Borneo
Datu Md Ahbam Bin Abulani
… began working in the field assisting with orang-utan research in the 1990s with HUTAN, a French NGO based in Malaysian Borneo. HUTAN has a strong focus on staff capacity building and Bam progressed to
Marc Ancrenaz
…is the Director of the “Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Project”, in Sabah, Malaysia. A native of France but resident of Malaysia, his research focuses on a variety of topics including eco-ethological studies of orang-utan adaptation to
Richard Burger
Richard first came to Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC) as an undergraduate student with Cardiff University’s tropical conservation field course where he was given the opportunity to conduct a small study on the diversity of
Benoît Goossens
Ever since he was a child growing up in Belgium, Ben was always fascinated by wild animals. His dream was to become “Daktari”, the leading character of a popular TV series, a wildlife veterinarian living
Isabelle Lackman
… is the co-founder and director of the NGO Hutan, a grassroots wildlife research and conservation initiative established in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo in 1998. She is a biologist by training, specialising in the study of
Elisa Panjang
Elisa Panjang completed her master’s of science in ecological processes from Universiti Malaysia, Sabah. Her interest in biology and environmental science led her to work and study with Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC). She chose
