hello friend steemit, did you know that Mount Kinabalu is the highest peak in Southeast Asia with a height of 4,095 m from the sea level. And also Apart from being recounted as part of the first state park in 1964 he was also named as another World Heritage region by UNESCO in December 2000. and it is an important area in storing the treasures of the highland life of Borneo which includes the diversity of life and plants .
So with regard to the importance of 'biodiversity' in Borneo, Harvard University also participated in a course called 'Biodiversity of Borneo Field Course' which made Mount Kinabalu one of the most important areas in this course. When other universities like Miami University choose locations around Sarawak and the University of Exeter, UK also choose locations in Kalimantan. Then there are many other study institutions that carry out studies in Borneo in an effort to recognize that the uniqueness of biodiversity continues to be carried out to allow maintenance business to be carried out before it's too late.
And because we want to specialize this article to the uniqueness of the flora in the area of Mount Kinabalu, it is a good idea to focus on this area first. You can do more search on other regions in Borneo that are vast and rich in their own uniqueness.
And Mount Kinabalu has unique plants which include 4 different zones following its height from the sea level. Even though any sprinkling of plants is affected by the shape of the earth's surface, exposure to sunlight, humidity, soil and so on. At an altitude exceeding 1,200 meters, plants that grow to resemble plants found in the Himalayas and also China, because including plants such as in Australia and New Zealand, there are also plants that resemble plants from America.
Very unique and very interesting and especially if we always want to learn the beauty of this nature