Malaysia launched its controversial “orangutan diplomacy” scheme Sunday in an effort to entice countries to continue importing palm oil despite the known risks it poses to the animals’ habitat and ...

China has “panda diplomacy,” Australia parades koalas at global summits – and now Malaysia plans to join the Asia-Pacific trend for adorable ambassadors, by gifting orangutans to countries that buy ...

China has “panda diplomacy,” Australia parades koalas at global summits and now Malaysia plans to join the Asia-Pacific trend for adorable ambassadors – by gifting orangutans to countries that buy its ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Reuters) - Malaysia plans to introduce "orangutan diplomacy" in its relations with major palm oil-importing countries, offering the animals as trading gifts in an effort to allay ...

Malaysia plans to gift orangutans to its major buyers of palm oil, a commodity long blamed for destroying habitats of the endangered apes. The world’s second-biggest palm grower is taking inspiration ...

By Keith Anthony Fabro Malaysia’s Kinabatangan floodplain, home to orangutans, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys, has officially joined UNESCO’s global network of biosphere reserves, protected ...

A Sumatran orangutan rests at Malaysia's national zoo in Kuala Lumpur - Copyright POOL/AFP Kevin MOHATT A Sumatran orangutan rests at Malaysia's national zoo in Kuala ...

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Malaysia intends to gift orangutans to palm oil-purchasing countries as part of an initiative similar to China's panda diplomacy, the commodities minister said on Wednesday. Johari Abdul Ghani said ...

Over a decade of careful observation in the field, WWF-Malaysia’s Orangutan Conservation Team have found that orangutans have ...

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 ...