Investing in and protecting our natural capital.
Despite such a rich supply in Malaysia, the issue of its water scarcity is steadily reaching panic proportions.
The report outlined interactions between biodiversity and climate change, noting that “nature-related risks refer to risks from the decline or loss of ecosystem services, biodiversity, and natural assets .” Forests are also Mother Nature’s defence system; they reduce soil erosion, prevent landslides, and regulate the flow of water since they act as a sponge that absorbs rainfall and stores it within the soil, preventing it from flowing too quickly into rivers which can cause flash floods.
More than just mitigation measures, there’s been steps towards investing in our natural capital and natural heritage sites over the last decade. The Royal Belum State Park is also part of the Central Forest Spine initiative, which was first established in 2014 with support from United Nations Development Programme and funded by the Global Environment Facility . The goal is to connect the fragmented forest reserves in Peninsular Malaysia to create a continuous forest corridor to improve wildlife migration, genetic exchange and ecological resilience.
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