Sabah Parks ( ms, Taman-Taman Sabah) is a

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

-based statutory body established in 1964 with the purpose of conserving the scenic, scientific and historic heritage of the state of

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

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, on the island of

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. The organisation is also responsible for the management and promotion of the various protected reserves in Sabah, in particular those designated as

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

s. It is also mandated to develop

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-friendly facilities to accommodate tourist arrivals to these reserves and ensure that the state of the reserves is not compromised. The first choice for inclusion in a park system was

Mount Kinabalu Mount Kinabalu ( ms, Gunung Kinabalu, Dusun: ''Gayo Ngaran or Nulu Nabalu'') is the highest mountain in Borneo and Malaysia. With an elevation of , it is third-highest peak of an island on Earth, and 20th most prominent mountain in the worl ...

. As a result, Kinabalu Park was gazetted in 1964, and today it is designated as a

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. Sabah Parks is managed by a board of trustees also known as Sabah Parks Trustees, which consists of a chairman, deputy chairman, three ''ex officio'' members, four other members, and a director.

National Parks

* Kinabalu Park * Turtle Islands Park * Tunku Abdul Rahman Park * Pulau Tiga Park *

Tawau Hills Park Tawau Hills Park, was established in 1979, primarily as a protection for the water catchment area of Tawau town, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located 24 kilometres from Tawau, and comprises 279.72 km² of lowland dipterocarp rainforest, surround ...

* Crocker Range Park *

Tun Sakaran Marine Park Tun Sakaran Marine Park, also known as Semporna Islands Park, is a marine park located off the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of the islands of Bodgaya, Boheydulang, Sebangkat, and Salakan, the sand cays of Maiga, Sibuan, and Man ...

Sipadan Island Park Sipadan ( ms, Pulau Sipadan) is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising from the seabed. It is located in the Celebes Sea off the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. It was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcanic cone tha ...

(land has been gazetted)

External links

Sabah Parks homepage

Conservation Areas Information and Monitoring System - Sabah Forestry Department
Sabah Forestry Department
Nature conservation in Malaysia National parks of Malaysia Government of Sabah National park administrators 1964 establishments in Malaysia Government agencies established in 1964 Protected areas of Sabah {{org-stub

National Parks

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