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African Elephant Conservation Fund This project aims to improve the ability of the Royal Malaysian Customs officers to prevent illegal trade in ivory more effectively at selected ports in Malaysia. Funding will provide equipment and training (in English and Malay) to major ports on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia where large seizures of ivory occurred in the past year. Activities will include at least two trainings for Royal Malaysian Customs at ports including Port Klang in Selangor and Port of Pasir Gudang in Johor, and translating training and refernce material into the local Malay language. Topics covered will include policy restricting ivory trade, the latest information on illegal ivory trade routes and smuggling methods, and improved detection and interception of ivory shipments.
LIVING WITH ELEPHANTS - ESTABLISHING BETTER LANDSCAPE FOR HUMAN ELEPHANT COEXISTENCE IN MONOCULTURE HABITATS The goal of this project is to ensure the long-term survival of wild Asian elephants in Kinabatangan, Malaysian Borneo by reducing human-elephant conflict and establishing elephant-friendly landscapes in the palm oil estates of Lower Kinabatangan. Project objectives are: 1) enhance scientific knowledge of elephant ecology and movement within palm oil landscapes; 2) develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOP) for the palm oil industry on coexistence with elephants; 3) build the capacity of young scientists and conservationists in Sabah in elephant ecology and conservation; and 4) revise the State Elephant Action Plan Elephant and related policy documents. Project activities include: 1) assess elephant feeding ecology and movement within palm oil landscapes to ascertain what resources are needed to support elephants outside of protected areas; 2) model elephant movement to identify the potential functional connectivity within the landscape; 3) engage and enhance communication with palm oil companies to develop SOPs and strategies to manage elephants in palm oil landscapes; and 5) develop the new State Elephant Action Plan. To make monoculture landscapes more elephant-friendly, scientific understanding of elephant ecology and behavior in these new man-made habitats is necessary and this project will contribute to this important effort.
African Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Providing targeted training to Royal Malaysian Customs to support interdiction of illegal ivory from African elephants
WCS/GoM Peninsular Malaysia Elephant Project: Year 9, assessment and reduction of..human-elephant conflict (HEC) and capacity building in Endau-Rompin 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.
WCS/GoM Peninsular Malaysia Elephant Project: Year 8, assessment and reduction of humanelephant conflict (HEC) and capacity building in Endau-Rompin 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.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Conservation of Bornean organ utans Pongo pygmaeus through community engagement in Batang Ai National Park and Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak, Malaysia, Phase II - Beyond Education and Outreach
Citizen Action for Tigers: Engaging people to value and protect tigers and their habitats in Malaysia The purpose of this project is to help people value and protect tigers and their habitats in Malaysia. Citizen Action for Tigers (CAT) involves citizen conservationists in protecting the western border of Taman Negara National Park and the Sungai Yu (Yu river) wildlife corridor. The corridor is the last forest linkage connecting the two largest tiger landscapes of 35,000 sq. km. in Malaysia. While hiking or camping in the forest, the volunteers deter poaching by their presence, destroy snares, support law enforcement by becoming additional eyes and ears, and document the presence of tigers and their prey by their signs and camera trap images. All relevant information is sent to MYCATs Wildlife Crime Hotline, which is subsequently relayed to the park authorities, and has resulted in the arrests of poachers and a trader. The project will support the following objectives: (1) Continue CAT at the Sungai Yu wildlife corridor, reducing threats and enabling wildlife recovery, maintaining the current level of protection and wildlife monitoring at the site using existing procedures, and (2) Expand CAT to a new site.
Rhino & Tiger Postal Fund The purpose of this project is to bring the tigers of the Endau-Rompin Landscape up to their full natural carrying capacity. This will be done by: a) continuing robust, on-the-ground law enforcement efforts in the designated permanent reserve forests within the ERL; b) carrying out surveillance for poachers and other intruders using camera-traps in this same area; c) conducting village briefings for local residents or communities in four districts of the ERL and d) identifying potential hotspots of human-tiger conflicts (HTC) along forest edges. Specifically, the applicant will: 1) carry out anti-poaching enforcement activities in the designated permanent reserve forests within the ERL including multiagency anti-poaching foot patrols, multi-agency anti-poaching vehicular patrols (4WD or motorbike) and mobile checkpoints, WCS-only foot and motorbike patrols, WCS-only anti-poaching surveillance camps and WCS-only undercover vehicular patrols, based on inputs from threat analyses, intelligence and reconnaissance trips; 2) conducting multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) camera-trapping at 20 sites in surveillance of poachers or intruders; 3) presenting at least six briefings to local communities in four districts within the ERL on the importance of wildlife and how to help prevent loss of wildlife and 4) carrying out a boundary survey along the ERL in order to identify potential hotspots of HTC and briefings at selected sites.
CONSERVATION OF ORANGUTANS AT THE CORE HABITATS OF BATANG AI-LANJAK-ENTIMAU (BALE) LANDSCAPE IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA (PHASE TWO) THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSERVE AND SUSTAIN THE POPULATION OF ORANGUTANS IN AND AROUND THE CORE HABITATS OF BATANG AI LANJAK ENTIMAU (BALE) LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF ENHANCED MONITORING AND PROTECTION MEASURES. PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING (1) ESTABLISH THE FIRST POPULATION TREND ESTIMATE AT LANJAK ENTIMAU BY 2024 (2) INCREASE AND NURTURE COLLABORATION TO MONITOR AND PROTECT CORE ORANGUTAN HABITATS (3) ASSESS PERCEPTION TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT BY 2024 AND (5) STRENGTHEN CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR ORANGUTANS AT LANJAK ENTIMAU BY 2024.
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 Recipient will (1) continue humanelephant conflict (HEC) monitoring around Endau Rompin (Johor) National Park, (2) analyze the geographical distribution of elephants with respect to forest areas, plantations, and HEC incidence in Johor and southern P
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund The purpose of this proposal is to support the law enforcement components of a project to conserve the tiger in the Endau-Rompin landscape. The Recipient will do this by: (1) supporting joint patrols (once a month and up to five days in length), short patrols (up to twice a month and 2 to 5 days in length) and checkpoint operation at road accesses to the northern half of the Johor Endau Rompin landscape; (2) conducting land use ground-truthing and wildlife recce surveys in new forest conversions and habitat bottlenecks in parts of Mersing District; (3) highlighting use of these corridors by wildlife in a report to the Johor Wildlife Conservation Project Steering Committee; and (4) analyzing the current land-use at these vital bottle necks using GPS and GIS mapping.
STRENGTHENING MALAYSIA S EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING CITES IN ORDER TO REDUCE ILLEGAL TRADE OF CITES-LISTED SPECIES Funds under this award are to be used for (1) a nationwide market survey market focused on.traditional medicine outlets and pet shops in key locations in Malaysia and online to determine the .scale of illegal trade and provide this information to relevant government agencies; (2) a review .of wildlife legislation in Malaysia, focusing on Sabah and Sarawak, to identify gaps and make .recommendations to ensure that wildlife laws are consistent across the country; and (3) .strengthened engagement with regulatory bodies, traditional medicine and private-sector community .to increase capacity to improve.governance systems.
Great Apes Conservation Fund The purpose of this proposal is to increase the level of legal protection and rates of detection and reporting of illegal wildlife crimes in these lands through outreach and education to local people and by involving them in conservation activities. This will be done by: 1) conducting community dialogue and engagement prior to conducting the recce surveys; 2) conducting two recce surveys, to the Batang Lemanak and the Batang Skrang areas (both are in LEWS); 3) creating a spatial overlay of orangutan nest encounters for the landscape; 4) organizing meetings with Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) and other potential partners to revise the current Conservation Outreach Program; 5) co-developing conservation oriented scripts with SFC for orangutan-themed skits based on the storyline of previously developed radio programs as a guideline; 6) supervising volunteers on prop preparation for the skits: 7) conducting orangutan- themed skits at seven longhouses in the landscape; 8) conducting a pilot test for the evaluation of the orangutan-themed skits at a resettled community in Sungai Rayu, Kuching; 9) conducting pre- and post-event evaluations for orangutan-themed skits to evaluate the impact of the event on the target audience; and 10) conducting two community dialogues to discuss the idea of setting up a Tagang Conservation System and joint community enforcement patrols to the designated zones.
FOREST TO PLANTATIONS: ENSURE A FUTURE FOR ORANG-UTAN IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES, KINABATANGAN, SABAH, MALAYSIAN BORNEO FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED 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.
CONSERVATION OF ORANGUTANS AT THE BATANG AI NATIONAL PARK IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA Funds under this award are to be used to conserve and sustain the population of orangutans through the conservation of the core habitats of Batang Ai-Lanjak-Entimau (BALE) Landscape and their surrounding areas, in Sarawak, Malaysia. Project objectives are to, (1) obtain an estimate of orangutan population size at the Batang Ai National Park, and, (2) provide enforcement support to management authority and local communities, via Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool (SMART) patrols.
SUPPORTING THE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY OF THE MALAYAN TIGER IN KENYIR-TAMAN NEGARA CORE AREA, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA 3 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO STABILIZE AND INCREASE THE TIGER POPULATION BY 50 , FROM EIGHT TIGERS 2018 SURVEY TO 12 TIGERS BY 2025, WITH AT LEAST FOUR FEMALE AND TWO MALE TIGERS PERSISTING FOR THREE YEARS OR LONGER. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS 1 ANNUALLY UPDATE STATUS OF TIGER AND PREY POPULATIONS IN THE CORE AREA 2 ADDRESS CRITICAL THREATS TO TIGERS IN THE CORE AREA AND 3 DESIGN HIGHLY TARGETED PRACTICAL INTERVENTION MEASURES, SUCH AS COORDINATE A PENINSULA-WIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT TO THE MALAYAN TIGER AND DEVELOP TARGETED INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING THREATS TO TIGERS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA.
CONSERVATION OF THE TIGERS OF THE ENDAU-ROMPIN LANDSCAPE, MALAYSIA, THROUGH ON THE GROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 2019-2020 The long-term goal of the project is to bring the tigers of the Endau-Rompin Landscape up to their natural carrying capacity. The objectives are to, (1) continue robust, on the ground anti-poaching efforts in the critically important habitat in the Endau-Rompin Landscape; and, (2) detect poachers and gather information about their modus operandi using cameras traps and intelligence-led work.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund WCS/GoM Peninsular Malaysia Elephant Project: Year 6, assessment and reduction of humanelephant conflict (HEC) and capacity building in Endau-Rompin
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Preserving the orang-utans in Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malalysia: support to the KOCP Honorary Wildlife Wardens
Conservation of the tigers in the designated Permanent Reserved Forests of the Endau-.Rompin Landscape (states of Johor and Pahang), Malaysia, through on-the-ground law.enforcement and monitoring of potential human-tiger conflict The purpose of this project is to bring the tigers of the Endau-Rompin Landscape up to their full natural carrying capacity. This will be done by: a) continuing robust, on-the-ground law enforcement efforts in the designated permanent reserve forests within the ERL; b) carrying out surveillance for poachers and other intruders using camera-traps in this same area; c) conducting village briefings for local residents or communities in four districts of the ERL and d) identifying potential hotspots of human-tiger conflicts (HTC) along forest edges. Specifically, the applicant will: 1) carry out anti-poaching enforcement activities in the designated permanent reserve forests within the ERL including multiagency anti-poaching foot patrols, multi-agency anti-poaching vehicular patrols (4WD or motorbike) and mobile checkpoints, WCS-only foot and motorbike patrols, WCS-only anti-poaching surveillance camps and WCS-only undercover vehicular patrols, based on inputs from threat analyses, intelligence and reconnaissance trips; 2) conducting multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) camera-trapping at 20 sites in surveillance of poachers or intruders; 3) presenting at least six briefings to local communities in four districts within the ERL on the importance of wildlife and how to help prevent loss of wildlife and 4) carrying out a boundary survey along the ERL in order to identify potential hotspots of HTC and briefings at selected sites.
Conservation of the tigers of the Endau-Rompin Landscape, Malaysia, through on-the-ground law enforcement, 2015-2016 The purpose of this project is to maintain anti-poaching enforcement activities in the states of Johor and Pahang, including multi-agency anti-poaching foot patrols and vehicular patrols, and mobile checkpoints, and surveillance camera-trapping for poachers.
Conservation of the tigers of the Endau-Rompin Landscape, Malaysia, through on the ground law The purpose of this project is to bring the tigers of the greater Endau-Rompin Landscape up to their full natural carrying capacity. Project will continue robust, on the ground anti-poaching, law enforcement efforts in the Endau-Rompin Landscape (Johor and Pahang), by (a) Maintaining anti-poaching enforcement activities in Johor and Pahang including: multi-agency anti-poaching foot patrols, multi-agency anti-poaching vehicular patrols (4WD or motorbike) and mobile checkpoints, WCS-only foot patrols, and WCS-only vehicle patrols (motorbikes), based on inputs from threat analyses, intelligence and reconnaissance trips, (b) Swift Response Unit (SRU), and (c) Surveillance camera-trapping / access point monitoring for poachers in Johor and Pahang.
ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION: MAKING A CASE FOR THE MALAYAN TIGER The purpose of this project is to secure strong conviction outcomes for tigers and other wildlife crimes,.which will have a secondary effect of preventing the continued loss of the Malayan Tiger population..This will be achieved by working closely with the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular.Malaysia (DWNP) Legal and Enforcement teams (the key beneficiaries of capacity building), public.prosecutors and the Royal Malaysian Police to achieve the following three objectives: (1) By month 36, at.least 50% of the Enforcement Team targeted by the project show improvement in their knowledge and.proficiency to investigate crimes involving tigers and their prey; (2) By month 36, achieve at least 50% of.the prosecuted tiger and other totally protected wildlife cases tried by DWNP lead to a conviction; and (3).By month 36, at least 50% of convicted cases see penalties in accordance to the Wildlife Crime.Sentencing Guideline produced under the project.
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Protecting the Orangutans of Batang Ai National Park and Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife.Sanctuary
Strengthening Malaysias Effectiveness in Implementing and Enforcing CITES in Order to Reduce Illegal Trade of CITES-Listed Species (1) a nationwide market survey market focused on traditional medicine outlets and pet shops in key locations in Malaysia and online to determine the scale of illegal trade and provide this information to relevant government agencies; (2) a review of wildlife legislation in Malaysia, focusing on Sabah and Sarawak, to identify gaps and make recommendations to ensure that wildlife laws are consistent across the country; and (3) strengthened engagement with regulatory bodies, traditional medicine and private-sector community to increase capacity to improve governance systems.
Protecting the Orangutans of Batang Ai National Park and Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife..Sanctuary 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.
Peninsular Malaysias first Conservation K9 Unit to Combat Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trade of Malayan Tiger and Rhinos assist the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) to increase the effectiveness and efficency of wildlife law enforcement in tiger habitats and wildlife traffiking points using conversion K9 units.
Conservation of orangutans in the Batang Lemanak-Batang Skrang area of Lanjak-Entimau.Wildlife Sanctuary (LEWS) and in the Ulu Sungai Menyang area in Sarawak, Malaysia The purpose of this proposal is to increase the level of legal protection and rates of detection and reporting of illegal wildlife crimes in these lands through outreach and education to local people and by involving them in conservation activities. This will be done by: 1) conducting community dialogue and engagement prior to conducting the recce surveys; 2) conducting two recce surveys, to the Batang Lemanak and the Batang Skrang areas (both are in LEWS); 3) creating a spatial overlay of orangutan nest encounters for the landscape; 4) organizing meetings with Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) and other potential partners to revise the current Conservation Outreach Program; 5) co-developing conservation oriented scripts with SFC for orangutan-themed skits based on the storyline of previously developed radio programs as a guideline; 6) supervising volunteers on prop preparation for the skits: 7) conducting orangutan- themed skits at seven longhouses in the landscape; 8) conducting a pilot test for the evaluation of the orangutan-themed skits at a resettled community in Sungai Rayu, Kuching; 9) conducting pre- and post-event evaluations for orangutan-themed skits to evaluate the impact of the event on the target audience; and 10) conducting two community dialogues to discuss the idea of setting up a Tagang Conservation System and joint community enforcement patrols to the designated zones.
Strengthening Malaysias Effectiveness in Implementing and Enforcing CITES in Order to Reduce Illegal Trade of CITES-Listed Species A nationwide market survey market focused on traditional medicine outlets and pet shops in key locations in Malaysia and online to determine the scale of illegal trade and provide this information to relevant government agencies; a review of wildlife legislation in Malaysia, focusing on Sabah and Sarawak, to identify gaps and make recommendations to ensure that wildlife laws are consistent across the country; and strengthened engagement with regulatory bodies, traditional medicine and private-sector community to increase capacity to improve governance systems.