Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia
- Game Department
(Jabatan Mergastua)
Tel: 03-90866800
(Hidupan Liar Untuk Generasi Akan Datang)
- Nik Nazmi, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change
- Huang Tiong Sii, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change
- Dato’ Abdul Kadir bin Abu Hashim, Director-General
The Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Peninsular Malaysia (Malay: Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara Semenanjung Malaysia), abbreviated PERHILITAN, is a governmental organisation that is responsible for the protection, management and preservation of wildlife and national parks in Peninsular Malaysia.[1]
The department was established under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 which consolidated all the state game departments in Peninsular Malaysia. As of 2006, the department is placed under the purview of Malaysian Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment. It is headed by a director-general and that post is currently held by Dato’ Abdul Kadir bin Abu Hashim.
National parks in Sabah are the responsibility of the Sabah Wildlife Department and Sabah Parks while for Sarawak, it is under Sarawak Forest Corporation.[2]
See also
- List of national parks of Malaysia
- Malaysian Wildlife Law
References
- ^ Kawada, Shin-ichiro; Shinohara, Akio; Yasuda, Masatoshi; Oda, Sen-ichi; Liat, Lim Boo (2003). "The mole of Peninsular Malaysia: notes on its identification and ecology". Mammal Study. 28 (1): 73–77. doi:10.3106/mammalstudy.28.73. ISSN 1343-4152.
- ^ "Texas Recreation Participation Survey, 1980". 1984-03-18. doi:10.3886/icpsr07847.v1.
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Sources
- Shepherd, Chris R; Shepherd, Loretta Ann (June 2010). "The trade in Viverridae and Prionodontidae in Peninsular Malaysia with notes on conservation and legislation". Small Carnivore Conservation. 42.
- Karuppannan, K.V; Saaban, S; Firdaus Ariff, A.R; Mustappa, A.R (January 2013). "NON-SURGICAL CASTRATION IN CONTROLING [sic] LONG TAILED MACAQUE (Macaca fascicularis) POPULATION BY DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND NATIONAL PARKS (DWNP) PENINSULAR MALAYSIA". Malaysian Journal of Veterinary Research. 4 (1): 33–36.
External links
- Official website
- Ministry of Natural Resource and the Environment
- Sabah Wildlife Department Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Sarawak Forestry
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