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.
Breaking News: Company Ordered to Pay Record $3.7 Million for Causing Fires in Sumatra. As more and more of Sumatra's natural ecosystems are cut down, burned, and destroyed, which severely threatens already imperiled wildlife and keeps local people clogged with smoke, local communities are putting incredible effort into patrolling and restoring their jungle habitats, aided by Global Conservation.
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Global Conservation’s Executive Director was on mission recently to Komodo National Park, meeting with the National Park Authority and GC Partner in Conservation—Komodo Survival Program. We commit to a new 3-Year Global Park Defense Program and also highlight the rangers' success and goals for the future.
Disrupting Inefficient Funding and Protection Systems, Global Conservation’s Proven Model is Now Protecting Over 25 Endangered National Parks and Marine Reserves in 18 Developing Countries
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This Three-Day Conference will Provide Critical Knowledge Sharing and Training for over 150 National Park Leaders from 18 Developing Countries
