MNS Hornbill Volunteer Programme
WHAT
A count of the plain-pouched hornbill

WHERE
Kampung Chuweh,
Belum-Temengor Forest Complex (BTFC)

WHEN
1 August - 30 September

WHY
To record numbers during this visiting season

WHO
Volunteers aged 18 and above in 4D3N sessions
PRICE
RM700 (MNS members)
RM800 (non-members)
ex Banding Jetty, Belum-Temengor

CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS
  • Cost of plain-pouched hornbill monitoring activities
  • Community activities with the Orang Asli in Kg Chuweh
  • Food and accommodation
  • Providing Orang Asli families in Kg Chuweh with groceries and sundries
  • MNS’s (and MNS Hornbill Conservation Project) long-term conservation efforts in BTFC
Picture
Image by Jessie Kan
Picture
Rumah Enggang, at Kampung Chuweh, where volunteers are based... Image by Razak Sema/MNS

2018 results

Why do they do what they do?
*valid until 2014
MENTION HORNBILLS and most Malaysians would think of ceremonial feathers, red, yellow and black beads and the tag “Bumi Kenyalang”. That’s the power of branding, with the East Malaysian state of Sarawak recognised as Land of the Hornbills. And when you say the words hornbills and Peninsular Malaysia, you might, half of the time, get a puzzled look, showing that many people are unaware of these continental hornbills. Much less that there are 10 (TEN!) species that call the peninsula home, two more than those found in Borneo... READ MORE
Why is MNS putting so much effort into cultivating hornbill protectors among the Orang Asli? READ MORE
Hornbill Helpers
Two MNS interns share their wild adventure as volunteer counters... READ MORE
MNS Conservation Division dives into the clean waters of Temengor dam and wonders, "What's the worry?"... READ MORE
They went, volunteered and made videos!