. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific. Peninsular Malaysia The Proposed Endau-Rompin National Park for Peninsular Malaysia The story of Endau-Rompin serves lo highlight the commitment and perseverance of Malaysians to establish a new national park for Peninsular Malaysia. Although there are 7460 sq. km of natural forested land in the country under conservation, there has only ever been one national park, Taman Negara, covering an area of 4343 sq. km. It was constituted in 1935 through the simultan- eous gazetting of three separate state parks. Recognising the need
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific. Peninsular Malaysia The Proposed Endau-Rompin National Park for Peninsular Malaysia The story of Endau-Rompin serves lo highlight the commitment and perseverance of Malaysians to establish a new national park for Peninsular Malaysia. Although there are 7460 sq. km of natural forested land in the country under conservation, there has only ever been one national park, Taman Negara, covering an area of 4343 sq. km. It was constituted in 1935 through the simultan- eous gazetting of three separate state parks. Recognising the need for more such parks, the Federal Government under the Third Malaysia Plan identified the Endau-Rompin forest, which strad- dles the states of Johor and Pahang, an area chosen because it is one of the few remaining stretches of undisturbed forest in the southern part of the peninsula. It has also been known for many years to be an area rich in wildlife, so much so that a part of it on the Johor side had already been gazetted as a wildlife sanctuary as early as 1933, on the directive of the Sultan of Johor. The original proposal was to include about 2023 sq. km. This was a forward looking plan, which aimed to set aside an inviolate core of 919 sq. km to conserve biological diversity and to protect the watershed of the many rivers that originate from the area. The remaining buffer area of 1105 sq. km would then be managed as a permanent forest reserve, where sustained yield forestry would be practised. Before much could be done, it was revealed in early 1977 that the Pahang State Government had approved plans to log 120 sq. km within the core area and that logging had already started. Shocked by this, Malaysians throughout the country registered their protest through meetings and in the media. The country had never experienced such a vociferous and sustained protest which was a clear indication of the level of environmental awareness already established. Although acknowledging tha
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