Izinkawu zaseMalaysia ziba inkanyezi embukisweni wokuvakasha waseNew York

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (eTN) – Umbukiso waminyaka yonke Wokuvakasha we-New York Times osanda kuphothulwa ube ne-pin-up entsha–ama-orangutan ase-Malaysia.

Izivakashi zombukiso wokuvakasha omkhulukazi wezohwebo nezokudla ogwini olusempumalanga ye-US zibonise “intshisekelo ebonakalayo” kwezokuvakasha kwemvelo nezokuvakasha, ngokusho kuka-Mohamad Taib ovela ehhovisi leTourism Malaysia eNew York.

“Ukuba nesithakazelo kuma-orangutan kubonise isithakazelo esiphawulekayo,” kusho uMohamad, otshala ingcebo yezitshalo ne-fuana yaseMalaysia e-Malaysian Borneo kanye nesiqhingi saseLangkawi e-peninsula yaseMalaysia. "Manje sithuthukisa ezokuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle e-US."

Ngomhla zingama-28 kuNtulikazi wezi-2006, uhulumeni wase-US wamemezela ukuthi uzonikela nge-US$100,000 kuphrojekthi yokongiwa kwemvelo i-“Heart of Borneo”, okulingisa ukuvikela nokulondoloza imvelo ehlukahlukene engu-220,000 sq km yehlathi lenkabazwe elizulazula ezindaweni zaseMalaysia, Indonesia naseBrunei eBornei. isiqhingi.

Lesi sifunda siwumthombo wemifula emikhulu engu-14 kwengu-20 yesiqhingi futhi sithathwa njengesinye sezikhungo ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuhlukahluka kwezinto eziphilayo emhlabeni.

Ngokombiko we-World Wildlife Fund (WWF), ngaphandle nje kokuba iyikhaya lama-orangutan, isilwane esincelisayo esikhulu kunazo zonke esikhuphuka esihlahleni futhi okuwukuphela kwayo kwenkawu enkulu etholakala e-Asia, kuphinde kube yikhaya lama-gibbons, ama-macaque, obhejane baseSumatran nezindlovu ze-pygmy.

Le ndawo inezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-90 zamalulwane, kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezingwejeje, amakati, ama-civet nama-mongoose. “Kusele ingxenye yengxenye yokuqala yamahlathi, ehle isuka kumaphesenti angu-75 maphakathi nawo-1980,” kusho iWWF. “Ukugawulwa kwamahlathi ngokushesha kuye kwalinciphisa ngokuphawulekayo ihlathi laseBorneo emashumini eminyaka amuva nje.”

Isitendi se-ASEAN kulo mbukiso, ebambe iqhaza abavela eThailand, Indonesia nasePhilippines, sithole isasasa elifanayo phakathi nombukiso wezinsuku ezintathu, obuphethwe yi-American Express.

Abavakashi abafika e-Malaysia besuka e-US bakhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-17.5 ngo-2007, uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule olandela ukwehla. Ukudalulwa okubi okulandela ukuhlasela kwamaphekula kwangomhla ziyi-11 ku-September kwenza iMalaysia yangena esigabeni “esingaphephile”.

Ezokuvakasha kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ziye zaba wusizo olukhulu ekusizeni ukuqeda ubandlululo nemibono eyiphutha, ukubuyisela iMalaysia njengezwe elinezinkinga ezimbalwa noma ezingenalo nhlobo, kanye nendawo ephephile.

USyed Nasir, isikhungo sakhe sezokuvakasha esizinze eNew York esihlinzeka ngohambo lokuya eMalaysia naseSingapore, utshele abezindaba ukuthi iMalaysia isibukwa njengezwe elikhululekile uma liqhathaniswa namanye amazwe amaSulumane. "Kube khona ushintsho kancane kancane endleleni yokubona."

Naphezu kokuthi i-Singapore inikeza ukuxhumana okungcono esifundeni, uNasir uthi i-Malaysia isanikeza isivakashi "inani lemali" elingcono kune-Singapore ne-Thailand. “INingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia isanikeza isivakashi saseMelika inani lemali. Inqubomgomo yesibhakabhaka esivulekile ye-ASEAN esebenza ngo-2009 izokwenza lesi sifunda sibe indawo ekhangayo nakakhulu.”