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BIODIVERSITY BORNEO
INTRODUCTION
“Biodiversiti hotspots’ definition:
Biogeography region that highly occupied by biology diversity
which are treated endanger.
History:
• Introduced by Dr. Norman Myers in his two articles:
• “The Environmentalist” (1988 & 1990)
• “Hotspots: Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most
Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions” (1999)
Sarawak Sabah
Penan Rungus
Iban Kadazan
Melayu Murut
Dayak Darat Bajau
Melanau
Economic
sources
Medicine
Recreation
Fuel-tree Traditional
and foliage medicine
"We were the first people here."
"I want to
plant but I do
not have
seeds."
Destruction of Biodiversity.
What Penan’s people say?
"The damages done
will disturb the
ancestor spirit
prosperity"
Destruction of Biodiversity.
What Penan’s people say?
(continue)
WWF
• Non-governmental organization.
• conserving, restoring, and protecting a
diversity of species, forests, marine, coastal,
and freshwater environments
• Support about 100 conservation project and
environmental around the world.
• Funds : from government, corporate
partnership and donation. Example :licensing
partnership with CIMB Bank or any donation
from organization or individual donors.
WWF
• One of the programmed:
- ‘Hearts of Borneo’ conservation programmed.
- 3 countries : Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
- covered a total of 240,000 sq km (2 million
hectares) of equatorial rainforests.
- to conserve pristine tropical rainforest and
support a continuous economical development.
- Forest conversion, mining, development and
fires threaten Borneo’s Heartland
The Asian Nature Conservation
Foundation
• ANCF focused on conservation activity of
elephant including review about elephant’s
density, habitat and threats towards them.
• In Borneo, focused on Asian Elephants
and conservation of it’s habitats..
• Threats : damage to elephants habitat,
elephant-human conflict (illegal hunting for
elephants tusk.
Kinabatangan Orang-Utan
Conservation Project (KOCP)
• set up in 1998 by HUTAN in collaboration with
the Sabah Wildlife Department.
• The goal of the project is to achieve long-term
viability of Orang-utan populations in Sabah.
• The project's objective is to restore harmonious
relationships between people and the Orang-
utan, which in turn will support local socio-
economic development compatible with habitat
and wildlife conservation.
CONCLUSION