Lambir Hills National Park
Lambir Hills National Park (ASEAN Heritage Park)
Lambir Hills National Park was formally onboarded into the ASEAN Heritage Park network in September 2025, reinforcing its strategic conservation value at the regional level. The park is situated in the coastal city of Miri, in northern Sarawak, and is distinguished by its largely intact rainforest ecosystems, complex topography, pronounced escarpments, and multiple waterfall systems. It has been classified as an Important Bird Area and is internationally recognized as a global hotspot for plant diversity and endemism, driven by the exceptionally high concentration of endangered tree species—surpassing all other parks in Sarawak and potentially across Southeast Asia.
Lambir Hills National Park was formally onboarded into the ASEAN Heritage Park network in September 2025, reinforcing its strategic conservation value at the regional level. The park is situated in the coastal city of Miri, in northern Sarawak, and is distinguished by its largely intact rainforest ecosystems, complex topography, pronounced escarpments, and multiple waterfall systems. It has been classified as an Important Bird Area and is internationally recognized as a global hotspot for plant diversity and endemism, driven by the exceptionally high concentration of endangered tree species—surpassing all other parks in Sarawak and potentially across Southeast Asia.
From a faunal perspective, the park supports a high-value biodiversity portfolio, including flagship and conservation-priority species such as the great argus, banded leaf monkey, red leaf monkey, western tarsier, and a robust assemblage of eight hornbill species. This positions the park as a critical refuge for both avian and primate conservation within the Bornean landscape.
In terms of floristic assets, Lambir Hills National Park is widely regarded as hosting the most diverse plant assemblage among Malaysian forest types. Notably, its fig (Ficus) diversity is of exceptional significance, accounting for more than half of all fig species recorded in Borneo, thereby underscoring the park’s pivotal ecological role in sustaining forest dynamics and wildlife trophic networks.
In terms of floristic assets, Lambir Hills National Park is widely regarded as hosting the most diverse plant assemblage among Malaysian forest types. Notably, its fig (Ficus) diversity is of exceptional significance, accounting for more than half of all fig species recorded in Borneo, thereby underscoring the park’s pivotal ecological role in sustaining forest dynamics and wildlife trophic networks.
