Workshop on Species Action Plans
14 June 2010
On 10 and 11 June 2010, the Sabah State Government and the Sabah Wildlife Department, in collaboration with WWF-Malaysia, the NGOs HUTAN and BORA (Borneo Rhino Alliance) and Danau Girang Field Centre, organised a workshop to present and discuss the three state action plans for elephant, orang-utan and rhinoceros. The workshop was held at the Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort, near Kota Kinabalu. The three action plans were presented by Dr Marc Ancrenaz (HUTAN) for the orang-utan, Dr Junaidi Payne (BORA) for the rhinoceros and Drs Benoit Goossens (DGFC) and Sen Nathan (Sabah Wildlife Department) for the elephant.
Scientific work (some carried out by Cardiff University) over many years has come up with results that show that each species is endangered due to a number of reasons, including forest fragmentation. The comments and suggestions made during the workshop and working groups will be included in the three drafts and final action plans will be presented to and tabled by the Sabah State Cabinet.