In a current leaflet from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Malaysia, I was just reading what they have to say about orangutans in Sabah.
WWF says: “There are as many as 11,000 orangutans that live in Sabah today. The number has reduced by 35% in the last two decades.”
In other words, according to WWF, 20 years ago there were about 31,400 orangutans in Sabah.
We can see from this that about 20,000 orangutans have been killed; an average during this period of 1,000 orangutans slaughtered every year.
What the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) refuses to disclose is a) who killed these orangutans; b) how many people have been prosecuted?
We must not forget the tigers, elephants, rhinos and other species which have also been sacrificed (literally) by the Sabah government in the name of progress and prosperity.
Here again no one in authority is saying anything about any prosecutions which might have taken place – but presumably have not.
So what do we know? Well, we know the palm oil industry is heavily implicated in the disappearance of many endangered/protected species don’t we?
We also know the same palm oil industry gives a “massive” amount of money to (according to Hubert Petol of the Sabah Forestry Department) to the Sabah Wildlife Department.
As far as we know, and the SWD refuse to confirm or deny this, the SWD has never arrested let alone prosecuted anyone from the said palm oil industry.
Does this look a bit suspicious to you?
How can a government agency accept massive funding from an industry repeatedly alleged to have broken a law the very same agency refuses to enforce?
Is it not time the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) looked into this matter?
The writer Sean Whyte is CEO of Nature Alert ….supporting Malaysian NGOs
Malaysia will begin enforcing its new Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 including stiffer penalties for poaching and other wildlife-related crimes, such as first time punishments for wildlife cruelty and zoos that operate without license.
ReplyDeleteHope that this will keep those hunters at bay.
DeleteCara yang baik juga untuk melindungi spesis yang semakin berkurangan.
DeletePerlu perketatkan lagi undang2 untuk melindungi spesis terancam ini.
DeleteCuma undang-undang yang ketat yang boleh menghentikan aktiviti yang mengancam spesis ini terpupus.
DeleteHopefully the new law will help protect our endangered wildlife and inflict tougher punishment on illegal poachers.
ReplyDeleteEach and everyone must play their roles by giving their cooperation to do not harm the endangered species.
DeleteDiharapkan dengan adanya kerjasama daripada semua pihak, kita mampu melindungi haiwan liar yang hampir pupus ini.
DeleteMany efforts being done by the govt to conserve the orang utans in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteA five-year agreement between WWF-Malaysia and AEON Co. (M) Berhad will provide for reforestation and rehabilitation of the orang-utan's natural habitat in North Ulu Segama, Lahad Datu.
Deletehttp://www.dailyexpress.com.my/print.cfm?NewsID=76804
Usaha ini harus diteruskan agar spesis ini tidak mengalami kepupusan.
DeleteSemoga usaha untuk melindungi spesis orang hutan ini berjaya.
DeleteAda kemungkinan orang2 utan yang lain sudah meningal kerana sudah tua.
ReplyDeleteHabitat orang utan kian terancam dengan aktiviti pembangunan.
DeleteKerajaan ada menyediakan kawasan untuk orang hutan ini. Ini untuk memastikan spesis ini dlindungi.
DeleteSpesis ini harus mencari jalan untuk membanyakkan lagi pembiakan.
Deletesebaiknya kajian dibuat untuk memulihara spesis orang utan.
DeleteFaktor tua rasanya punca kepada berkurangnya jumlah orang Utan di Sabah.
ReplyDeletesemua pihak termasuk pakar harus bekerjasama untuk memastikan spesis ini dilindungi.
DeleteGreed has no boundary. The orang utans are speechless. They want to displace genuine Sabahans just to grab hold on to evil power
ReplyDeleteLogging in Malua ceased in 2007 and since then the habitat for orang-utan has remained undisturbed and the area is regularly patrolled.
DeleteSabah Forestry Department’s Malua Wildlife Unit leader Hadrin Lias led the surveys, and says the orangutan population is benefiting from current conservation activities in Malua Biobank.
ReplyDeletehal ini kena disiasat dan kita harus lindungi hidupan liar.
ReplyDeleteIndustri minyak sawit perlu terlibat dalam pemuliharaan biodiversiti dan program tanggungjawab sosial korporat.
ReplyDeleteharus juga mengalak spesis orang utan ini membiak.
ReplyDeletePemuliharaan dan pemeliharaan harus dijalankan.
ReplyDeleteLebih baik untuk melabur wang yang banyak untuk Panda dari China, apa kata untuk orang hutan Malaysia?
ReplyDeleteSemua pihak harus bekerjasama untuk melindungi orang utan ini.
ReplyDeletesetuju, semua pihak harus bekerjasama untuk melindungi spesis terancam ini.
DeleteLindungi spesis yang semakin berkurangan ini harus mendapat kerjasama semua lapisan.
ReplyDeleteusaha untuk memastikan spesis ini terus terjaga harus sentiasa dibuat.
ReplyDeleteusaha pasti dibuat untuk melindungi spesis terancam dan semua harus beri kerjasama untuk tujuan ini.
ReplyDeleteSiapa yang melakukan semua ini. Apa sebab orangutan menjadi sasaran pembunuhan.
ReplyDeleteSebaiknya Orang Utan ini harus dijaga. Kerana orang utan antara khazanah Sabah.
ReplyDelete20 years ago? do you think that Orang Utan is immortal??
ReplyDeletethe state government has done a lot of thing to protect our endangered species.. why don't you ask opposition who never put their concern on this? they are also need to know about environment conservation since they want to take over the government..
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