KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia is inviting countries that buy its palm oil to adopt orangutans but leave them in their natural habitat, local media reported, tweaking a plan that originally sought to send some abroad.
In a scheme modeled on China's 'panda diplomacy,' Malaysia announced in May that it would send the great apes as gifts to palm oil-purchasing countries, sparking an outcry among conservationists. Orangutans are critically endangered, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said, and have lost habitat to logging and agricultural expansion, particularly palm oil plantations.
areas provide space for orangutans to move freely, find food, and reproduce without interference from humans or other activities,' he added.Buyers of Malaysian palm oil from around the world can 'sponsor' one or more orangutans, and the funds collected will be used to implement conservation programs for the animals, the minister said, according to The Star newspaper.
Policy Tweak Lets Orangutans Stay
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