Marine Protected Areas in MALAYSIA

- Source: Asean Regional Centre for Biodiveristy Conservation, 2002.
(URL: www.arcbc.org/arcbcweb/publications/mpa.htm)

Background facts

National  Peninsular  Sarawak  Sabah 
Coastline  4,675 km 
(WRI no date) 
Population  22,679,516M  18.309M  2.1279M  2.242M 
(Gazetteer, no date) 
Population density  61/km2 (as of 1997, World Bank, 1999) 
Land area (km2)  330,355 132,750 123,985 73,620
Shelf to 200m depth 373,500 km2 (Abu Talib   
and Alias 1997)   
EEZ  475,600 km2   
Est. Coral Reef Area  4,000 (Burke et al. 2002)   
Est. Mangrove Area  6,412 km2  1,090 km2  1,667 km2  3,655 km2 
(Chan et al. 1993)  (Spalding et al. 1997)   
MPA Coverage  54 km2 (0.8%)  0.3% of  0.2% of  1.3% of 
of mangroves  sub-zone  sub-zone  sub-zone 
in 12 MPAs  VI-22’s  8’s  III-18’s 
mangrove  mangrove  mangrove 

 

Marine Protected Areas in Malaysia

List of marine protected areas (table)

 

Reefs at risk