, peat swamp forests, health/kerangas and ultramafic/ultrabasic forests. Results from studies on the conservation monitoring of rare and threatened plants in Peninsular Malaysia indicate several inadequacies in this past-yo-present form of policies, management and practices. This paper provides results from case studies on same hyper-endemics and extremely rare species of the family Dipterocarpaceae and suggests practical but meaningful legislative, policy and management improvements for the conservation of threatened plant species.
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