KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Feb -- Pengurus Besar Yayasan Pemuliharaan Hijau Minyak Sawit Malaysia (MPOGCF) Hairulazim Mahmud ketika temu bual dengan Bernama.Kewujudan ladang kelapa sawit di negara ini tidak mengancam populasi orang utan, sebaliknya mamalia itu menunjukkan keupayaan untuk beradaptasi dan hidup dalam landskap perladanganBeliau berkata dakwaan bahawa industri sawit memusnahkan habitat orang utan sering dimainkan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) antarabangsa menerusi kempen antisawit di Eropah sehingga memberi kesan negatif kepada industri sawit tempatan dan global.--fotoBERNAMA (2026) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARAKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 -- Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation (MPOGCF) general manager Hairulazim Mahmud during an interview with Bernama.The presence of oil palm plantations in Malaysia does not threaten orangutan populations, as the species has shown a clear ability to adapt and survive within plantation landscapes.He said claims that oil palm cultivation destroys orangutan habitats have long been amplified by international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through anti-palm oil campaigns in Europe, negatively affecting the local and global palm oil industry.--fotoBERNAMA (2026) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

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