Friday 12 March 2010

National Parks & Reserves in Sarawak

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There are 18 National Parks in Sarawak, of which I had only visited 5 of them. Not yet even to include another 5 Nature Reserves and 4 Wildlife Sactuaries. I think I may not have the chance to at least pay a brief visit to all of the existing Totally Protected Areas.

Compare to other states of the Federation, Sarawak surely championed other states in regard to total land area and numbers of TPAs.

However, if we look at total area of Sarawak, which is 124,450 km2 ( 12,445,000 ha ), total TPAs of 492,973.47 ha is merely a 3.96% !
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Area (ha)
%
Total National Parks
299,793.00
2.4089%
Total Wildlife Sactuaries
945.07
0.0076%
Total Reserves
192,235.40
1.5447%
Total TPAs
492,973.47
3.9612%
Total State Area
12,445,000.00




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NATIONAL PARKS
No
Name
Area (ha)
Division
Date of Gazettement
1
2,727 ha
Kuching
4-May-57
2
Gunong Mulu NP
52,865 ha
Miri
3-Oct-74
3
3,138 ha
Miri
2-Jan-75
4
6,949 ha
Miri
26-Jun-75
5
7,064 ha
Bintulu
20-Apr-78
1,932 ha
2-Jun-00
6
4,196 ha
Kuching
3-May-88
7
2,230 ha
Kuching
11-May-89
8
24,040 ha
Sri Aman
11-May-89
9
10,736 ha
Miri
29-Aug-91
10
1,379 ha
Kuching
19-May-94
11
0 ha(19,414 – water bodies)
Kuching
4-Nov-99
12
Bukit Tiban NP
8,000 ha
Bintulu
31-May-00
13
Maludam NP
43,147 ha
Sri Aman
31-May-00
14
Rajang Mangrove NP
9,373 ha
Sibu
3-Aug-00
15
Gunung Buda NP
6,235 ha
Limbang
18-Jan-01
16
Kuching Wetland NP
6,610 ha
Kuching
10-Oct-02
17
Pulong Tau NP
59,817ha
Limbang, Miri
24-Mar-05
18
Usun Apau NP
49,355ha
Miri
29-Sep-05
TOTAL
299,793 ha

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NATURE RESERVES
No.
Name
Area (ha)
Division
Date of publication
1
6.16 ha
Kuching
4-Nov-99
2
Sama Jaya Nature Reserved
37.916 ha
Kuching
23-Mar-00
3
653 ha
Kuching
20-Apr-00
4
Bukit Hitam Nature Reserve
147 ha
Limbang
22-Jun-00
5
Bukit Sembiling Nature Reserve
101 ha
Limbang
22-Jun-00
TOTAL
945.07 ha

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WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

No.
Name
Area (ha)
Division
Date of Publication
Effective Date
1
Samunsam Wildlife Sanc.
6,092 ha
Kuching
22-Mar-79
1-Jul-78
Samunsam 1st Extension
16,706 ha
3-Aug-00
29-May-00
2
Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary
168,758 ha
Sarikei, Sibu, Kapit
3-Mar-83
2-Feb-83
3
Pulau Tukong Ara Tukong Sanctuary
1.4 ha
Kuching
29-Aug-85
28-Feb-85
4
Sibuti Bird Sanctuary
678 ha
Miri
3-Aug-00
29-May-00
TOTAL
192,235.40




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