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Why did the elephant cross the road?
- Description
- The body of an elephant calf lies on the side of a remote highway in the north of Peninsular Malaysia – the East-West Highway is flanked by two wildlife refuges, Royal Belum State Park and the Temengor Forest Reserve
- Date:
- 18/01/2018
Durian industry could suffer without the endangered fruit bat
- Description
- Scientists have discovered that Southeast Asia's endangered fruit bats – commonly known as flying foxes – play an important part in the pollination of the iconic and economically important durian tree.
- Date:
- 13/10/2017
A big difference between Asian and African elephants is diet
- Description
- New research has shown that there are significant differences between the Asian and the African forest elephant – and it isn't just about size and the shape of their ears. It is about what they eat and how they affect forest ecosystems.
- Date:
- 05/09/2017
Conservation hindered by geographical mismatches between capacity and need
- Description
- New research suggests that geographical mismatches between conservation needs and expertise may hinder global conservation goals.
- Date:
- 30/08/2017
Yayasan Sime Darby extends sponsorship for the Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants
- Description
- Yayasan Sime Darby commits an additional RM1.9 million towards research on elephant ecology and conservation. In an effort to save the gentle giants of Malaysia, Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) is extending support for the Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants (MEME) project with a RM1.9 million commitment for another three years from Jan 2017 until Dec 2019.
- Date:
- 07/02/2017
Defining conservation priorities in tropical and biodiversity rich countries
- Description
- K. Nagulendran (Nagu), a third year PhD student with the School of Geographical and Environmental Sciences, led a multi-stakeholder exercise involving several hundred participants to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia. They have produced a list of 35 ranked conservation issues within seven general themes.
- Date:
- 30/11/2016
UNMC students represent Malaysia at Malaysian Youth Delegation to COP22
- Description
- Jasmin Irisha Jim Ilham and Dulanga Witharanage from The 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) have been selected to be part of the Malaysian Youth Delegation 2016 (MYD 2016) at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakech, Morocco due to be held from 7 to 18 November 2016.
- Date:
- 25/10/2016
Malaysia's unique freshwater mussels in danger
- Description
- In a ground-breaking study path-breaking for the Southeast Asian region, a research group led by The 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia Campus revealed that Peninsular Malaysia hosts at least 3 three rare mussel species, one of which (Hyriopsis bialata) is not found anywhere else on the planet. Another species (Ensidens ingallsianus) may have already gone extinct.
- Date:
- 20/09/2016
Nottingham subjects are among the best in the world
- Description
- The 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham features among the best in the world in a new ranking of individual subjects.
- Date:
- 29/03/2016
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