5502 x 3638 px | 46,6 x 30,8 cm | 18,3 x 12,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2 maggio 2013
Altre informazioni:
Mount Kinabalu along with other upland areas of the Crocker Range is well-known worldwide for its tremendous botanical and biological species biodiversity with plants of Himalayan, Australasian, and Indo-malayan origin. A recent botanical survey of the mountain estimated a staggering 5, 000 to 6, 000 plant species (excluding mosses and liverworts but including ferns) which is more than all of Europe and North America (excluding tropical regions of Mexico) combined. It is therefore one of the world's most important biological sites. The steep mountainsides with poor soil are not suitable for farming or for the timber industry so the habitats and animal life of Kinabalu remain largely intact, with about a third of the original habitat now degraded. Kinabalu Park was established in 1964 and the nearby mountains were protected as the Crocker Range National Park in 1984. However even national park status does not guarantee full protection, as logging permits were granted on Trus Madi in 1984.
