🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
Malaysia’s Central Forest Spine initiative aims to reconnect major forest complexes across the peninsula.
Wildlife corridors in Peninsular Malaysia are designed to reconnect fragmented forest reserves. These corridors can span kilometers in width and length, creating continuous habitat pathways. By linking isolated tiger populations, corridors enable gene flow and reduce inbreeding. They also allow prey species to move freely, stabilizing food supply. Corridor design often includes reforestation and legal land protection. Without these connections, small forest patches function as ecological traps. Connectivity transforms isolated reserves into a larger functioning landscape.
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Corridors operate at scales comparable to city districts, not small parks. Securing land at this scale requires political commitment and long-term funding. When successful, corridors effectively expand viable habitat without relocating animals.
For a species numbering fewer than 150 in the wild, landscape connectivity could determine survival or extinction. Corridors buy time for populations to stabilize and potentially grow. In fragmented ecosystems, connection equals resilience.
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