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Conservation of the orang-utan in Kinbatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabah

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£147,264
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Malaysia

Summary

To provide a range of essential information on the genetic structure of the Kinabatangan orangutan population to create a conservation strategy.
 
Status Completed
Reference 90-16
Round 8
Start 01/12/2000
End 30/11/2003

Project Leader

Lead Organisation

Project Partners
Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project


Regions
East Asia

Biomes
ISLAND BIODIVERSITY, TROPICAL FOREST, FORESTS

Countries
Malaysia

Project Outputs
Train 1 Sabah Wildlife Department staff and 4 local people in the field on non-invasive sampling. Train 30 undergraduates and 10 Sabah Wildlife Department staff for 6 weeks in conservation & population biology, molecular genetics and behavioural ecology. 2 Msc students. Produce Malay & English booklet on developing molecular techniques applied in conservation biology for under- and post-graduate students. Publicity campaign. Produce management plan & submit to Sabah Wildlife Department. Create database of orangutan distribution, population fragementation & genetic information at the University of Malaysia-Sabah. Establish research unit for rainforest species conservation at University of Malaysia-Sabah. Disseminate results at international workshop.


Documents:
Download: ECP - ECP Malaysia, Sabah - final - 08/10/2009

Download: Final Report - 09-016 FR - 19/11/2010

Download: Annual Report - 09-016 AR3 - 07/04/2008

Download: Annual Report - 09-016 AR2 - 07/04/2008

Download: Half Year Report - 9-016 HY2 - 12/08/2009