Monday 30 Nov 2009
National Geographic Channel on Astro is featuring a programme on the Orang Utans, premeiering Dec 9 2009. Orang Utans are native to only Malaysia and Indonesia. A century ago, their estimated population was 315,000. Today, only 50,000 remain - a decrease of more than 80 per cent. The greatest threat to this endangered species is the loss of their rainforest habitat, which are being cut down for timber and and the land cleared for mining and oil palm plantations. However, the Malaysian government has embarked on various programmes to protect them. The Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah is renowned for its work in rehabilitating orphaned orang utans and releasing them back to the wild. The latest effort is the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, a forest reserve which will be part of the world's first post-rehabilitation monitoring programme.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Palm Oil - Nature's Gift to the World
Tuesday 3 November 2009
The Star today carried a full page Advertorial by Sime Darby on the positive impact of oil palm cultivation on the environment. The advert showed a closeup of the dumpy oil palm tree with huge oversized Fresh Fruit Bunches(FFB)! A product of the R and D work on the DNA of the oil palm by Sime Darby, I imagine.
I also read an article in the Mongabay Newsletter 0ct 29 2009 which carried the caption, "Money is not a Problem." The CEO of MPOC told conservationists and primate experts that the palm oil industry was ready to fund reforestration efforts in the corridors for connecting the forests, especially in Sabah to save Asia's last great ape, the Orang Utans. Researchers said such corridors for connecting forests were essential if Orang Utans were to have a future in Sabah.
I am especially proud of all these combined efforts of the big players in our Industry to defend and protect our national commodity. These initiatives by the corporate sector strongly reflect the quality of the leaders in our country, shaping the Industry that they are leading....Long Live our Good Leaders
Rasullullah S.A.W. ada menyatakan bahawa Cinta kepada Negara adalah satu-satunya Iman.....
The Star today carried a full page Advertorial by Sime Darby on the positive impact of oil palm cultivation on the environment. The advert showed a closeup of the dumpy oil palm tree with huge oversized Fresh Fruit Bunches(FFB)! A product of the R and D work on the DNA of the oil palm by Sime Darby, I imagine.
I also read an article in the Mongabay Newsletter 0ct 29 2009 which carried the caption, "Money is not a Problem." The CEO of MPOC told conservationists and primate experts that the palm oil industry was ready to fund reforestration efforts in the corridors for connecting the forests, especially in Sabah to save Asia's last great ape, the Orang Utans. Researchers said such corridors for connecting forests were essential if Orang Utans were to have a future in Sabah.
I am especially proud of all these combined efforts of the big players in our Industry to defend and protect our national commodity. These initiatives by the corporate sector strongly reflect the quality of the leaders in our country, shaping the Industry that they are leading....Long Live our Good Leaders
Rasullullah S.A.W. ada menyatakan bahawa Cinta kepada Negara adalah satu-satunya Iman.....
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