In situ and Ex situ Conservation of Commercial Tropical Trees - ITTO

56Table 3. Potential target species for the three regions of MalaysiaPeninsularMalaysiaDyeracostulataEndospermum malaccenseShorealeprosulaHopeaodorataDyobalanopsAzadirachtaPterocarpusAnisopteraDryobalanopsaromaticaexcelsaindicuslaevisNeobalanocarpusKoompasiaShorea curtisiioblongifoliaheimiimalacensisShorea singkawangShorea parvifoliaShorea platycladosKhaya ivorensisHevea spAcacia hybridTectona grandisMaesopsis eminiiShoreaSarawakmacrophyll aShoreahemsleyaShoreabeccarianaShoreasplendidaDipterocarpussarawakensisDtyobalanopsbeccariiEusideroxylonzwageriPalaquimGonystylusbancanusAzadirachtaexcelsaSabahDtyobalanops lanceolataEusideroxylon zwageriShorea beccarianaShorea glaucescensShorea mecistopter yShorea leprosulaShorea superbaShorea gysbertsianaShorea macrophyll aShorea ovataOctomeless sumatranaNational and State ParksMalaysia has established a network of protected areas for the conservation ofbiological diversity in the form of National and State Parks. These form thebest-protected areas under the existing laws and regulations in Malaysia. Forinstance, the National Park Enactment of 1938 and 1939 has governed theNational Parks for decades. As of 1999, Malaysia had 1.43 million hectares ofprotected areas; 0.78 million hectares in Peninsular Malaysia, 0.39 millionhectares in Sabah and 0.26 million hectares in Sarawak as depicted in Table 4.