05-08-2024, 08:02 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm540ev5llro
Malaysia has said it plans to start giving orangutans as gifts to major trading partners who buy its palm oil.
Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani said the country hoped to generate the same goodwill as China does with its "panda diplomacy".
But conservation group WWF said the focus should be on protecting orangutans in their natural habitat.
The large apes, which are native to Malaysia and Indonesia, are a critically endangered species as logging and agricultural expansion - particularly for palm oil plantations - are blamed for the shrinking of the natural rainforests where they live.
Yeah... I'm pretty leery about this. First of all, the palm oil production has to be sustainable - and secondly, the countries that are receiving the orangutans will have to take good care of them.
Malaysia says its palm oil is sustainable - but once they've given the orangutans away, they probably don't have much control over how well they'll be looked after - and I expect that to vary massively from country to country...
Malaysia has said it plans to start giving orangutans as gifts to major trading partners who buy its palm oil.
Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani said the country hoped to generate the same goodwill as China does with its "panda diplomacy".
But conservation group WWF said the focus should be on protecting orangutans in their natural habitat.
The large apes, which are native to Malaysia and Indonesia, are a critically endangered species as logging and agricultural expansion - particularly for palm oil plantations - are blamed for the shrinking of the natural rainforests where they live.
Yeah... I'm pretty leery about this. First of all, the palm oil production has to be sustainable - and secondly, the countries that are receiving the orangutans will have to take good care of them.
Malaysia says its palm oil is sustainable - but once they've given the orangutans away, they probably don't have much control over how well they'll be looked after - and I expect that to vary massively from country to country...
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