The goal of this project is to ensure the long term survival of wild asian elephants in kinabatangan, malaysian borneo through implementation of the recommendations in the new bornean elephant…

The goal of this project is to ensure the long term survival of wild asian elephants in kinabatangan, malaysian borneo through implementation of the recommendations in the new bornean elephant action plan 2020 2029 beap 2020 2029 and to continue building the capacity of young national conservation professionals the activities proposed will support the implementation of three major objectives of the beap 2020 2029 1 improve protection and reduce elephant deaths 2 improve landscape connectivity and permeability and 3 monitor and predict elephant population trends this work, to be implemented at the landscape level, is supported by the kinabatangan beap taskforce, led by the kinabatangan district office and the local government, which coordinate all district level development activities project activities include 1 improve the efficiency of the honorary wildlife warden network 2 undertake regular patrolling to monitor illegal activities 3 develop and support eight local residents to serve as community elephant ranger teams in two villages 4 train local communities and oil palm plantation workers on elephant behavior 5 investigate the feasibility of a private insurance program 6 produce a 5 minute virtual reality 360 video about human elephant coexistence 7 precise mapping and connectivity analysis of the location of elephant pathways 8 investigate the possibility to create an integrated electric fencing policy at the district level 9 resurvey the elephant population of kinabatangan and 10 build the capacity of two young scientists and conservationists in sabah, malaysia