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

2018 Sessions

Each session comprises the entry day (D1), two full days on site (D2 & D3) and exit day (D4). The session starts at the meetup point at a specified time on D1, for transport to Kampung Chuweh. Volunteers will be transported back to the meetup point at a specified time on D4.
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Image by Jessie Kan
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Rumah Enggang, at Kampung Chuweh, where volunteers will be based... Image by Razak Sema/MNS
ITEMS PROVIDED
• Return boat transfer from Banding Jetty and Kg Chuweh
• Sleeping mat
• Mosquito net (if needed)
• Eating utensils
• Life jackets (when in a boat)
• Reading materials (on Belum-Temengor natural history)
• Food (lunch and dinner. Breakfast is self prepared in Rumah Enggang based on what we provide).
BRING YOUR OWN
• Binoculars (ESSENTIAL!)
• Scope, tripod, camera (optional)
• Torchlight and batteries
• Field clothes including hat, leech socks, raincoat, towel, field pants, long-sleeve shirts/T-shirts
• Good hiking shoes and slippers
• Sleeping bag
• Personal toiletries, insect repellent
• Personal medicines
• Prayer items (for Muslim volunteers)
Facilities in Rumah Enggang are basic, with a squatting toilet and simple kitchen. There is intermittent electricity in the village and no cell reception. Drinking water is piped from Sungai Chuweh.

Why do they do what they do?
*valid until 2014
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