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
