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Did you know that our very survival, wellbeing and future depend on our forests and seas?

We need healthy forests and seas to provide

• The air we breathe

• The water we drink

• The food we eat

• Resources to sustain our livelihoods

• Climate change mitigation

Please donate to protect forests and seas to safeguard our wellbeing and sustainable future.

• Our forests are threatened by deforestation due to unsustainable agriculture, urbanisation and logging.

• Our seas are threatened by pollution, overfishing and unsustainable coastal development.

Your donation will help enable WWF-Malaysia’s efforts to protect and restore forests and seas to safeguard our wellbeing.

The establishment and effective management of Protected Areas conserve vital ecosystems that are crucial for our survival and wellbeing.

These Protected Areas are also home to endangered wildlife. When we save vital ecosystems, we are also saving our Malayan tigers, Bornean orangutans, elephants and banteng, as well as sea turtles, dolphins, sharks, rays and other wild lives.

WWF-Malaysia has supported the Malaysian Government and worked with local communities and other collaborators to establish and improve the management effectiveness of the following Protected Areas.

Together, we have played a key role in establishing and/or improving the management effectiveness of many Protected Areas conserving more than 1.1 million hectares (ha) of forests and seas from the threats of deforestation or overfishing and unsustainable coastal development.

Peninsular Malaysia

• Perlis State Park - 4,380 ha 

• Gunung Stong State Park - 21,910 ha 

• Setiu Wetlands State Park – 432 ha  

Sabah

• WWF-Malaysia, together with Yayasan Sime Darby and Yayasan Sabah, assisted Sabah Forestry Department in restoring degraded orangutan habitats within the Bukit Piton Forest Reserve. Seeing the importance of the area, Sabah Forestry Department upgraded Bukit Piton from Class II to Class I (fully protected) and later FSC-certified for well-managed forest practices.

• 2025: Pin Supu Forest Reserve (4,620.44 ha), co-managed by the Sabah Forestry Department and local communities with WWF-Malaysia’s support, became Sabah’s first terrestrial site on the IUCN Green List. It was also FSC-certified in 2015.

Sarawak

• Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary - 168,758 ha 

• Baleh National Park - 66,721 ha 

© Kristinus Kuintin / WWF-Malaysia

• 1973: WWF-Malaysia worked with Sabah Parks on a survey on Pulau Gaya, which was our first-ever conservation project. This led to its gazettement as Tunku Abdul Rahman Park in 1974 - 4,900 ha

• 2003: WWF-Malaysia started working with Sabah Parks towards the gazettement of Tun Mustapha Park, which was officially gazetted in 2016 as the largest natural park and first multi-use park in Malaysia - 898,763 ha

• 2007: A section of Ma’Daerah (23.65 ha) was gazetted as a turtle sanctuary by the Terengganu state government, after years of WWF-Malaysia’s conservation efforts there.

© Aida Roslan / WWF-Malaysia

• 2022: The Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area became Malaysia’s first IUCN Green List site and the first marine protected area in Southeast Asia to earn the recognition. WWF-Malaysia, as the IUCN Green List implementing partner, supported the evaluation process. The area is managed by Reef Guardian, under a mandate from the Sabah Wildlife Department.

WWF-Malaysia has also undertaken assessments on the following Protected Areas in Peninsular Malaysia to help improve their management effectiveness:

Ecological corridors are needed to connect isolated wildlife populations in forest fragments and to reduce the risk of local extinctions from inbreeding, poaching and climate change impacts. Some large forest areas have been badly degraded by heavy machinery, logging and forest fires. WWF-Malaysia addresses these issues with our reforestation efforts that aim to link forest blocks on both government and private lands. 

WWF-Malaysia has worked with our collaborators to plant more than 430,000 trees to restore about 2,500 hectares of degraded forest areas.

• In Bukit Piton – restored a total of 2,218 ha and planted approximately 346,000 trees by 2019.

• Bukit Tabin Wildlife Corridor. A total area of 7.1 ha has been planted with 1881 trees by 2023.

• Ulu Kalumpang-Wullersdorf Forest Reserve Class I, restoration Phase 1 has restored 150ha with 81ha planting and 69ha of silviculture treatment. Total planted trees approximately 22,200 trees by 2024. 

• In Ulu Sungai Menyang, Batang Ai, Sarawak – planted 11,000 gaharu (Aquilaria microcarpa) trees on 5.5 ha of degraded farmland in 2017.

• In Jagoi Heritage Forest, Bau, Sarawak – planted 1,000 native tree species on 1.8 ha of degraded and landslide area in 2020.

• In Gunung Lesong-Ulu Sebuyau, Sri Aman, Sarawak - planted 3,918 local fruit and native timber trees on about 52 ha to help enrich community land for people and wildlife. 

• In Rajang-Belawai-Paloh delta, Sarawak - planted 48,648 mangrove seedlings, covering approximately 19.4 ha. The species planted were predominantly Rhizophora spp., with other species including Bruguiera sexangula, Bruguiera hainesii, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, and Xylocarpus granatum.

In Tun Mustapha Park, we are working with collaborators to restore vital coral reefs. As of 2025, more than 2,000 square metres of degraded reef area have been revitalised with 2,620 units of coral frames, consisting of 22,000 coral fragments from over 30 species.

Trees and plants in our forests and phytoplankton in our seas absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and convert it into oxygen through photosynthesis. Did you know that phytoplankton produces at least 50% of our living planet’s oxygen?

We get our water from rivers, which all originate in our forests. We need fresh water for domestic and industrial use, as well as food security. For example, the Ulu Muda Forest Complex in Kedah provides more than 90% of the water needed by our ‘rice bowl’ state, and about 80% of the water for Penang’s homes and businesses.

Forests, which are home to iconic species like Malayan tigers, Bornean orangutans and elephants, are also an important part of our tourism industry. 

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© Herman Francis / WWF-Malaysia

Our coral reefs provide marine animals with shelter and food. As fish nurseries, coral reefs play a vital role in sustaining our fisheries industry, as well as serving as an ecotourism attraction, contributing to Malaysia’s tourism industry. Indeed, 25% of Malaysia's GDP is derived from the ocean economy.

Forests mitigate climate change primarily by acting as carbon sinks, absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and storing it in biomass, such as wood, leaves, and soil.

Seas mitigate climate change by absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide and excess heat from the atmosphere, acting as a natural carbon sink. Marine ecosystems like mangrove forests and seagrass beds also absorb carbon dioxide and provide natural buffers against coastal erosion and rising sea levels.

Forests and seas also help reduce the adverse effects of extreme weather caused by climate change. Forests help prevent soil erosion, landslides and flash floods, while coral reefs and mangroves protect coastlines by reducing the impact of storms and waves, which can cause destruction and land erosion. 

Thank you for your meaningful donation, which will help protect and restore forests and seas – to safeguard our wellbeing and sustainable future.