![]() Selangor State Park covers a total area of more than 108,000 ha and is of critical importance to the people of Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, as it preserves 98% of the water resources for these areas in addition to preserving climatic and ecological balances. The State Park was gazetted in 2007 under the National Forestry Act 1985 and Enactment 2005 of Selangor. Selangor State Park is a combination of several forest reserves, located adjacent to the backbone of Peninsular Malaysia the Titiwangsa Range, which runs from Hulu Selangor in the northern tip of Selangor, through Ulu Gombak and into Hulu Langat district. Selangor State Park is located in the state of Selangor and is the third-largest national park in Peninsular Malaysia after Taman Negara and Royal Belum State Park ( LI 2010). In Peninsular Malaysia, at least four major protected area networks, covering approximately 3 million hectares, are managed by various government agencies, such as The Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Johor National Parks Corporation, Perak State Parks Corporation and State Forestry Departments (Ministry of Nature Resource and Environment 2014). Malaysia has established networks of protected areas to safeguard the global and nationally significant terrestrial biodiversity. ![]() Protected areas are considered to be an essential strategy for habitat and species conservation ( Geldmann et al. ![]()
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