Fond recollections of former Sabah forester 07 Jul 2021 / 09:07 H.
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Rahim Ismail is probably one of the few Malaysian politicians who have a sound knowledge of forestry matters and are passionate about forest conservation, having served 22 years with the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD).
Even after joining Umno in 1991 and participating actively in politics, this former state Agriculture and Food Industry minister (2002 to 2007) continued his engagement with forestry affairs by taking part in forest management workshops organised by SFD in collaboration with Malaysian and international forestry agencies.
Rahim, 71, who is still active in politics, was a circle forest officer (equivalent to regional forest officer) at SFD Kota Kinabalu before he left in 1991.
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Published on: Thursday, February 18, 2021
By: Bernama Wildlife officer Jibius Dausip checking on injured elephant.
Kota Kinabalu: Their peaceful nature has earned them the ‘gentle giant’ moniker. Sadly, Sabah’s Borneo pygmy elephant – an elephant subspecies found mainly on the island of Borneo – population is declining fast due to habitat loss and the never-ending human-animal conflict.
Now and then reports emerge of villagers and plantation workers stumbling on the remains of elephants that died of various causes, including poaching, poisoning and revenge or retaliation killing.
The latest is the badly mutilated carcass of an elephant that was discovered in an oil palm plantation in Tongod, Kinabatangan, on Jan 20.
17 Feb 2021 / 11:35 H. Two baby pygmy elephants playing in the water on the banks of Sungai Kinabatangan near Kampung Bilit in Sandakan. fotoBERNAMA (2021) Copyrights Reserved
By ROHANA NASRAH
There seems to be no end to elephant slaying in Sabah, with the latest grim “episode” involving the discovery of a badly mutilated carcass in Tongod. This is the final of two articles on the efforts being taken by the state authorities and non-governmental organisations to protect Sabah’s endangered pygmy elephants.
KOTA KINABALU, Feb 17: Their peaceful nature has earned them the ‘gentle giant’ moniker. Sadly, Sabah’s Borneo pygmy elephant – an elephant subspecies found mainly on the island of Borneo – population is declining fast due to habitat loss and the never-ending human-animal conflict.
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