Bid to save Borneo’s rhinos
November 16, 2010 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
The Sabah Forestry Department is working with the Rhino and Forest Fund (RFF), a German-based NGO. Sabah officials say they will now ensure that the reserve and the restored areas will remain protected, excluding any conversion or logging in the future.
Sabah government refutes Zoo Negara claim
July 1, 2010 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
Good to know that some governments have common sense. Well done Sabah.
State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said that it would be irresponsible to relocate the state’s iconic wildlife such as the proboscis monkeys, Borneo pygmy elephants and orang utan.
“Moving them elsewhere will compromise the animals’ survival chances outside their home (natural habitat),” he said in response to plans by the Malaysian Zoological Association for the animals to be relocated to Zoo Negara in Kuala Lumpur.
Read more at The Star.
