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months, releasing yet more carbon, popping up in unexpected locations (eg inside protec-
ted areas), and carpeting vast areas of Southeast Asia with haze.
Environmental Issues
Borneo is a land in ecological crisis. If used sustainably, the vast forests of Borneo could
provide valuable resources for countless generations. When the forest is logged and frag-
mented, however, the entire ecosystem falls apart: soils become degraded, peat dries out
and may catch fire, rivers silt up, plants and animals disappear, and indigenous human
communities lose their sources of sustenance, both physical and spiritual.
BORNEO'S NATIONAL PARKS & NATURE
RESERVES
Borneo's national parks and nature reserves protect some of the island's most luxuriant and ecologically important
habitats. Many are easy to get to, and some offer convenient overnight accommodation.
Sabah
Sabah's national parks ( www.sabahparks.org ) and conservation areas ( www.searrp.org ) are among the main reas-
ons tourists visit the state. Almost 18% of Sabah's land has been gazetted as protected.
PARK
SIZE FEATURES
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Crocker Range
National Park
139 sq
km
Huge swath of forested escarpment overlooking the coast; no facilities
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here
Danum Valley
Conservation
Area
438 sq
km
Pristine old-growth rainforest with a superabundance of wildlife; run by the Sa-
bah Foundation and visited mostly by scientists
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here
Kinabalu Na-
tional Park
754 sq
km
Mountain trekking up Mt Kinabalu (4095m), forest walks at HQ and Mesilau,
and the hot springs at Poring; Sabah's most popular national park and Unesco
World Heritage site
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here
Maliau Basin
Conservation
Area
588 sq
km
Pocket of truly untouched wilderness protected by mountains, altitude and
sheer remoteness; run by the Sabah Foundation
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here
Pulau Tiga Na-
tional Park
15 sq
km
Three islands 50km southwest of KK: one formed by volcanic mud eruptions,
one famous for sea snakes and the other virtually washed away by wave action
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here
 
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