Driving our own 'treasures' to extinction


Melati A. Jalil

FOR all the progress Malaysia has made over the past 60 years, it has also lost irreplaceable treasures: its wildlife.

The situation could have been much worse had it not been for conservation efforts carried out in the last few decades, said WWF-Malaysia chief executive officer Dr Dionysius Sharma.


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  • It's sad Malaysian like Melati A. Jalil has become a pawn, agent and mouthpiece for western protectionism and economic imperialism, by raising faux issues like forest and the environment. Animal extinction is another just alarmist sensationalism, because in 21st century there is hi-tech cloning and breeding service that can resurrect dead pet or dinasours let alone a living tiger.

    A gullible like Melati could simply research statistic on WorldBank and would have found out that Malaysia is the global leader in term of forest protection, while dominating global vegetable oil market with palm oil, with a federal law to retain 50% of national forest, flawlessly exceeded that with 67.6% forest cover today --- something you will never find in any western countries, today or tomorrow.

    Posted 6 years ago by Kuasa Rakyat

    • I'm am currently in the field of conservation biology and I can tell you a 100% that cloning is not the way. You would want to retain a high genetic diversity and I would say in-situ conservation is the way to move forward. Having limited gene pool would most certainly spell doom for the Tigers and other fascinating species. And giving people with a non scientific background that cloning can resurrect any living mammal is a path towards our own destruction and doom. If it's so highly successful, why don't we resurrect dinosaur already. With the current state of Malaysian law enforcement, palm oil is going to encroach more rainforest. You are clearly taking the side of the economical benefits and nothing else. I would suggest people who do not clearly know about issue like this to have a lil more research into the impact and not just criticise the author for her endeavours and effort. The Malayan tiger is our national tiger, and I'm surely not going to sit around to watch it go extinct and wait for someone to come an dressurect it. As a Malaysian, , I hope the people (and you yourself) to refrain from having such nonsensical talk and claptrap. Have a good day

      Posted 6 years ago by Adam Chua