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(September 20, 2026) When you think of the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo, one of the first things that comes to mind is orangutans. A 30-minute bus ride from the state capital, Kuching, Semenggoh Wildlife Center is one of the easiest places in the world to see these amazing apes. But it’s quite far from a truly wild experience, and from proper jungle.Those more interested in the thrill of walking through a green wilderness alive with cicadas, squawking hornbills and other sounds should instead look a few hund...

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(August 19, 2026) Agensi Pembangunan Sri Aman (SADA) komited bekerjasama dengan agensi kerajaan dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) bagi memastikan pembangunan di landskap Ulu Sungai Menyang, khususnya pembinaan jalan, dilaksanakan secara mampan tanpa menjejaskan habitat orang utan.Pengerusi SADA, Dato Sri Rohani Abdul Karim, berkata pendekatan itu penting memandangkan orang utan ialah spesies ikonik Sarawak yang turut menjadi tarikan pelancongan di Bahagian Sri Aman.Beliau yang juga Penasihat di Pejabat Premier ...

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(May 23, 2026) ‘Arkitek masa depan bioekonomi’ dalam biodiversiti dan bioteknologi sedang dipersiapkan seiring usaha Sarawak untuk menjadi pemacu pertumbuhan ekonomi berasaskan inovasi dan kelestarian.Perkara itu ditegaskan oleh Menteri Pendidikan Inovasi dan Pembangunan Bakat Sarawak Dato Sri Roland Sagah Wee Inn dalam teks ucapannya yang dibacakan oleh Pemangku Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif SBC Margarita Naming pada Majlis Pembaharuan dan Pertukaran Perjanjian Perkongsian Faedah (BSA) antara Majlis Biodiversiti Sa...

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(April 28, 2026) Asia’s only tapir species still remains understudied in Malaysia, researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society say.Recent findings from Thailand suggest that some forest complexes there may hold more Malay, or Asian tapirs (Tapirus indicus) than previously estimated. However, across the border in Malaysia, experts warn that the endangered species faces an uncertain future, complicated by a lack of robust national population data and a persistent snaring crisis. On World Tapir Day, April 27, ...

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(November 21, 2025) The number of orangutans in Sarawak's Ulu Sungai Menyang special conservation area has increased over the last decade, based on the latest population assessment carried out this year.The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) said the survey, conducted by the WWF-Malaysia terrestrial mammals team in Sarawak, estimated the orangutan population at around 167 individuals, compared to about 115 recorded in 2014.Despite the positive trajectory, SFC said challenges remained, as the Bornean orangutan remai...

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(October 28, 2025) MALAYSIA'S wildlife is being slowly hunted to extinction. Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the local chapter of an international organisation headquartered in New York, named poaching as the main reason for the decline in the population of the tiger and its prey species.Last month, the WCS estimated that Peninsular Malaysia needs at least 5,000 rangers to curb the surge in poaching.If Sabah and Sarawak, two states that are heavily forested are included, the number of rangers needed would cer...

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(October 23, 2025) For two years, Malaysian conservationists tracked a tiger named “Bulan” as she raised four cubs. Then a fatal traffic accident made her another statistic in the country’s dwindling population.Malaysia’s national animal is in trouble.Poaching, food loss and diminishing habitat have slashed the population from 3,000 in the 1950s to less than 150 roaming free today, according to official estimates.The government said last month it was ramping up efforts to combat wildlife crime, introducing AI-enab...

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(October 09, 2025) There was a time when the Malayan tiger’s roar echoed across Malaysia’s forests. Those roars have slowly diminished, silenced by snares. Fewer than 150 Malayan tigers now remain in the wild, a stark reminder that our national icon could vanish within our lifetime.But there is still hope. The Belum-Temengor Forest Complex in northern Peninsular Malaysia, one of the last remaining strongholds for the species, continues to show signs of life.Camera traps have captured images of several individual t...

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(September 29, 2025) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia does not need to reinvent the wheel in reversing the decline of the Malayan tiger — of which only about 150 remain in the wild — a conservation group said.Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Malaysia, the local chapter of the New York-based organisation, said Nepal and India have proven that the world's largest big cat can be saved.Its country director, Dr Mark Rayan Darmaraj, said the National Tiger Conservation Task Force's (MyTTF) 10-year plan offered promise, but succe...

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(September 22, 2025) KUALA LUMPUR: At least 5,000 wildlife rangers are needed to patrol habitats in Peninsular Malaysia, a conservation group said.Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Malaysia, the local chapter of an international organisation headquartered in New York, added that more personnel were essential to curb poaching, a major factor in the decline of tigers and their prey species.Its country director, Dr Mark Rayan Darmaraj, said poaching had escalated sharply in recent decades. "Prior to two decades ago, ...

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