Articles

October 19, 2013

Charity polo tourney to save rhinos

Currently, Sabah has a fertile male named Tam and a sub-fertile female named Puntung at the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary interim facilities in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve. There is also another female rhino, Gelogob, who is too old to breed at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park.

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December 19, 2012

Joint Efforts to Breed Sumatran Rhinos in the Offing

The aim to work together to save this rhino species which is nearing extinction was further cemented during a recent visit to the Way Kambas National Park Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Lampung Province, Sumatra in Indonesia.

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December 19, 2012

Critically endangered Sumatran rhinos to receive artificial insemination

JAKARTA, 11 December 2012: There is a ray of light at the end of the tunnel for the conservation of the almost extinct Sumatran rhinos. In collaboration with non-governmental organisations, enhanced cooperation and joint efforts are being considered by relevant authorities in Malaysia and Indonesia to increase the remaining tiny rhino populations in both nations.

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October 2, 2012

Conservation Letters: Acting fast helps avoid extinction

Failure to act quickly on evidence of rapid population decline has led to the first mammal extinction in Australia in the last 50 years, the Christmas Island Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus murrayi). The fate of another iconic species, the migratory Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster), monitored intensively for over 20 years, hangs in the balance.

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October 2, 2012

Hope for a rhino family - The Star

KOTA KINABALU: A team of veterinarians is treating a female rhino in the east coast Lahad Datu district in the hope that the animal will eventually be able to breed.

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June 10, 2012

A comment on 'Sex and the Single Rhinoceros' by Henry Nicholls

The fine article entitled Sex and the single rhinoceros by Henry Nicholls (Nature, Volume 485:566-569, 31 May 2012) provides just the sort of debate that is needed on the pros and cons of trying to save species that are on the brink of extinction. And too much of the debate that has occurred was printed (not spoken) in academic journals, far from and never seen by those working on the ground.

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December 4, 2010

Official launch of quarters for the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary-12th November 2010

The Sumatran rhinoceros is Malaysia’s rarest and most endangered species. Sabah now has the last known remaining small populations of this species in Malaysia, at Danum Valley and Tabin Wildlife Reserve, both in Lahad Datu District. What needs to be done has already been determined by government. The first need is to prevent the loss by poaching or by illegal traps of Sabah’s remaining wild rhinos.

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September 26, 2010

Female Rhino Gelegub to the rescue

Gelegub, the 28-year-old rhino, is now part of the Borneo Rhino Conservation Programme also known as the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Programme in Tabin. The aim of the programme is to ward off the extinction of the species which now numbers at less than 50 in the wild.

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August 9, 2010

UMS to continue support for efforts to preserve endangered Sumatran Rhinos

Prof. Madya Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad (centre) presenting a souvenir, a pewter rhino, to Y.Bhg. Brig. Gen Prof. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Kamaruzaman Hj Ampon,Vice-Chancellor of UMS while Dr. Junaidi Payne looks on.

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August 6, 2010

Why are Sumatran rhinos so seriously endangered?

The current number of living individuals of the Bornean subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni; also known as the Bornean rhino) is possibly around forty or less. Sabah now offers the only likely prospect for saving this sub-species, and the best prospect for saving the species in Malaysia.

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Publications

Cover of the BORA publication, The Hairy RhinocerosSample page from the Hairy Rhinoceros
The Hairy Rhinoceros: History, ecology and some lessons for management of the last Asian megafauna

Published by Natural HIstory Publications
216 pages, hardcover
RM150

You may obtain your copy from Natural History Publications or Sunda Shelves
Habitat Restoration for Fruit-eating Wildlife - an illustrated handbook

BORA has recently launched a pair of publications that compile all our knowledge on the food plants of wild Bornean Orangutans. The aim is to energise what we believe to be actions for the conservation of our endangered red apes.

This publication was produced as part of the "Experimental Habitat Restoration for Orangutans in Kinabatangan landscape", a project by the Sabah Landscapes Programme under WWF Malaysia, funded by Unilever.

"An Illustrated Guide to Bornean Orangutan Food Plants" is a practical toolkit and provides a road map to enrich set aside lands within the mixed landscape of oil palm plantations which dominate Sabah's northeast to contribute to Orangutan conservation.

The actions are uncomplicated and can be easily adopted. What now remains is for key stakeholders, particularly the plantation sector, to adopt habitat enrichment as their contribution to safeguarding Sabah's wildlife.

The publication may be downloaded for free here.

"Habitat Restoration for Fruit-eating Wildlife" is a handbook illustrated with over 80 photos. It provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of propagating, planting and maintaining native trees, hemiepiphytes and lianas, with an emphasis on Ficus (wild figs) in the equatorial region of Borneo.

Together with text that outlines the bigger picture, the publication provides details of good nursery practice, vegetative propagation, seed preparation and storage, and strategies for dealing with common problems.

The publication may be downloaded for free
here.

BORA and WWF Malaysia handbooks to be used in habitat enrichment with the food plants of wild orangutans

Videos

Environmental Sustenance For Wildlife with Dr. Hamid (Part 1/3)

Environmental Sustenance For Wildlife with Dr. Hamid (Part 2/3)

Environmental Sustenance For Wildlife with Dr. Hamid (Part 3/3)

Press


PRESS RELEASE FROM BORA on Seladang in Perak

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Gallery

Visit of His Excellency, Michalis Rokas, the EU Ambassador to Malaysia

The EU Ambassador's visit to BORAVisit of the EU Ambassador