Sumatra & Peninsular Malaysia Tropical Rainforests bioregion
The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The conservation target is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.
The Sumatra & Peninsular Malaysia Tropical Rainforests bioregion is located in the West Indonesia & Malaysia subrealm of Indomalaya and contains 12 ecoregions—Mentawai Islands Rain Forests 245), Peninsular Malaysian Montane Rain Forests (263), Peninsular Malaysian Peat Swamp Forests (264), Peninsular Malaysian Rain Forests 265), Sumatran Freshwater Swamp Forests 277), Sumatran Lowland Rain Forests (278), Sumatran Montane Rain Forests (279), Sumatran Peat Swamp Forests (280), Sumatran Tropical Pine Forests (305), Indochina Mangroves (319), Myanmar Coast Mangroves (321), Sunda Shelf Mangroves (322)—totaling nearly 62 million hectares of land area with extensive surrounding marine areas.
Learn more about each of the Sumatra & Peninsular Malaysia Tropical Rainforests ecoregions below.
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