Study on orang utan population


Time to relax: Visitors recording and watching a pair of orang utan enjoying themselves after the launch of Orangutan Fun Walk 2023 at Zoo Negara in Kuala Lumpur. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: A RM1.2mil allocation has been set aside to finance a study of the orang utan population in Sabah for a period of two years.

The fund was allocated by the Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation (MPOGCF), an agency under the Plantation and Commodities Ministry.

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