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mapping and surveying technologies for Asia – ASM

Conservationists Keep Tabs on Proboscis Monkeys via Satellite Tags

Wildlife conservationists in Sabah are working towards ensuring the survival of the state's unique primatethe proboscis monkey by installing satellite tags on 10 of these long-nosed creatures. Sabah Wildlife Department director Dr Laurentius Ambu said the department staff and volunteers from the Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC) in the east coast Kinabatangan district had recently fitted the first satellite tag on a 24kg male proboscis monkey. Read More

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