ASEAN Heritage Parks

The Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Heritage Parks are representative of efforts to conserve areas of particular biodiversity importance or exceptional uniqueness throughout ASEAN member states. The ASEAN Ministers of Environment cooperatively signed the ASEAN Declaration on Heritage Parks on 18 December 2003. The ASEAN Member Countries agreed that

"common cooperation is necessary to conserve and manage the AHP for the development and implementation of regional conservation and management action plans as well as regional mechanisms complementary to national efforts to implement conservation measures."^[1]

The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) serves as the secretariat of the ASEAN Heritage Parks Programme and is responsible for reviewing the following principles:^[2]

• Maintenance of the essential ecological processes and life-support systems;
• Preservation of genetic diversity;
• Maintenance of species diversity of plants and animals within their natural habitat;
• Ensure sustainable utilization of resources; and
• Provision of opportunities for outdoor recreation, tourism, education and research to make people recognize the importance of natural resources.

37 ASEAN Heritage Parks have been designated since the last inscription in November 2015. 4 sites are designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Kinabalu National Park of Malaysia, Lorentz National Park of Indonesia, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park of the Philippines, and Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary of the Philippines.

List

ASEAN Heritage Parks[3]
Site	Country	Site	Country
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park	Myanmar	Ao Phang-Nga - Mu Ko Surin - Mu Ko Similan National Park	Thailand
Apo Natural Park	Philippines	Ba Be National Park	Vietnam
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve	Singapore	Chư Mom Ray National Park	Vietnam
Gunung Leuser National Park	Indonesia	Gunung Mulu National Park	Malaysia
Hoàng Liên Sa Pa National Park	Vietnam	Mounts Iglit-Baco National Park	Philippines
Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary	Myanmar	Inlé Lake Wildlife Sanctuary	Myanmar
Kaeng Krachan National Park	Thailand	Kerinci Seblat National Park	Indonesia
Khakaborazi National Park	Myanmar	Khao Yai National Park	Thailand
Kinabalu National Park	Malaysia	Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park	Philippines
Kon Ka Kinh National Park	Vietnam	Lampi Kyun Wildlife Reserve	Myanmar
Lorentz National Park	Indonesia	Mount Malindang Range Natural Park	Philippines
Meinmhala Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary	Myanmar	Nam Ha Protected Area	Laos
Nat Ma Taung National Park	Myanmar	Preah Monivong (Bokor) National Park	Cambodia
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve	Singapore	Taman Negara National Park	Malaysia
Tarutao National Marine Park	Thailand	Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park[4]	Brunei
U Minh Thượng National Park	Vietnam	Virachey National Park	Cambodia
Mount Makiling Nature Reserve	Philippines	Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park	Philippines
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary	Philippines	Timpoong and Hibok-Hibok Natural Monument	Philippines
Way Kambas National Park	Indonesia

See also

• ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• Biodiversity
• Protected area
• World Heritage Site

External links

• ASEAN Heritage Parks

References

1. Regional Action Plan for ASEAN Heritage Parks and Protected Areas (ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, 2008) pp. 5, accessed 11, May 2011
2. "ASEAN Heritage Parks". biodiversitya-z.org.
3. "ASEAN Heritage Parks". aseanbiodiversity.org.
4. "ASEAN Heritage Parks". aseanbiodiversity.org.