 | Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| 1985 March, gazetted by the State Government, about 120.000 ha |
|
|
| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Designation of a `core area' of 8616 ha without logging |
|
|
| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| A survey conducted in an undisturbed forest in the Silabukan area in august 1982. Definite evidence was found of the presence of seven adult rhinos within an area of 28,000 ha. Additional surveys conducted before and after the main survey, and ambigous data from the main survey, indicated that ... |
|
|
| Cranbrook, Earl of 1987 Riches of the wild: land mammals of South-East Asia. Singapore, Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, pp. i-vii, 1-95 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
World
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Both rhinos are browsers, feeding on a mix of foliage and fruit, particularly of plants associated with disturbed forest or secondary vegetation, like Macaranga sp., Mallotus sp., Artocarpus sp. and figs. |
|
|
| Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1987 Rhino trapping in Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 27-30, tables 1-3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| listed as a threatened or doomed area without hope for survival for the rhinos. |
|
|
| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Recommendation of 1982 AsRSG meeting: Danum Valley, Sungai Imbak, Kuamut, Gunung Lotung. These remote areas have never been the concern of a biologist or conservation survey. They might still harbour rhinos. The other regions mentioned (Sungai Imbak, Kuamut, Gunung Lotung and the Sabah-Kaliman... |
|
|
| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Recommendations at AsRSG meeting, 1982. For practically the whole Silabukan rhino range, the Sabah Foundation has a logging consession. At present, several logging teams are operating. Evidently, this causes serious disturbances to the rhinos. In addition, some time ago, a rhino was shot by l... |
|
|
| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Logging in the Silabukan area has continued. Two 4-wheel drive vehicles have been purchased through IUCN/WWF Project No: 1972 to assist Rangers of the Game Branch, Sabah Forestry Department in protecting rhinos in the Silabukan region. |
|
|
| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| A comprehensive series of amendments to the Sabah legislation relevant to rhino conservation were drafted earlier this year, and are currently under review. Suggested amendments include a mandadory minimum jail sentence for anyone found in possession of rhino part or product. At present heavy p... |
|
|
| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| In 1985, the Sabah Government formed the Sabah Rhino & Wildlife Conservation Committee (SRWCC) in response to the need for urgent measures to save the endangered Sumatran rhino in Sabah. The. committee was given a grant of MR 3,000,000 and the responsibility of translocating or capturing isolate... |
|
|
|
Notes for: Sumatran Rhino
print
details