Past Events
Field Courses
The Danau Girang Field Centre is a focus for biodiversity research and training and for field courses in tropical biodiversity assessment. Direct experience of wild animals and plants in their natural habitats continues to be an important part of modern biology. The School of Biosciences runs a full range of courses to give you essential hands-on experience of modern techniques and practical skills in field biology. For information on Field Courses held at Danau Girang Field Centre please click here.
Opportunities for Schools
The Centre provides opportunities for school children to visit and carry out conservation activities in order to encourage local communities to recognise their responsibilities to the environment. For information on previous activities by Schools please click here.
Orang-utans implanted with transmitters before release: A Sabah Wildlife Department initiative in collaboration with Danau Girang Field Centre and the NGO HUTAN
As part of the conservation effort into further understanding of orang-utan behaviour and ecology, Sabah Wildlife Department have successfully implanted transmitters into three orang-utans at Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre. To read more about this effort please click here.
Regional Forum on “Enhancing Forest Ecosystems Connectivity and Corridors within The Heart of Borneo in Sabah”
On 26 and 27 October, Benoît Goossens attended a Regional Forum themed “Enhancing Forest Ecosystems Connectivity and Corridors within The Heart of Borneo in Sabah”, at the Magellan Sutera Hotel in Kota Kinabalu. To find out more about this forum please click here.
Wild Cat meeting
On 4 and 5 November, Benoît Goossens was invited to participate in a workshop themed “First steps towards the conservation of wild cats in Sabah”, co-organised by the Sabah Wildlife Department, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, the Global Canopy Programme, Bornean Wild Cat and Clouded Leopart Project and the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (Oxford, UK), with funding provided by the Darwin Initiative (UK) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah. To read more please click here.
Orangutan Conservation Colloquium
On 1 and 2 October, Benoît Goossens attended an Orangutan Conservation Colloquium themed “Developing Models for Orangutan Conservation Within Fragmented Ecosystems”, at the Shangri-la’s Rasa Ria Resort. The colloquium was jointly organized by the Sabah Wildlife Department, the Borneo Conservation Trust, the NGO Hutan, the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, the Sabah Land and Survey Department and the Sabah Forestry Department. To read more please click here.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service - Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
For more information on the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Asian Elephant Conservation Fund please click here.
Nocturnal Primate Study
For information on the Nocturnal Primate Study undertaken by Oxford Brookes University, Dr Anna Nekaris, Miss Rachel Munds (American MPhil student at Oxford Brookes University) and Muhammad Ridzwan Ali, (Universiti Malaysia Sabah) please click here.
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
In June 2009, the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund www.mbzspeciesconservation.org allocated $25,000 to Danau Girang Field Centre and Dr Benoît Goossens to carry out research and conservation work on the Kinabatangan elephant population. Funds will help facilitate the collection of information on the elephant social organization in the Kinabatangan using satellite-collaring, behavioural observations and genetic data. They will also contribute to the professional training of a young Malaysian scientist, Miss Nurzhafarina Othman who will register for a PhD at Cardiff University. Finally, the project will help to monitor the Kinabatangan elephant population, together with the Elephant Conservation Unit in Sukau and the Sabah Wildlife Department.
The Sabah Society
On 1st and 2nd May 2009, 13 members of Sabah Society's Sandakan branch visited Danau Girang Field Centre. For more information on the Sabah Society please click here.
Scientific Exploration Society Expedition (7-14 September 2008)
For information on the expedition to Sabah in September 2008 by Professor Adrian Lister, a renowned zoologist now working at The Natural History Museum, and the Scientific Exploration Society please click here.
Benoît Goossens and Nurzhafarina Othman in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Benoît Goossens and Nurzhafarina Othman, from Danau Girang Field Centre, travelled to Chiang Mai, in Thailand, from 11 to 19 February 2009 to attend the third conference of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation Asia-Pacific Chapter. For more information on their trip please click here.
Research Work in Danau Girang Field Centre to Continue
The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is continuing its collaboration with Cardiff University. For details of this collaboration please click here.