Sabah Wildlife Department and BORA survey the proposed Borneo Rhino Sanctuary site, January 2010 BORA operates by assisting the government of Sabah primarily through Sabah Wildlife Department, the agency legally charged with conserving and managing Sabah’s wildlife. Up to 20 BORA staff are in Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary at any one time working with and/or on […]
Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) is a local NGO based in Sabah. Active since the year 2000, and formerly known as SOS Rhino and subsequently SOS Rhino Borneo, BORA provides protection and monitoring of a critical population of Sumatran Rhinos in Tabin Wildlife Reserve in eastern Sabah. The SOS Rhino Borneo team in Tabin forest in […]
Press Release: All-out effort by conservationists to prevent the world’s most endangered rhino species from going extinct LAHAD DATU, SABAH 14 MAY 2014 – The critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros is still fighting for survival and in the twilight of its existence. However, all is not lost yet, thanks to the ongoing efforts by passionate and […]
BORA is a non-governmental organisation established as a non-profit company under Malaysian law. Until late 2008 it was known as SOS Rhino Borneo. BORA’s Board of Directors is chaired by Dr Abdul Hamid Ahmad, of the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ITBC), Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Other members of the Board are Dato’ Dr Dionysius […]