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Peninsular Malaysias first Conservation K9 Unit to Combat Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trade of Malayan Tiger and Rhinos Malaysia is a source and transit country for internationally trafficked wildlife products. The Critically Endangered Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) is poached in Malaysia, and rhino horns are trafficked from Africa and Asia through Peninsular Malaysia to countries of demand. Conservation K9 units, the first of its kind in Peninsular Malaysia, composed of one tracking K9 unit to track poachers and snares in tiger habitats, and one detection K9 unit to detect wildlife contraband such as rhino horn and tiger parts at transit points, will increase the number of tiger snares extracted and poachers apprehended, and increase wildlife seizures. Once formed, these K9 units will be available for use to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, global logistics and transport companies as well as local conservation NGOs. Project objectives are to enhance: (1) Effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement efforts in wildlife trafficking points through the formation of a K9 detection unit; and, (2) Effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement efforts in tiger habitats through the formation of a K9 tracking unit.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Conservation of the tigers of the Endau-Rompin Landscape, Malaysia, through on the ground.law enforcement, 2013-2014
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to: 1) Continue community-based HEC assessment and mitigation work in five main villages and provide training in safe and effective methods for driving elephants away from crops; 2) Assess the effectiveness of electric fences as elephant barriers to reduce elephant entries into human settlements and crop areas; 3) Protect elephant populations and their habitat from poachers and encroachment by conducting multistakeholder patrolling using the MIST or SMART patrol management systems; 4) A preliminary meeting with DWNP to set up MY-GAJAH with the approval of National Elephant Conservation Action Plan (NECAP). 5) Develop an elephant-based eco-tourism package for local Orang Asli guides from Kg. Peta in order to enhance the protection of elephants among villagers and visitors to the park.
Grt Ape Postal Grant-Species Conservation Grant Development of a Great Ape Health Unit in Sabah, Malaysia.
Great Apes Postal Fund This project will promote the health of Sabahs gibbons and orangutans by creating a new Wildlife Health Monitoring and Surveillance Program that will work to minimize the risk of introducing infectious diseases to recipient populations from animals translocated from fragmented forests. It will also initiate research that will study the link between deforestation and disease in apes. The Recipient will do this by: (a) creating a Wildlife Health Unit within the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) including a veterinarian, a molecular biologist and four rangers as a subunit of the Wildlife Rescue Unit; (b) developing a Sabah Wildlife Health Monitoring and Surveillance Program to be led and implemented by the Wildlife Health Unit; (c) having the Wildlife Health Unit conduct ape health assessments, collect and analyze samples and store samples at the SWD Biobank; (d) processing clinical samples for infectious disease analysis; (e) training the Wildlife Health Unit to perform health assessments and clinical sampling for disease surveillance as part of rescue activities; (f) building much needed capacity by providing a vehicle for the Wildlife Health Unit to allow them to conduct disease surveillance and to respond to sick or injured animals across Sabah with optimal efficiency; (g) increasing laboratory capacity by training the molecular biologist to use PREDICT viral family PCR protocols; and (h) initiating a study on the effect deforestation has on ape health by analyzing the change in viral diversity along a deforestation gradient.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund WCS/GoM Peninsular Malaysia Elephant Project: Year 8, assessment and reduction of.humanelephant conflict (HEC) and capacity building in Endau-Rompin
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to bring the tigers of the greater Endau-Rompin landscape up to the carrying capacity of the habitat. This will be done by maintaining anti-poaching enforcement activities in the Johor portion of the landscape including multi-agency anti-poaching patrols, mobile anti-poaching road blocks, anti-poaching vehicular patrols, and WCS-only foot and motorbike patrols (all guided by inputs from threat analyses, intelligence and reconnaissance trips); and carrying out surveillance camera-trapping for poachers in Johor.
Development of a Great Ape Health Unit in Sabah, Malaysia. This project will promote the health of Sabahs gibbons and orangutans by creating a new Wildlife Health Monitoring and Surveillance Program that will work to minimize the risk of introducing infectious diseases to recipient populations from animals translocated from fragmented forests. It will also initiate research that will study the link between deforestation and disease in apes. The Recipient will do this by: (a) creating a Wildlife Health Unit within the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) including a veterinarian, a molecular biologist and four rangers as a subunit of the Wildlife Rescue Unit; (b) developing a Sabah Wildlife Health Monitoring and Surveillance Program to be led and implemented by the Wildlife Health Unit; (c) having the Wildlife Health Unit conduct ape health assessments, collect and analyze samples and store samples at the SWD Biobank; (d) processing clinical samples for infectious disease analysis; (e) training the Wildlife Health Unit to perform health assessments and clinical sampling for disease surveillance as part of rescue activities; (f) building much needed capacity by providing a vehicle for the Wildlife Health Unit to allow them to conduct disease surveillance and to respond to sick or injured animals across Sabah with optimal efficiency; (g) increasing laboratory capacity by training the molecular biologist to use PREDICT viral family PCR protocols; and (h) initiating a study on the effect deforestation has on ape health by analyzing the change in viral diversity along a deforestation gradient.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Monitoring the Effectiveness of Translocation as Management and Conservation Tool for Asian Elephants in Peninsular Malaysia
LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO SAFEGUARD THE FUTURE OF BORNEAN ELEPHANT IN LOWER KINABATANGAN, SABAH BORNEO. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF WILD ASIAN ELEPHANTS IN KINABATANGAN, MALAYSIAN BORNEO THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE NEW BORNEAN ELEPHANT ACTION PLAN 2020-2029 BEAP 2020-2029 AND TO CONTINUE BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF YOUNG NATIONAL CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS. THE ACTIVITIES PROPOSED WILL SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THREE MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THE BEAP 2020-2029 1 IMPROVE PROTECTION AND REDUCE ELEPHANT DEATHS 2 IMPROVE LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY AND PERMEABILITY AND 3 MONITOR AND PREDICT ELEPHANT POPULATION TRENDS. THIS WORK, TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE LANDSCAPE-LEVEL, IS SUPPORTED BY THE KINABATANGAN-BEAP TASKFORCE, LED BY THE KINABATANGAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH COORDINATE ALL DISTRICT LEVEL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE HONORARY WILDLIFE WARDEN NETWORK 2 UNDERTAKE REGULAR PATROLLING TO MONITOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES 3 DEVELOP AND SUPPORT EIGHT LOCAL RESIDENTS TO SERVE AS COMMUNITY ELEPHANT RANGER TEAMS IN TWO VILLAGES 4 TRAIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OIL PALM PLANTATION WORKERS ON ELEPHANT BEHAVIOR 5 INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A PRIVATE INSURANCE PROGRAM 6 PRODUCE A 5- MINUTE VIRTUAL REALITY 360 VIDEO ABOUT HUMAN-ELEPHANT COEXISTENCE 7 PRECISE MAPPING.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Conservation of orangutans in the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape (outside existing protected.areas) in Sarawak, Malaysia
Conservation of orangutans in the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape (outside existing protected..areas) in Sarawak, Malaysia "The purpose of this project is to estimate the abundance of orangutans in the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape and to work with stakeholders to prepare a draft management plan of the area for the Sarawak Forest Department. The survey will be carried out on six plots in the landscape using the marked sign count method developed under a previous GACF grant. The project will consist of the following activities:..1. Identifying owners of native customary rights (NCR) lands and acquiring written permission to conduct orangutan nest count surveys in the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape. ..2. Zoning the landscape for surveys, i.e. easily accessible and difficult-to-access areas. Six plots will be surveyed. Four of these are to be randomly selected from the easily accessible stratum and two from the more difficult to access stratum...3. Conducting five trips into the landscape within six months:.a. Trip 1. Will be for a reconnaissance (recce) survey to identify potential sites for setting the plots (to assess the accessibility of the areas), identify ideal guides for different sites, and to plan the travelling schedule for the training and three repeat surveys..b. Trip 2. Will be for the cutting of new strip lines for three plots..c. Trip 3 to 5. Will be for three repeat surveys at three different plots..d. Repeat Trips 1-5 for a second three plots...4. After the six months of surveys, compiling and analyzing the data. The data will then be used for the preparation of a final report on the orangutan population estimates at the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape...5. In the final two months of the project period, initiating preparation of a management plan draft for the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape. WCS Asia Program Madhu Rao will be brought in to facilitate the conceptual planning workshop..."
African Elephant Conservation Fund Providing targeted training to Royal Malaysian Customs to support interdiction of illegal ivory from African elephants
Supporting SMART patrols to improve protection of the Malayan Tiger in the Kenyir-Taman Negara Core Area, Peninsular Malaysia Direct poaching of tigers and its principal prey, the Sambar (Rusa unicolor), are the main threats to the Malayan Tigers long-term survival and current trends throughout Peninsular Malaysia show that this threat is increasing. The goal of the Harimau Selamanya project in Rimba is to increase the population density of tigers in a Core Area that encompasses the Terengganu portion of Taman-Negara National Park, which is identified as Malaysias national priority area for tiger conservation and is one of the globally important Tiger Conservation areas. Specific objectives are to support Rimbas patrol team to: (1) Monitor tiger and prey populations in the Core Area, through annual camera trapping. Monitoring will help with better understanding tiger and prey population, and help evaluate the effectiveness of law enforcement interventions over time; and, (2) Eradicate poaching threats in tiger hotspots. Law Enforcement patrols will use Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART).
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to help the Government of Malaysia develop a holistic elephant plan that will balance development and conservation, and help conserve wild elephant populations in Taman Negara, Endau Rompin Landscape (ERL), and elsewhere in Peninsular Malaysia. The specific project objectives include the following: 1) Enhance community-based human-elephant conflict mitigation work by providing training in safe and effective methods for driving elephants away from crops; 2) Improve the effectiveness of electric fences as elephant barriers to reduce elephant entries into human settlements and crop areas by implementing trial early warning system; 3) Protect elephant populations and their habitat from poachers and encroachment by conducting multi-stakeholder patrolling using the MIST or SMART patrol management systems; 4) Continue support for community-based mitigation schemes established in four Orang Asli villages.
Developing a machine learning method to count orangutan nest in Malaysia and Indonesia on drone images to increase survey efficiency (1) Data Collection/Labelling: Previously collected data will be utilized for training; (2) Model Training; (3) Testing and Validation: The 20,000 images used during training will be split into training/validation/test sets; (4) Web Deployment; (5) Ongoing network and classification model optimisation: The website will be used by the orangutan conservation community check the overall performance of the beta model while providing a feedback mechanism for any misclassifications, which will be used to interactively retrain the model once enough samples have been obtained; and, (6) Dissemination workshops: To disseminate the data analyses methods, the free website where people can upload orangutan nest images, and to provide recommendations about the best way to collect orangutan nest data with drones there will be two workshops..
Great Apes Conservation Fund This project will strengthen protection of Bornean orangutans in and around these protected areas through more effective law enforcement. The Recipient will do this by: (1) facilitating discussions between Malaysian and Indonesian enforcement agencies on establishing a joint enforcement unit to address cross-border incursions by non-Malaysians; (2) training protected area staff in ranger patrol techniques and providing required patrol equipment; (3) increasing the number of anti-poaching patrols (from 12 to 18 each year); and (4) increasing the quality of anti-poaching efforts through the inclusion of WCS Malaysia staff as third party auditors.
FUNDING A FUTURE FOR ORANGUTANS-2: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS TO CONSERVE ORANGUTANS The purpose of this project is to improve orangutan conservation practice through spatially specific, data.driven orangutan investment standards, orangutan monitoring and management practices, and site.specific human-orangutan coexistence solutions based on community needs. Objectives include: (1).Influence the financial sector to adopt or strengthen risk assessment policies for orangutan conservation,.and best practices for monitoring and management of funded projects; (2) Improve stakeholder.knowledge of spatially specific orangutan conservation priority actions and metapopulation management,.and engage stakeholders in designing and implementing solutions; (3) Determine local community needs.and best strategic interventions to enable behavior changes that will foster peaceful coexistence with.orangutans; and (4) Facilitate implementation of effectively monitored, data-driven human-orangutan.coexistence solutions informed by findings on conservation effectiveness, metapopulation management.and community needs.
GALVANISING EFFORTS TOWARD RECOVERY OF THE MALAYAN TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS JACKSONI) IN MALAYSIA'S SOUTHERN FOREST COMPLEX (2021-2024) The purpose of this project is to conserve and sustain the population of tigers in and around the Endau-Rompin Landscape. Project.objectives and activities include the following: (1) Strengthen wildlife protection efforts through improved coordination among.agencies through a SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) patrol data management system among the Johor Wildlife.Conservation Project, capacity building and on the job technical assistance to implement an anti-poaching and patrolling strategy.in the Endau-Rompin Landscape, and monitor and generate information on threats to address information gaps; (2) Monitor tiger.population trends in the Endau-Rompin Landscape through a camera trap survey and estimate tiger population density; and (3).Develop management plan guidelines to secure tiger habitats and maintain connectivity at priority corridors.
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LATEST ORANG-UTAN STATE ACTION PLAN IN LOWER KINABATANGAN THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO 1 EXPAND THE MONITORING OF ORANGUTANS IN FOREST PATCHES AND WITHIN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS DATA WILL BE COLLECTED AND ANALYZED ABOUT ORANGUTAN ECOLOGY IN AGRICULTURAL MOSAIC LANDSCAPES AND HOW THEY USE REFORESTED CORRIDORS NEW INNOVATIVE APPROACHES WILL BE DESIGNED WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT ORANGUTAN PRESENCE AND SURVIVAL IN AN OIL PALM LANDSCAPE, SUCH AS THE USE OF PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING TECHNIQUES AND EDNA 2 ENSURE MORE EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE ASSESSMENT OF ACTUAL CROP DAMAGE BY ORANGUTANS AND PROPOSE MITIGATION TECHNIQUES, WITHIN PLANTATIONS AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE PROTECTED AND ENDANGERED STATUS OF THE ORANGUTAN MINIMIZE THE LOSS OF ORANGUTANS WITHIN PLANTATION RAISE AWARENESS FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE WITH ORANGUTANS AND 3 IDENTIFY AND CREATE FOREST CORRIDORS INSIDE OIL PALM PLANTATIONS TO INCREASE NATURAL FOREST COVER AND SUSTAIN ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL IN THIS LANDSCAPE CREATE AND MAINTAIN FOREST CORRIDORS FOR ORANGUTANS AND BIODIVERSITY.
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Conservation of the tigers of the Endau-Rompin landscape, Malaysia, through improved law enforcement
Asian Elephant Postal Fund Satellite tracking of translocated elephants and conflict mitigation in Sabah
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Development of a Great Ape Health Unit in Sabah, Malaysia.
WCS/GoM Peninsular Malaysia Elephant Project: Year 7, assessment and reduction of humanelephant conflict (HEC) and capacity building in Endau-Rompin The purpose of the project is to monitor and assess the performance of Government of Malaysia-built electric fences in the Johor landscape, develop a human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation and monitoring scheme in Pahang State, improve understanding of landscape-scale elephant management and the benefits and problems of electric fences for HEC mitigation, monitor HEC cases in 23 villages and other new areas, and maintain support for community-based mitigation schemes established in four Orang Asli villages.
CONSERVATION OF THE SOUTHERN RIVER TERRAPIN BATAGUR AFFINIS IN MALAYSIA THROUGH LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND IMPROVED LAW ENFORCEMENT This project aims to help conserve the remaining populations of this species in peninsular Malaysia. Wild.populations have been extirpated or depleted by consumption of eggs and meat and nesting habitat.destruction from sand mining throughout its remaining range in southern Thailand, Cambodia, and.peninsular Malaysia. Activities include: (1) collecting and relocating 800 wild river terrapin eggs to an.ex-situ hatchery to lower risks from predation and poaching; (2) head-starting 500 hatchlings for.reintroduction into the wild; (3) reducing illegal harvesting of eggs through community-based monitoring.programs along the Kemaman River; (4) working with local villagers to remove more than 500 kg of.discarded and illegal fishing gear in the Kemaman River; (5) compiling data on poaching and illegal trade.of this species into a document to present to key authorities to inform effective conservation.interventions; and (6) developing outreach and educational materials for target audiences on river terrapin.habitat, threats and protected status, as well as solutions needed for recovery.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Conservation of Orang-utans & Critical Habitats in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo (lmplementing the Orang-utan Sabah State Action Plan)
Great Apes Conservation Fund Protecting the Orangutans of Batang Ai National Park and Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife.Sanctuary
Asian Elephant Postal Grant-Species Conservation Grant Satellite tracking of translocated elephants and conflict mitigation in Sabah
Great Apes Conservation Fund "The purpose of this project is to estimate the abundance of orangutans in the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape and to work with stakeholders to prepare a draft management plan of the area for the Sarawak Forest Department. The survey will be carried out on six plots in the landscape using the marked sign count method developed under a previous GACF grant. The project will consist of the following activities:..1. Identifying owners of native customary rights (NCR) lands and acquiring written permission to conduct orangutan nest count surveys in the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape. ..2. Zoning the landscape for surveys, i.e. easily accessible and difficult-to-access areas. Six plots will be surveyed. Four of these are to be randomly selected from the easily accessible stratum and two from the more difficult to access stratum...3. Conducting five trips into the landscape within six months:.a. Trip 1. Will be for a reconnaissance (recce) survey to identify potential sites for setting the plots (to assess the accessibility of the areas), identify ideal guides for different sites, and to plan the travelling schedule for the training and three repeat surveys..b. Trip 2. Will be for the cutting of new strip lines for three plots..c. Trip 3 to 5. Will be for three repeat surveys at three different plots..d. Repeat Trips 1-5 for a second three plots...4. After the six months of surveys, compiling and analyzing the data. The data will then be used for the preparation of a final report on the orangutan population estimates at the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape...5. In the final two months of the project period, initiating preparation of a management plan draft for the Ulu Sungai Menyang landscape. WCS Asia Program Madhu Rao will be brought in to facilitate the conceptual planning workshop..."
GALVANISING EFFORTS TOWARD RECOVERY OF THE MALAYAN TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS JACKSONI) IN MALAYSIA'S SOUTHERN FOREST COMPLEX (2021-2024) THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSERVE AND SUSTAIN THE POPULATION OF TIGERS IN AND AROUND THE ENDAU-ROMPIN LANDSCAPE. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING 1 STRENGTHEN WILDLIFE PROTECTION EFFORTS THROUGH IMPROVED COORDINATION AMONG AGENCIES THROUGH A SMART SPATIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL PATROL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AMONG THE JOHOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROJECT, CAPACITY BUILDING AND ON THE JOB TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT AN ANTI-POACHING AND PATROLLING STRATEGY IN THE ENDAU-ROMPIN LANDSCAPE, AND MONITOR AND GENERATE INFORMATION ON THREATS TO ADDRESS INFORMATION GAPS 2 MONITOR TIGER POPULATION TRENDS IN THE ENDAU-ROMPIN LANDSCAPE THROUGH A CAMERA TRAP SURVEY AND ESTIMATE TIGER POPULATION DENSITY AND 3 DEVELOP MANAGEMENT PLAN GUIDELINES TO SECURE TIGER HABITATS AND MAINTAIN CONNECTIVITY AT PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Development and application of molecular genetic tools for management and conservation of elephants in Peninsular Malaysia
FOREST TO PLANTATIONS: ENSURE A FUTURE FOR ORANG-UTAN IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES, KINABATANGAN, SABAH, MALAYSIAN BORNEO The purpose of the project is to understand the orangutan dynamic in a landscape dominated by oil palm plantations, and promote peaceful co-existence between people and orangutans within an oil palm landscape. Project objects are to, (1) understand orangutan distribution within oil palm estates of Lower Kinabatangan, (2) understand the dynamic of orangutan sub-populations within an oil palm dominated landscape, (3) document the impact of habitat fragmentation of the residential status of female orangutans, (4) create a resilient landscape that will sustain orangutans in the long term, (5) assess crop damages due to orangutan presence, and, (6) ensure a peaceful acceptatance of orangutan presence within the oil palm plantations.