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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular |
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Management - Programs |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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In Malaysia, initial activity in the Project is concentrating on more intensive surveys of rhinos areas. Surveys have been conducted in Taman Negara, Endau Rompin, Selama, and Belum; in Sabah in Danum Valley and Tabin. Further survey work in Sarawak is also under way. Results will be reviewed at a Malaysian Rhino Population and Habitat Viability Analysis (PHVA) Workshop in November 1995 where both the GEF Project workplan and the Malaysian Rhino Conservation Strategy will be adoptively revised. Musa bin Nordin, Director General of Wildlife and National Parks in Peninsula Malaysia is the GEF Project Director for Malaysia. Patrick Andau Mahedi serves as the Project Coordinator for Sabah; Abang Kassim bin Abang Morshidi for Sarawak. Dr. Zainal Zahari Zainuddin is the Rhino Conservation Officer and Project Manager for Peninsula Malaysia; Dr. Edwin Bosi, for Sabah; David Labang, for Sarawak. In Peninsula Malaysia, there are 4 National Field Operations Consultants who to some extent are performing many of the functions of the Mobile Team in Indonesia. These Consultants are: Abdul Kadir bin Abu Hashim; Mohd Samsudin Mohd Suri; Mohd Shariff Daim; Shahruddin bin Othman. Mr. MohdTajuddin Abdullah is assisting all 3 regions of Malaysia as a Field Operations Consultant.
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Asian Rhino Specialist Group activities
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