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  • BBC Wildlife Magazine

    MARK CARWARDINE

    Jun 27, 2024 2 minutes

    THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT SEEMS to have lost all sense of logic. It has just announced that it will give Critically Endangered orangutans as gifts to countries that buy large quantities of its palm oil. That’s like Britain promising to give a free badger to anyone who destroys a badger sett. The lack of logic is jaw-dropping.

    Malaysia’s Plantations and Commodities Minister, Johari Abdul

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