Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests

Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests
Paya Indah Wetlands
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
BordersPeninsular Malaysian rain forests
Geography
Area3,610 km2 (1,390 sq mi)
CountryMalaysia
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected142 km² (4%)[1]

The Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests is an ecoregion on Malay Peninsula, which includes portions of Malaysia. It is in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome.[2]

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
  2. ^ "Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

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