Kinabalu Park among 10 World Heritage sites emitting more carbon than it absorbs

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The 754 sq km Kinabalu Park is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by Unesco back in 2000.

A report on Thursday released by Unesco on scientific assessment done with the World Resources Institute and the International Union for Conservation of Nature , stated that the change from being carbon absorbers to carbon emitters is linked to climate change-fueled disasters and land-use in the past 20 years.

It is also part of the Kinabalu Geopark, and efforts are currently ongoing to have the 4,750 sq km of surrounding area there recognised as a Unesco Global Geopark - where landscapes of international geological significance are managed holistically - as early as next year. Also in the list were Uvs Nuur Basin , Grand Canyon National Park , Greater Blue Mountains Area and Morne Trois Pitons National Park .

Their function as carbon sinks and stores have been under pressure and threatened by climate change, with associated severe weather like fires, storms, floods, droughts, and pressure from various human activities like illegal logging, wood harvesting and agricultural encroachment for farming and livestock.

 

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