Johor Bahru - Attractions

Tanjung Piai

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by admin in Parks

Tanjung Piai is also known as “the southernmost tip of continental Asia. Tanjung Piai bears the name of this fern known locally as “Paku Piai. Is a type of fern that can live in saline conditions. Tanjung Piai is also home to many species of mangrove plants and animal species. Tanjung Piai State Park (Ref: 1289) wetland designated 31/01/03, 526 ha, 01 ° 16′N 103 ° 31′E is a state park consisting of mangroves and intertidal mudflats.

According to Wetlands International, Johor owns 28.7% of mangrove forests in Peninsular Malaysia (27,733 ha) or 4.7% of total forest cover of mangroves in Malaysia. Tanjung Piai covers 526 hectares of mangroves and 400 hectares of inter-tidal mudflats. Marshes are soft and muddy ground. It’s high in salt and low levels of oxygen (anaerobic). However, they are subject to hot and dry conditions.

Mangroves gazette as mangrove forest reserve (MFR) in Johor are administered by the State Forestry Department. Mangroves gazette as national parks and Ramsar sites in the Johor State Government are managed by the Johor National Parks Corporation (JNPC)

It is the only corridor that connects Pulau Kukup mangroves and wetlands Sungai Pulai. Five rivers dissect the Tanjung Piai State Park.The mangroves in this state park is a typical example of a Rhizophora apiculata, Bruguiera cylindrica dominated coastal marshes forest.The however, are large, ie in the southernmost tip of Tanjung Piai. Five species of large aquatic birds and 7 species of shorebirds seen feeding on these marshes. Tanjung Piai’s mangroves have been preserved in the past to protect the coast, as the immediate hinterland are cultivated farmland.

Retaining walls have been created along the west coast and east of Tanjung Piai to protect farmland from being flooded by salt water. Tidal currents with very erode Tanjung Piai coastal mangrove fringes is reduced to 50 meters in some places. The Tanjung Piai State Park is home to about 20 ‘true’ mangrove plant species, plus 9 more species associated with mangroves, which shows the diversity of species in such a small area.

Tanjung Piai National Park
Before becoming a national park – Tanjung Piai was part of Sg Pulai Mangrove Forest Reserve in the Department of Forestry PM. Johor National Parks Company was established under JNPC Enactment 1989 in Johor. Tanjung Piai approved by Johor State Government of Johor as a National Park in 1997. Ecological study was conducted by Wetlands International and Malaysia in 2001. In 2002, the park is open to the public. The park was declared a Ramsar site on 31 Jan 2003. Finally, Tanjung Piai Johor National Park was declared on 26 February 2004.

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