Tun Mustapha Marine Park
Tree rock in the tun mustapha marine park.
Tun mustapha marine park. It will be managed in collaboration with local communities to protect marine and coastal ecosystems as well as to manage the rich resources contained within it. Tun mustapha marine park is a marine park located off the north coast of the state of sabah malaysia it comprises an area of 898 762 76 hectares with more than 50 islands and islets located across kudat pitas and kota marudu districts. After over a decade of planning malaysia has unveiled a massive new marine protected area at the northern tip of borneo.
Tun mustapha park tmp is an area of 898 762 76 hectares with more than 50 islands and islets located across kudat pitas kota marudu districts in kudat banggi priority conservation area pca. He is considered by some who to be one of the founding leaders of sabah and was an important. The proposed tun mustapha park tmp measures almost 1 million hectares with more than 50 islands and islets and will be the largest marine protected area and the first multiple use park in malaysia.
In august 2014 sabah minister of tourism culture and environment signed the letter of intent to gazette the park and the intention was published in the sabah government gazette on the 28 th august 2014. Malaysia s biggest marine park located north of sabah has been gazetted promising better protection and conservation. Tun mustapha marine park gps coordinates.
The area was originally proposed to be gazetted by the sabah state government since 2003 shortly after the recognition as a significant marine. Tmp has unique bidiversity that support a series of complex and linked habitats and is home to endangered marine animals such as green sea turtles and dugongs. The new park is home to more than 250 species of hard coral and around 360 species of fish.
Situated off the coast of northern borneo the tun mustapha park tmp measures close to 1 million hectares in size and is home to over 250 species of hard coral and approximately 360 species of fish dugongs and green turtles. It took almost 13 years but the sabah state government has finally established a brand new marine protected area mpa.