Environment & Sustainability
Finding Joint Solutions for HEC in an Intensifying Plantation Landscape in Sabah
With a population estimate of 2,040 individuals in Sabah and looming threats of habitat loss and fragmentation, human-elephant conflict (HEC) is inevitable. HEC hotspots in Sabah include Telupid, Kinabatangan, Tabin and Kalabakan landscapes. Crop and property damages are the most prevalent issues ar...
A Centennial Celebration for Malaysian Palm Oil Industry
It's been 100 years since the first commercial planting of oil palms in Tennamaram estate in Batang Berjuntai, Selangor. Elaeis guineensis Jacq. is the botanical name given to oil palm by a Dutchman, Nikolaus Josep Von Jacquin in 1763. The name refers to the oil of its fruit, where the word &qu...
Human – Wildlife Conflict in Sarawak Mr. Oswald Braken Tisen
Mr. Oswald Braken Tisen from Sarawak Forestry Corporation provided an overview of human-wildlife conflicts in Sarawak and the State Government’s mitigation efforts. Most of the HWCs in the state involved saltwater crocodiles (including fatal attacks) and the long-tailed macaques. Since 2012, there h...
Human-Wildlife Conflict in Peninsular Malaysia – Current Status and Overview
In this presentation, Mr. Salman Saaban of PERHILITAN listed down the main factors contributing to Human-Wildlife Conflicts (HWCs) in Peninsular Malaysia, the types and impacts of HWCs as well as the strategies / recommendations to mitigate the issues.The main factors contributing to HWCs are habita...
MPOC-PERHILITAN-FELDA: The Electric Fence System (SPEG) Workshop
MPOC-PERHILITAN-FELDA: THE ELECTRIC FENCE SYSTEM (SPEG) WORKSHOP The Electric Fence System (SPEG) Workshop was held on 3rd to 5th April 2017 at Prime City Hotel, Kluang, Johor, in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (PERHILITAN) Peninsular Malaysia and FELDA. This worksh...
MPOC / SWD Human – Wildlife Conflict Workshop ‘Enhancing Conservation and Mitigating Human-Wildlife Conflicts’
MPOC, in collaboration with Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) recently organised a biodiversity conservation workshop in Sandakan, Sabah. This is MPOC's second event on human-wildlife conflicts in 2016, with the first being the MPOC-PERHILITAN biodiversity forum in May 2016. With the theme ...
