Penang Hill’s environment is ‘Unique’ and Needs Protecting

Penang Hill’s environment is ‘Unique’ and Needs Protecting

Penang Hill designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. That’s what Universiti Sains Malaysia researchers want and rightly so. The 500 hectares of the hill boasts unique endemic species in an ecosystem that deserves to be declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the better to protect it. “In two brief surveys…