As we all are aware, the conservation and protection of the world’s flora and fauna is very important towards providing us with a world still filled with such beautiful animals, plants and trees, and providing us with a stable living ecosystem necessary for the world’s inhabitants. Its significance could not be emphasised more with the fact that we, the humans need them in order to survive and to appreciate them so that they wont be lost forever in time. Thus, the continued destruction, pollution and extinguishing must be halted immediately. Hence, the World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF, the world’s largest nature and animal conservation organization is essential in providing definitive solutions to the various problems plaguing our inestimable endangered animals and the environment.
WWF Malaysia, WWF’s 19th chapter, seeks to conserve Malaysia’s rich heritage of forests, wetlands and seas, and also the various species that they protect from being extinct in the wild.
I had the opportunity to an interview with the President Emeritus of WWF Malaysia Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Khir Johari. Although this interview go way back some three years ago (for a Journalistic Assignment), but the key questions and answers are proven to be still relevant today. Some of the issues that I’ve raised include Malaysia’s environmental state, the welfare of the animals and the main objectives and concerns of WWF Malaysia. It is also vital to know how the people are responding to its causes and what are the efforts needed to help make the world a better place to live in, for the sake of our future. Here’s hoping that the proactive measures taken to conserve and protect our flora and fauna may not be futile, and that everyone on Earth would realise and do their part to make an impact or even a small improvement before it’s too late. It shall not be in vain, because there’s nothing more momentous than to provide a sustainable and comfortable life for generations to come.
Have a look at the transcript of my Online Interview with Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Khir Johari, President Emeritus of WWF Malaysia, Dated April 10, 2003: (more…)
