KUCHING, Aug 20 — Sarawak will have the largest system of protected areas including National Parks, Nature Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Malaysia through its conservation...
KUCHING, Aug 20 — Sarawak will have the largest system of protected areas including National Parks, Nature Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Malaysia through its conservation efforts, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
“And the Sarawak government has intentions to create more, including to have over one million hectares in terrestrial protected areas and over 1.6 million hectares in our marine landscapes. Abang Johari noted that orangutans were recently sighted bordering the Gunung Lesong National Park and Sebuyau National Park.
“Orangutans became such an attraction that by the end of the 1800s, over 200 orangutans were exported to Europe from Sarawak by early 1900s. “By the 1960s, it was assumed that an animal in captivity meant three having died in the process of capture and transport. According to the Sumatran Orangutan Society 2014 report, however, the ratio is actually higher; for every single orangutan in captivity, at least six to eight died during capture and transport.
Abang Johari said by 1983, the first protected area for orangutans in Sarawak was constituted — Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, with an area of approximately 168,700 hectares, more than 2.5 times the size of Singapore.
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