There were important arrests in Maliau Basin Conservation Area after deployment of real-time Cellular Trailcams showing clearly how wildlife poachers are working in the park under the cover of darkness.
The Sabah Forestry PROTECT team confiscated two vehicles, weapons and numerous carcasses of freshly killed sambar deer and wild boar.
Global Conservation has funded the Global Park Defense deployments using Cellular Trailcams and SMART Patrols targeting overstretched ranger teams on daily intrusions by illegal commercial hunters, some local and many from outside.
Cellular Trailcameras provide day and night invisible surveillance of roads, trails and rivers used by wildlife poachers and illegal loggers.
Global Conservation’s work in Thailand over the past two years has assisted the Parks and Wildlife Department to arrest over 500 illegal loggers in Thap Lan World Heritage Park.
Partners implementing Global Park Defense are Sabah Forestry, Yayasan Sabah and Sabah Environmental Trust (SET) who have created a dedicated PROTECT ranger team for the combined Danum Valley - Maliau Basin - Imbak Canyon (DaMaI) park under agreement signed at the Heart of Borneo conference in November 2017.
Wildlife tourism has become a major draw for Sabah, one of the last primary intact forests remaining in Borneo with wild elephants, orangutan, bear, pangolins and tigers.
Last year, over 2,000 pounds of frozen pangolin was found in Kota Kinabalu, a terrible sign that wildlife poaching is at epidemic levels, while the last old growth forests have been lost across Malaysia.
Cardamom National Park, Cambodia Progress Report, 2019-2020
Global Conservation is supporting the non-profit Wildlife Alliance to deploy new technologies for increasing the effectiveness of forest and wildlife protection in Cardamom National Park, Cambodia. In 2019 and the first part of 2020, Wildlife Alliance has made substantial progress toward accomplishing their objectives.
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Tech for Parks: Smart Fence Technology Helps Protect One of the World's Most Endangered Mammals
Global Conservation is funding the construction of a Smart Fence in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP), a rhino conservation hotspot and the oldest proclaimed game reserve in Africa. The new fence will detect and deter rhino poachers, protecting HiP’s wildlife and keeping rangers safer.
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Cutting-edge Laser Technology Uncovers Secrets of Maya Holy City
Over the last few years, Global Conservation has been involved in the deployment of new technology that is revolutionizing archaeology. With our support, scientists from the Mirador Basin Project have used the Light Detection and Ranging Tool, known as LiDAR, to uncover thousands of ancient Maya temples, pyramids and city complexes deep in the jungles of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala.
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A Conservation Victory: Over the Past Year, No Elephants Poached in Mana Pools National Park
In a great victory for conservation, our partners at the Bushlife Conservancy have announced a major milestone: no elephants have been poached during the last year in one of Zimbabwe's flagship parks.
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