Conservation
Volunteer
The Sabah Society
Kota Kinabalu,
Borneo
The Sabah Society, a
social and public service oriented voluntary body based in Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia, is looking for a volunteer to spend some time (weeks or
months) assisting with a project for the sustainable management of the rare and
threatened population of Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii on the
attractive small island of Mantanani Besar, off the northwest coast of Borneo.
The volunteer will provide support for the small team at present engaged in the
project, including the President of the Sabah Society, Mr Chiwon Chin, and
three residents of the island.
This extraordinary
bird, size of a partridge, lays a large, big-yolked egg which it does not
brood, but buries (several eggs in succession, we believe) in mounds of mixed
soil and humus that the breeding pair constructs and maintains.
We suggest that this
could be a marvellous project for a Gap Year student, or for long vacation
field study for 1st year in biological sciences. Could even make a nice
post-grad study. We do not have funds for studentships, nor international
airfares, but could probably provide assistance for local subsistence costs in
Sabah.
For further
information please contact Chiwon Chin on chin388698@gmail.com or GathorneCranbrook.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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