THE status of Pulau Kukup has been a hot-button issue following Johor’s decision to de-gazette the island as a national park and re-designate it as “sultanate land” under the Sultanate Land Enactment 1934, handing over the island to the sultan of Johor.
Pulau Kukup is the world’s second largest uninhabited mangrove island and is listed as a “Wetland of International Importance” under the Ramsar Convention 1971.
Currently, Johor has six national parks, including Endau-Rompin Peta, Endau-Rompin Selai, Tanjung Piai, Pulau Kukup, Gunung Ledang and Sultan Iskandar Marine Park.
Pulau Kukup is about 647ha and is surrounded by some 800ha of mudflats.
The uninhabited island was gazetted 21 years ago and touted as one of the world’s protected wetlands. – March 7, 2019.
An aerial view of Pulau Kukup National Park from Pontian town in Johor. Pulau Kukup is about 647ha and surrounded by some 800ha of mudflats. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.Tourists on Pulau Kukup in Pontian, Johor. The uninhabited island was gazetted 21 years ago and touted as one of the world’s protected wetlands. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.Tourists at Pulau Kukup National Park in Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.Tourists visiting the Pulau Kukup National Park arrive via a boat from Pontian in Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.A child looking at a worker cleaning up a fish cage near Pulau Kukup National Park, Pontian, Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.A skewer of egrets at Pulau Kukup National Park in Pontian, Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.Fishermen busy with their load at Pekan Kukup jetty in Pontian, Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.A worker pushing a trolley loaded with mangrove wood at Pekan Kukup in Pontian, Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.Mangroves growing on Pulau Kukup that is only about 300m from Pekan Kukup in Pontian, Johor. Pulau Kukup is the world’s second largest uninhabited mangrove island. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.Rahimah Abdul Ghani sitting at her porch at Pekan Kukup in Pontian, Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2019.
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