Malaysian Nature Society Hornbill Volunteer Programme

They went, volunteered and made videos!
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The Malaysian Nature Society is sad to announce that due to ongoing restrictions and risks over Covid-19, our MNS Hornbill Volunteer Programme involving the Orang Asli community in Belum-Temengor, which was due to run in August and September, has been cancelled for 2020.
     However, the plain-pouched hornbill count, which goes towards our long-term MNS Hornbill Conservation Programme, will proceed with our MNS Orang Asli Hornbill Guardians of Belum-Temengor, with SOPs and great care taken to ensure their continued health and safety.
We are very grateful for the interest expressed by our hornbill fans in this programme, and the Orang Asli community (especially the children) will surely miss your fun and educational presence in their little corner of Belum-Temengor. If you wish to support the project and MNS's cause within the landscape, you can donate through:
The Malaysian Nature Society
CIMB Account: 8000832963
(you can request a tax exemption slip by emailing proof of payment to mns@mns.org.my)
      Thank you again for supporting MNS's work in Belum-Temengor, for the forest, the wildlife, and the Orang Asli, and we hope to see you when things get better.
HVP returned in 2018 to count the migratory plain-pouched hornbill, attended by MNS members, bird lovers and members of the public eager to assist in the Society’s conservation efforts in this green paradise... READ MORE
WHAT
A count of the plain-pouched hornbill

WHY
To record numbers during each visiting season

WHERE
Banding Jetty, Belum-Temengor (pick-up)
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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
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Training the Orang Asli as para-biologists to save their forests and wildlife... READ MORE
How four days of volunteering can help 15 years of hornbill research... READ MORE
MNS Conservation Division dives into the clean waters of Temengor dam and wonders, "What's the worry?"... READ MORE