Wong Pui May is a community liaison manager affiliated with RIMBA. She has been working for the past year to facilitate community development initiatives at the Bateq village at the border of Taman Negara National Park. She was selected to receive a THF Travel Grant to participate in the Asian Regional Course on Promoting People-Centred Approaches to Conservation of Nature and Culture (PNC2019) in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. This is her report from the conference. Group photograph taken at the Ancient City of Sigiriya, a UNESCO World Heritage … [Read more...] about Wong Pui May explores the links between people, nature, and culture in Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Travel Grant Recipients
Ng Wai Pak presents Waterbird Census records from Malaysia at conference in Lonavla, India
Ng Wai Pak is a senior conservation officer at Malaysian Nature Society (MNS). He works primarily on wetland and migratory bird conservation. He received a THF Travel Grant to attend the International Conference on Wetlands and Migratory Waterbirds of the Asian Flyways (CWAMWAF) in Lonavla, India in November 2019. This is his report from the conference. The International Conference on Wetlands and Migratory Waterbirds of the Asian Flyway (CWAMWAF) held in Lonavla, India from November 18 to 22, 2019, was organized by the Bombay Natural … [Read more...] about Ng Wai Pak presents Waterbird Census records from Malaysia at conference in Lonavla, India
Bioacoustics training gives gibbon study a boost
Nurul Iza Adrina is a PhD candidate at USM. Her study of gibbon populations in Taman Negara National Park and Merapoh, Pahang uses bioacoustics monitoring technology as a tool to understand the behaviour and ecology of Malaysia's wild gibbons. To enable her to develop the skills to analyse her data, Iza received a THF Travel Grant to participate in a Sound Analysis Workshop at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The workshop, which was designed specifically to aid researchers in analysing animal vocalizations is helping Iza to broaden … [Read more...] about Bioacoustics training gives gibbon study a boost
USM students participate in the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2019
Aini Hasanah conducting her field research on Orang Utans in Sarawak Aini Hasanah and Zaki Zainol, students at the School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, both received THF Travel Grants to attend the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), which took place in Kuala Lumpur from 21 to 25 July 2019. Aini, who is pursuing her PhD on Orang Utan conservation, was one of the Local Organizing Committee members, gave an oral presentation and developed an exhibition to showcase the work conservationists are … [Read more...] about USM students participate in the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2019
