TEMERLOH: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Saturday called for wildlife conservation efforts to be strengthened to prevent threats to wildlife species that can lead to their extinction.
Al-Sultan Abdullah said there must be a concerted effort involving all parties to preserve wildlife, including the Malayan tiger.
“All parties including non-governmental organisations and individuals need to come together to preserve this national icon as well as other wildlife so that they will continue to exist ...and this on-going effort must be made a priority.”
His Majesty said this at the proclamation of the Al-Sultan Abdullah Royal Tiger Reserve and Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve at Lanchang Biodiversity Centre, here.
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Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh and State Local Government, Housing, Environment and Green Technology Committee Chairman Datuk Seri Johari Harun and Pahang Police Chief Datuk Yahaya Othman were also in attendance.
Al-Sultan Abdullah, in his speech, welcomed the move taken by the State Government in gazetting 134,183 hectares of land in stages for the Al-Sultan Abdullah Royal Tiger Reserve and expressed appreciation for the efforts taken by his son Tengku Hassanal in fighting to protect the Malayan Tigers and their ecosystem.
“I will be launching a large reserve area in my name and my son’s. In the 45 years I was Pahang Regent there was no effort to reserve a large area in the name of the Sultan or the Regent, so this is a positive paradigm shift.
“I hope the gazetted areas will be maintained as best as possible, we will make this as an example to the world on how to protect the environment, the Malayan Tiger species and other wild animals,” said His Majesty.
In the meantime, he also expressed the hope that the State Government will evaluate and take into account environmental aspects before approving any project in addition to taking a coherent approach to enhance sustainable development.
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