Tadika KEMAS Sepilok Visit
Nature adventures and happy faces. A day full of exploration and learning.
Thank you to Tadika Kemas Sepilok, Sandakan for visiting us! We hope you had a fantastic time and take home wonderful memories from your experience!"
Vision School Sandakan Open Day
We are here at the Vision School Sandakan Open Day! A very exciting day for the students and teachers of the school to showcase their school projects of various subjects taught in the school.
BSBCC is glad to be at this event here today to share information about sun bears. There is also a fundraising drive going on at the Chinese subject booth to support sun bears at BSBCC!
World Elephant’s Day at Ladang Desa Telisai, Beluran
On 26th of September 2024, the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) was invited to participate in the World Elephant Day Celebration at Desa Talisai, KLK Sawit Nusantara, Beluran, Sabah. This event aimed to raise awareness about elephant conservation among local primary and secondary students, with participation from the community. We are thrilled to highlight our sun bear conservation efforts since 2008. Wildlife conservation is a collective endeavor, and educating the younger generation is a crucial starting point. Together, let’s ensure a brighter future for our wildlife species!
Thank you to the Sabah Wildlife Department and KLK Sawit Nusantara for this opportunity and for including us in the celebration!
Sincere gratitude to Mohd Ibrahim bin Mohammd Sazali
“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩! 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞.” - 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐝 𝐈𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐥𝐢.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mohd Ibrahim bin Mohammd Sazali, our intern, who was supervised by the Environmental Education Unit and has recently finished his internship. Your professionalism, eagerness to learn, and collaborative spirit have been greatly appreciated by the entire team.
Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors!
STEM Exhibition at SMK Beluran II
Yesterday, on the 25th of September, BSBCC was invited to the STEM Carnival hosted by SMK Beluran. The outreach program involved a few other non-governmental organization alongside us. We arrived at the location around 8AM and set up our exhibition booth. We educated the students, parents and teachers visiting the booth about sun bears. As a form of edutainment for the students, we challenged them to a straightforward yet mind stimulating activity of a word search related to sun bears. At 2PM, the STEM carnival proceeded with the awarding ceremony and closing ceremony by giving students and representatives of non-governmental organization with certificates and souvenirs for their participation in the event. The STEM carnival ended at around 4PM with a group photo of the teachers, students and representatives of the non-governmental organizations. Thank you SMK Beluran II for the invitation!
Outreach to SK Ulu Ansuan and CLC Ladang Meliau
Yesterday on the 24th of September 2024, BSBCC was invited by KLK Sawit Nusantara to participate in two consecutive school outreaches at Ulu Ansuan, Telupid. Together with us was the Sabah Wildlife Department, Sandakan Branch.
We arrived at the first school, SK Ulu Ansuan in the morning around 9.30am after 2hours of journey from our accommodation. We set up our exhibition booth and entertaining the students and teachers visiting our booth. For the preschool students, we briefed them about the Totally Protected Species and let them colour the wildlife masks that we provided to them. The primary 1 to 6 then involved in talks from Sabah Wildlife Department and BSBCC. The whole programme was finished by 12.30pm.
Soon after we finished at SK Ulu Ansuan and had our lunch, we continue our journey, another 30 minutes from the first school to a Community Learning Centre (CLC) in Meliau Estate, Telupid. Just like the previous school, we set our exhibition booth up and divide the whole student’s group according to their ages and relevant activities. Soon after they finished their respective activities, the spend another 20-minute visiting our booth and interacting with the exhibitors. The programme was done by 4.30pm.
Although it was a very tiring day for the whole team and exhibitors to do 2 consecutive outreaches in one day, we were truly satisfied with the warm receptions and seeing the excitement in the faces of the students when we talk about wildlife, conservation and why we want to preserve them. In the end, we must acknowledge that the world today will be handed eventually to them, and we must educate them so they can continue our works today. Thank you KLK Sawit Nusantara for inviting us to these programmes. We are looking forward to cooperate more with all of you!
Borneo Rhythm of Rimba Festival 2024
We are really glad to be part of the 5th Borneo ROR Festival, taking place 21st and 22nd September 2024 at the Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sepilok Sandakan. Many activities, talks, art displays, and music can be enjoyed at the main stage.
Thank you to everyone who visited our booth and participated in our activities. Please help us spread the word about conserving and protecting wildlife.
US Embassy Visit to BSBCC
On the 21st of September 2024, we were honoured to receive a visit from the United States Embassy to Kuala Lumpur. The visit headed by Ambassador Edgard D. Kagan accompanied by several other officials were guided personally by Dr. Wong Siew Te around the Centre, starting from the Visitor Gallery to the Observation Platforms 1 and 2. Few engaging topics were discussed along the whole visit; starting from the importance of sun bears, ecology, human and wildlife conflicts, wildlife crimes and etc. It was a fruitful visit from the Embassy to our humble Centre with a big hope for more and bigger cooperation between the two sides. Thank you for the visit!
Prasekolah SK Kiabau Visit
Thank you Prasekolah SK Kiabau, Telupid for the visit today (14 Sep 2024). We hope they had a great time while visiting here, and gained some knowledge about Sun Bears.
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Lectures at Chinese Taiwan School (Kuala Lumpur)
Today I had a marathon type of lectures at the Chinese Taiwan School (Kuala Lumpur) for the students from grade 1-3, 4-6 at the primary school levels and all student from the high school. Thank you the Headmaster and all teachers of CTS KL for inviting me to share the stories of the sun bears. Although tired and throat sore, you all gave me the positive energy to deliver the talk until the end and the motivation to keep working hard for the sun bears! Thank you all!
- Dr Wong Siew Te.
An Awareness Campaign for the Conservation Of Nuluhan Trusmadi Class 1 FMU10 Forest Reserve
On 12th September 2024, BSBCC participated in an awareness campaign for the conservation of Nuluhan Trusmadi Class 1 FMU10 Forest Reserve organized by the Sabah Forestry Department. The campaign took place at SMK Tulid Sinua in the district of Sook, Sabah.
Exhibitors from BSBCC, Orangutan Appeal UK, Entomology Section of the Forest Research Centre Sepilok and Rainforest Discovery Centre conducted interactive activities for students to participate in, which supported further understanding on conservation efforts of each organization.
A tree planting ceremony was also held in the surrounding school area. The Sabah Forestry Department presented talks on forest conservation in Sabah and risks of forest fire. An introductory talk on the efforts of wildlife conservation was also presented by the Sabah Wildlife Department.
A total of 100 student participated in the talks sessions and we are also glad to be able to engage with about 900 students in the whole school, learning about sun bears at our booth.
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FGV Visit
Today, we are privileged to welcome the FGV Chairman and Board of Directors for a visit. Dr. Wong Siew Te provided a detailed overview of BSBCC and passionately discussed the challenges faced by sun bears. Subsequently, the delegates were guided on a tour of the observation platforms to observe sun bears within the forest enclosure. We hope this engaging experience will cultivate a fresh partnership between BSBCC and FGV.
OrangJuga Visit
We are pleased to have the OrangJuga team visit us this evening to share about interesting facts about orangutans. The "What to do when you see an orangutan around Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve" posters and FAQ books about orangutans and oil palm are also being provided to us.
