Progress & Updates
24 Apr 2007
WWF captures extraordinary video of rare Sumatran rhino
A video “camera trap” positioned inside the forest of Sabah has captured rare footage of an elusive Sumatran rhinoceros. The two-minute video – showing the animal eating, walking to the camera and sniffing the equipment – is the first-ever footage of behaviour in the wild of one of the world’s rarest rhinos. » Read more
05 Mar 2007
Steps for rhino protection in the Sabah side of the Heart of Borneo
A database on rhino habitat including food plants consumed by rhinos was established from January to June 2006 as very little data on rhino food plants was recorded during the previous rhino study in Sabah. At least 35 plant species were identified.
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05 Mar 2007
Shy forest dweller ‘captured’ on film
Several main field camps have been established in the Heart of Borneo. The field team regularly faces hardship and sometimes danger in carrying out their work in the field. In February 2006, one of the field camps was washed away by flash floods. » Read more
