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Malaysia

528
Total Protected Areas
22 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
0
Total Other effective area-based conservation measures
Polygons/Points ratio
Polygons 92%
Points 8%
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

13.32% Coverage

43,770km2 Land area covered

328,595km2 Total land area

PAME

2.18% With management effectiveness evaluations

7,157km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

4.84% Coverage

25,061km2 Marine and coastal area covered

517,606km2 Total marine and coastal area

1.40% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

0.26% With management effectiveness evaluations

1,351km2 Areas assessed

Disclaimer: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.

  • Latest National Report Link
  • Department of Marine Park Malaysia CP PDF
  • Malaysia Marine Parks Biodiversity PDF

IUCN Management Categories

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Governance types

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Sources 5

  1. Protected Areas of Malaysia Updated: 2021 Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTSA)
  2. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB and UNEP-WCMC
  3. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  4. Marine Protected Area of Malaysia Updated: 2020 Reef Guardian Sdn. Bhd.
  5. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

  • 98.11%
  • 1.89%

National designations

518
  • Fisheries Prohibited Area 5
  • Forest reserve 1
  • Forest Reserve 351
  • Marine Park 42
  • Marine Protected Area 1
  • National Park 50
  • Nature Park 2
  • Nature Reserve 7
  • Sea Cucumber Protection Area 1
  • State Park 15
  • Turtle Sanctuary 7
  • Widlife Reserve 1
  • Wildlife Reserve 34
  • Wildlife Sanctuary 1

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    10
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 7
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 2

    Other designations

    0

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      citation

      UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Malaysia from the World Database on Protected Areas, April 2025. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

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      Citation

      UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2025), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], April 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.