The Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (PERHILITAN) launched a Biodiversity Protection and Patrolling Program (BP3) in 2020, and Veteran-Orang Asli Program (VetOA) is one such patrolling squad manned by experienced army veterans, police cops and the aborigines, to hunt down poachers and monitor the activities of wild animals in the forests to make sure they have a safe habitat.
At the same time, PERHILITAN has also invited the involvement of non-governmental organisations to help manage the aboriginal rangers.
Under this program, the government assumes the responsibility of disbursing renumeration for the rangers, while NGOs raise funds to acquire the equipment needed for patrolling and surveillance as well as providing accommodation and boarding for the rangers.
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