Proboscis Monkey Blog

This blog is in reverse order. Last date to start, so please to begin this blog start here.   

Wednesday 23 March 2006
THE END OF OUR PROBOSCIS MONKEY STORY?

No, this is not the end of our long story and personal contribution in helping to save the amazing Proboscis Monkey.
If any publisher wants an article, book or story after reading this blog or need photos or stock shots for broadcast use, we’ll be pleased to help with our HDV footage, WAV sound files and our personal Proboscis Monkey aka Orang Belanda experiences.
Anyway, we hope you will regularly visit this site for new updates and info. We will continue trying to save the Proboscis Monkey and urging the Malay Government to stop destroying their natural habitat.  They should restore the rain forest at many places where they already have gone too far. If they continue to oil palm-spoil SABA any longer tourists will not come anymore.
KEEP MALAYSIA CLEAN According to Dept. of Tourism Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai it is very important to present Malaysia as a tourist-friendly destination. He aims to attract 20 million tourists in 2007. We hope this Government realizes that in that case they have to promise to preserve the original environment their nature and habitat of all animals. They will also have to educate Sabah inhabitants to keep their country clean and stop littering rubbish!
As tourists we would also like to see immediate action and ask them to stop exploiting everything in their beautiful jungle. It would be a great idea too, to make all Sabahians realize they have to be very careful with nature and not litter all their rubbish in the sea and on land. Everywhere we found plastics polluting the environment. Plastic will not break down in 100 years. Animals and fish can die because of that. Even on Mabul and Sipadan Island the fish are swimming among plastic bags, rags and bottles. In Sandakan harbour in between the houses built on water, we even saw several dead rats in enormous hills of litter on the water.  Even for us European tourists this is neither an unacceptable view, nor on photos and it  certainly is not tourism friendly.
A national campaign KEEP MALAYSIA CLEAN would be very appropriate at the moment. .
Fines on littering (like in Singapore) would be a great idea.
 According to Dept. of Tourism Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai it is very important to present Malaysia as a tourist-friendly destination. He aims to attract 20 million tourists in 2007. We hope this Government realizes that in that case they have to promise to preserve the original environment their nature and habitat of all animals. They will also have to educate Sabah inhabitants to keep their country clean and stop littering rubbish!As tourists we would also like to see immediate action and ask them to stop exploiting everything in their beautiful jungle. It would be a great idea too, to make all Sabahians realize they have to be very careful with nature and not litter all their rubbish in the sea and on land. Everywhere we found plastics polluting the environment. Plastic will not break down in 100 years. Animals and fish can die because of that. Even on Mabul and Sipadan Island the fish are swimming among plastic bags, rags and bottles. In Sandakan harbour in between the houses built on water, we even saw several dead rats in enormous hills of litter on the water.  Even for us European tourists this is neither an unacceptable view, nor on photos and it  certainly is not tourism friendly.A national campaign KEEP MALAYSIA CLEAN would be very appropriate at the moment. .Fines on littering (like in Singapore) would be a great idea. KEEP PROSBOSCIS MONKEY SMILINGCONTACT: According to Dept. of Tourism Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai it is very important to present Malaysia as a tourist-friendly destination. He aims to attract 20 million tourists in 2007. We hope this Government realizes that in that case they have to promise to preserve the original environment their nature and habitat of all animals. They will also have to educate Sabah inhabitants to keep their country clean and stop littering rubbish!As tourists we would also like to see immediate action and ask them to stop exploiting everything in their beautiful jungle. It would be a great idea too, to make all Sabahians realize they have to be very careful with nature and not litter all their rubbish in the sea and on land. Everywhere we found plastics polluting the environment. Plastic will not break down in 100 years. Animals and fish can die because of that. Even on Mabul and Sipadan Island the fish are swimming among plastic bags, rags and bottles. In Sandakan harbour in between the houses built on water, we even saw several dead rats in enormous hills of litter on the water.  Even for us European tourists this is neither an unacceptable view, nor on photos and it  certainly is not tourism friendly.A national campaign KEEP MALAYSIA CLEAN would be very appropriate at the moment. .Fines on littering (like in Singapore) would be a great idea.  According to Dept. of Tourism Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai it is very important to present Malaysia as a tourist-friendly destination. He aims to attract 20 million tourists in 2007. We hope this Government realizes that in that case they have to promise to preserve the original environment their nature and habitat of all animals. They will also have to educate Sabah inhabitants to keep their country clean and stop littering rubbish!As tourists we would also like to see immediate action and ask them to stop exploiting everything in their beautiful jungle. It would be a great idea too, to make all Sabahians realize they have to be very careful with nature and not litter all their rubbish in the sea and on land. Everywhere we found plastics polluting the environment. Plastic will not break down in 100 years. Animals and fish can die because of that. Even on Mabul and Sipadan Island the fish are swimming among plastic bags, rags and bottles. In Sandakan harbour in between the houses built on water, we even saw several dead rats in enormous hills of litter on the water.  Even for us European tourists this is neither an unacceptable view, nor on photos and it  certainly is not tourism friendly.A national campaign KEEP MALAYSIA CLEAN would be very appropriate at the moment. .Fines on littering (like in Singapore) would be a great idea.  CONTACT:
We had a wonderful time visiting the few  Proboscis Hot Spots that are still there and it was very worthwhile. It was great to get this blog opportunity on http://www.proboscismonkey.org/ 
Thanx to Kristina Medici, admire her work and blog help!
   
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We thank Kristina Medici and Enrico Gallingani (webmaster), we admire your work and blog help!  We might soon produce a DVD with footage, pictures and sounds.
We might even organize special Proboscis Monkey Tours if you are interested.
 

Are you interested in publishing our copyright stories, photo, video & sound recordings? Please contact:
Wildlife author and photographer:
Jan van der Meer (the Orang Belanda)
Zandvoort The Netherlands
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Dutch weblog http://www.orang-belanda.hyves.nl/
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