by Theleaders-Online | February 13, 2020 4:45 am
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has approved a 10-year plan for the conservation of the dwindling elephant population in the state.
The state cabinet, at its weekly meeting yesterday, approved the Sabah State Elephant Action Plan 2020-2029, Dr Jamili Nais, permanent secretary of the State Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment, said today.
The plan, for which the state government has allocated RM20 million, comes in the wake of the deaths of at least six pygmy elephants late last year and early this year.
It seeks to protect and conserve the remaining elephant population in the state, estimated at between 1,500 and 2,000, and prevent their extinction, he told Bernama in a statement.
Jamili said the plan was formulated by the Sabah Wildlife Department with the collaboration of “friends of conservation”, and has four primary objectives.
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