{"id":53992,"date":"2019-12-09T20:27:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=53992"},"modified":"2019-12-09T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:03:26","slug":"land-at-sg-tabin-segama-to-be-converted-into-wildlife-corridor-conservation-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=53992","title":{"rendered":"Land at Sg Tabin Segama to be converted into wildlife corridor, conservation area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-forest-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53993\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-forest-1024x665.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-forest-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-forest-768x499.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-forest.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>File photo: LAHAD DATU:  Undisturbed&#8230;an aerial view of Maliau Basin Conservation Centre, one of Sabah&#8217;s three most pristine forests. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU, Dec 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The Rhino and Forest Fund (RFF) has signed a document with the owner of a 32-hectare of land at Sungai Tabin Segama in Kinabatangan, Sandakan to convert it as a wildlife corridor and conservation area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RFF executive director Robert Risch said the signing ceremony is the key to acknowledging the close cooperation between the Forestry Department and the RFF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTabin area is key area for survival of Borneo wildlife which is isolated at the moment, so the only option to prevent further species lost is to fix habitat fragmentation,\u201d he told reporters after the signing ceremony which was witnessed by Chief Conservator of Forests Datuk Mashor Mohd Jaini here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Risch said currently RFF has 65 hectares of land for conservation purpose mostly oil palm land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"382\" height=\"254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-shafie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53997\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-shafie.jpg 382w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sabah-shafie-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><figcaption>File photo of \u00a0Chief Minister of Sabah, Datuk Shafie Bin Apdal  handing over a certificate of appreciation earlier this year to Robert Risch (RFF) witnessed by Datuk Mashor Bin Jaini (Chief Conservator of Forests Sabah). Photo courtesy of  Sabah Forestry Department <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He believed the survival of several species such as the Bornean Banteng could depend on the re-establishment of the habitat connectivity between Tabin and Kulamba Wildlife Reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU, Dec 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The Rhino and Forest Fund (RFF) has signed a document with the owner of a 32-hectare of land at Sungai Tabin Segama in Kinabatangan, Sandakan to convert it as a wildlife corridor and conservation area. 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