Endangered Plants In Malaysia

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Endangered plants in malaysia. Explore malaysia s primary rainforests and wetlands teeming with rare and endangered species as alfred wallace did before writing his 1869 book the malay. Plants that dwell in or travel to the black and mediterranean sea and its islands. It is anyone s guess how much there will be left of malaysia s reputed hoard of 15 000 species of flowering plants 1 500 species of terrestrial vertebrates and about 150 000 species of. Although work is now being done it may be too little too late.

Extinction rate of species are calculated based on the background rate which considers the fact that species go extinct at a natural rate of one to five species per year. Target 2 aims to have a preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known plant species of. According to the international union for the conservation of nature s iucn red list malaysia has 686 endangered plant species as of 2007. This elegant creature is a subspecies unique to peninsular malaysia with the three priority areas for tigers being taman negara endau rompin forest complex and belum temenggor forest complex.

Posts about endangered plants in malaysia written by smkbangsar. Can malaysia save any of its endangered species from extinction. Since the boom of the human civilization extinction rates have shot up tenfold as reported by biological diversity with dozens of species going extinct on a daily basis. A pitcher plant usually consists of a shallow root system and a creeping or climbing stem often several meters long and usually 1 cm or less in diameter may be thicker in a few species e g n.

Five of the 10 animals and plants most threatened by the illegal wildlife trade are in malaysia the tiger asian rhinoceros elephant and orang utan are included in the top 10 list released by the world wide fund for nature wwf international together with a red and pink jewel like coral species corallium borneense. In 2015 it was placed under the critically endangered list. Plants that dwell in or migrate to any nation or region found on the asian continent and many surrounding islands. This output is one of the many envisaged for the work on threat assessment of native plants of malaysia which will accomplish target 2 of malaysia s national strategy for plant conservation.

Getting a balance between the demands of the economy infrastructure to support local communities and tourism and the need to protect the habitats and well being of endangered species is a fine line which is difficult to achieve. The asia section of this site lists the folllowing plants appearing on select endangered species lists. These are some of malaysia s beautiful and sadly endangered animals. However the nation s flora and fauna are under severe threat and have experienced a 70 percent depletion of original growth.