Updates on Current Wildlife Research: 2002-2012

Benoit Goossens and Laurentius N. AmbuSabah Wildlife Department

Bornean Orangutan Programme

In 2006, the Sabah State Governmentplaced the Ulu Segama–Malua ForestReserves under Sustainable ForestManagement Programme for theconservation & protection of theorang-utan habitat. Following thismove, the State Government put atotal ban on logging activities in thesetwo areas beginning end of 2007.

62% outside of Protected Forests

Bornean Elephant Programme

Sumatran Rhino Programme: Borneo Rhino Sanctuary

RHINO REPRODUCTION

Photo: BORA/Abdul Hamid Ahmad

BRS MANAGEMENT, CAPTURE

Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

• Research• Education• Conservation• Enforcement• Welfare• Eco-tourism

• Population size and demography

• Habitat occupancy by camera trapping

• Home range, movement and habitat use by satellite tracking

• Genetic diversity

• PHVA and Management Plan

Bornean Banteng Programme

• Assess genetic health of proboscis monkey populations in Sabah• Effects of fragmentation on their movements (satellite –tracking)• Sexual selection, paternity, parasites, stress hormones, disease (malaria, herpes virus, etc),

hematology• Capacity building (1 local PhD, 2 local MSc)• Conservation: PHVA and Management Plan, International Workshop

Sabah Proboscis Monkey Programme

Sabah Carnivore Programme

The Telegraph: “A rare hairy-nosed otter, notseen in the wild for a decade, has been caughton camera in Borneo by conservationists”.Photo: A. Wilting

The Borneo Post: “The otter civet, previouslythought extinct, has been found in Sabah aftera gap of more than 100 years”.Photo: A. Wilting

Bornean Clouded Leopard Programme• What is the distribution &

conservation status of Sundaclouded leopards and otherfelids throughout Sabah, whatfactors affect their presenceand abundance?

• What dispersal opportunitiesexist for clouded leopards andother Bornean felids in Sabah,and how might dispersalcorridors be protected,enhanced and restored?

Kinabatangan Carnivore Programme: conservation value of corridors for carnivores

Sabah Crocodile Programme

Wildlife Health

(1) Infectious disease ecology(2) Emerging infectious diseases(3) Ecotourism and travel medicine(4) Parasitology (malaria) and virology(5) Behavioral endocrinology and stress hormones

Sabah Wildlife Department and Science

• Between 2002 and 2011, staff from SWD have published more than40 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, with 62% publishedbetween 2008 and 2011.

• Scientific journals where SWD is publishing (IF): American Journalof Primatology (1.980), Animal Conservation (2.906), Biodiversity &Conservation, Biological Conservation (3.498), Biology Letters(3.651), Conservation Genetics Resources, EcoHealth, EcologicalResearch, Endangered Species Research (1.638), InternationalJournal of Primatology (1.793), Journal of Tropical Ecology,Mammalian Biology, Molecular Biology & Evolution (5.510),Molecular Ecology (6.457), Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution(3.889), Oryx (2.185), PLoS Biology (12.469), PLoS ONE, PNAS(9.771), Primate Conservation, Primates, Science (31.360), TravelMedicine and Infectious Disease (13.165), Ursus.

 

ROAD TOWARDS

CONSERVATION ACTION PLANS

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 

18th‐24th June 2011 

 

PART I:  18th to 21st June                                                                       SCIENCE for CONSERVATION of BORNEAN CARNIVORES 

at The Palace Hotel 

Programme  

PART II: 23rd & 24th June                                                                             DEVELOPING CONSERVATION STRATEGIES                                   

for BORNEAN CARNIVORES  at Shangri‐La's Rasa Ria Resort 

1st BORNEO CARNIVORE SYMPOSIUM

DANAU GIRANG FIELD CENTRE: 1st SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT’S RESEARCH FACILITY

Research

Research

Research

Meet the staff

Nurzhafarina Othman - “Sabah’s future for wildlife research and conservation”!