Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign
DON’T LET THEM BE HISTORY
According to the 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken.
- 14% of Malaysia’s mammals are listed by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) as endangered
- 30 species of turtle ever discovered, only 7 are left.
- Less than 1,500 Borneo Pygmy elephants are found in the world.
- It is estimated that there are less than 20 Sumatran rhinoceros left in Borneo.
- The Bornean species of orangutan is highly endangered, and the Sumatran species is critically endangered, according to the IUCN Red List of mammals, and both are listed on Appendix I of CITES.
In Malaysia today the survival of wildlife often takes second place to human activity.
Does saving these endangered species and taking necessary actions for those who are on the brink of extinction means anything to you?
image credit: WWF Malaysia
Here at Malaysia Travel Guide, we seek to promote Malaysia Tourism in the right way.
Our first campaign revolves around the conservation of Malaysia wildlife. We seek to increase public awareness and knowledge of the value of biodiversity, its threats, and actions that will conserve wildlife and natural areas in Malaysia.
We believe that Wildlife conservation begins with education; The World Conservation Strategy states that until people understand why they should safeguard ecosystems and species they will not do so.
It is to address this lack of understanding that Malaysia Travel Guide introduced The Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign.
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa.
Wildlife conservation begins with each of us – and each of us can make a difference. The best way to raise awareness is simply talking about it.
What can YOU do?
There are a number of options.
- Blog / Write a post that relates to the Malaysia wildlife conservation. It can be to do with your usual topic or totally just about a Malaysia wildlife conservation issue.
- Inform other people about this campaign and explaining it in terms they understand.
- Support the campaign: Add our banner to your site and spread the word.
How will this help?
When you talk about an issue on Malaysia Wildlife Conservation, your readers will take notice, and if they blog about it, this will create a huge chain reaction; effectively improving the awareness for Malaysia wildlife conservation.
Together we can reach out to millions about the need for wildlife conservation in Malaysia.
Email: TravelMalaysiaGuide@Gmail.Com with your Blog URL. Together we can make a difference!
This is a reply to one of the questions in the comments section – as in why i wanted to start this campaign:
When i was writing on Sabah and Sarawak, I came across the Sumatran Rhinos, and decided to do a little more read up on them and it really hit me hard that these Rhinos are facing extinction. The more I dug into it, the more i realize the severity of the problems we are facing, not only for the Sumatran Rhinos.
I have the sudden urge to do something about it, and the end product is this “Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign”.
If what I’m doing here, can make just one more person realize what is happening to the Wildlife in Malaysia, I already felt that the numerous hours I put into this campaign is already worth it.
I might miss out some of the participating articles, do drop me a comments here, so that I be able to add you in.
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Fatty Poh’s Kopitiam: Turtle Soup NOT sold here!!!!
Leonalim.com: Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign
MySabah.com: Sabah VIPs in Poverty
WiseUp: Save the Animal, Save the Nature
Rest N Rileks: Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign
Realiti Kehidupan: Kemana Pergi Nya
Cheap Thoughts: The big bang
Frou Frou: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
My Asylum: Saving Malaysian Wildlife from Extinction…
Xperience of Life: Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness 08
In Passing – Malaysian: Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign..
The easiest way to put the campaign banners on your website is simply to copy and paste the following code into a blog post / sidebar.
- World Conservation Society article on Malaysia
- WWF Malaysia
- The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
- SOS Rhino
- Sumatran Orangutan Society
- Ocean Heritage