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Extinction is Forever (2)
The document highlights the efforts of the Rages organization, co-founded by John Glassford, in supporting wildlife conservation initiatives, particularly for endangered species like the Borneo pygmy elephants and orangutans. Rages has 405 members worldwide, endorsing various projects related to wildlife protection and rehabilitation. It encourages rotary clubs to participate by donating to projects like the Orangutan Appeal UK to become business partners with special privileges.
Extinction is Forever (2)
- 2. CHAIR AND CO-FOUNDERJOHN GLASSFORD ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON DISTRICT 9700 AUSTRALIA SUPPORTER DAME DR. JANE GOODALL Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace.
- 3. RAGES NOW HAS 405MEMBERS IN 52 COUNTRIES & GROWING NO FEES. JOIN NOW. RAGES ENDORSED PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY CLUBS 1. THE CHIPEMBERE RHINO FOUNDATION SOUTH AFRICA 2. THE PYGMY ELEPHANT ORPHANS MALAYSIA 3. THE UK ORANGUTAN PROJECT BORNEO 4. THE BLACK MAMBAS AND BUSH BABIES SOUTH AFRICA
- 4. • Forest clearance •Fires • Agriculture • Human Conflict • Mining What are the problems?
- 5. Orangutans, elephants andtigers are running out of forest and running out of time
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- 8. 1. BORNEO PYGMYELEPHANTS
- 9. Saving rescued BorneoPygmy Elephants Deb Mair Hutt City Rotary New Zealand RAGES Director
- 10. DEBBIE MAIR RAGESPROJECT DIRECTOR PYGMY ELEPHANTS ROTARY CLUB OF HUTT CITY NEW ZEALAND
- 11. ONLY 1,500 OFTHESE PYGMY ELEPHANTS LEFT IN THE WILD DUE TO HUMAN/ELEPHANT CONFLICT, POACHING AND ILLEGALL SNARINGS.
- 14. THEY NEED HELPFOR AN ENCLOSURE SO THEY CAN ROAM FREE!
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- 17. ORANGUTAN APPEAL UK areRAGES Chosen project partner representing the critically endangered Bornean Orangutan
- 18. Orangutan Appeal UK’sWork (OAUK) • Founder - Susan Sheward MBE in 2000 • Dedicated to the rehabilitation & conservation of critically endangered orangutans in Malaysian, North Borneo • Working in collaboration with the Sabah Wildlife Department supporting the Renown Sepilok Rehabilitation centre
- 19. OAUK and RAGESwere featured as the leading article in February’s UK Rotary magazine
- 20. Sepilok Rehabilitation CentreSepilokOrangutan Rehabilitation Centre
- 21. 21 Malaysia OAUK’s ground-breaking PostRelease Monitoring Research Project
- 22. Orangutan Appeal UK (OAUK) Ifyour Rotary club donates to OAUK YOU QUALIFY TO BE A BUSINESS PARTNER & RECEIVE SPECIAL PRIVILEDGES
- 23. RAGES: INTERNATIONAL SURVIVALKITS Bronze RISK Boxes $500 Silver RISK Boxes $1,500 Gold RISK Boxes $2,500 Diamond RISK Boxes $5,000
- 24. CONTACT: JOHN GLASSFORDCOOLAMON ROTARY john@glassford.com.au WWW.ENDANGEREDRAG.ORG
Editor's Notes
- #5 Forest clearance The destruction of their rainforest habitat means that the future outlook for orangutans is bleak. Deforestation is continuing, which is causing a huge amount of concern for the animals that call the forest home. Fires The destruction of trees also causes the land to become drier increasing natural forest fires and without trees to protect against wind – they spread faster Agriculture Human Conflict Mining The cultural diversity of Borneo and Sumatra is as distinct and varied as its plant life. More than 60 million people live on these two islands. They are a mix of indigenous peoples and immigrants from other islands in Indonesia, such as Java, as well as other Asian countries. The current population of Borneo, the worlds third largest island, is estimated at 18 million.
- #6 Orangutans are running out of time – precious rainforest habitat is being destroyed at an alarming rate – the island's forest cover decreased from 76% to just 28% between 1973 and 2010. Deforestation has accelerated since then, especially in 2015, when fires burned across 1.3 million hectares of peatland for months on end. With the mass clearing of land orangutan populations become fragmented in tiny pockets of land – this means they are unable to travel and become trapped and unable to find sufficient food sources– often starve
- #8 A growing number of chief financial officers (CFOs) are helping to drive sustainability strategies at their organizations -- and their involvement continues to increase even further, according to a global survey released in 2016 by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte). We also believe that it is vital to protect their habitat. We have six team members who are trained as Honorary Wildlife Wardens who intensively patrol and protect the Tabin reserve and assist local efforts in combatting the illegal wildlife activities including hunting and logging. We also support the crucial fire-fighting work of the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project in Indonesian Borneo. Their teams of dedicated local conservationists work tirelessly, in exceptionally dangerous conditions, to put fires, most often started by plantation companies to clear land, in the vitally important carbon storing peat swamps of central Borneo And we are fund researching into reforestation and wildlife corridor development and have commissioned a feasibility study in the Muaura reserve to assess the potential for the development of corridors for orangutans and other wildlife. This would allows animals to move between areas of degraded land, such as plantations and link them with other protected reserves. Very often orangutans can become trapped in small areas of protected land, surrounded by palm or paper plantations, leading to overcrowding and a lack of food to sustain the population.
- #11 In 2014 I visited Sepilok on the very day the first 2 rescued orphan baby elephants were brought in following their rescue. They changed my life forever. In the last 2 years I have approached many global companies for assistance & support. Fonterra NZ stepped up and became involved and delivered Fonterra NZ milk powder formula to Sepilok for a trial. Of the 15 orphan baby elephants rescued in the last 2 years, only 5 male elephants have survived.
- #12 They are gentle in nature compared to other elephants. It is believed that this sub species is the remaining elephants of a herd once belonging to royalty. They grow to 2m in height. Half the size of an Asian or African Elephant. Habitat loss & human conflict are the major threats. There are only 1000 elephants left in the world.
- #13 It took 18 months to convince Fonterra NZ, who agreed and supplied a specific powdered milk formula. During the month of July 2016 we have been conducting a trial at Sepilok. All of the collated daily data shows a positive result. Oregon Zoo (US) has just paid and had delivered 200kg of local Malaysian powder formula to Sepilok to be trialed
- #15 The request is to fund the installation of a 3 tier reinforced cable enclosure for the orphan elephants who currently spend 23hours in individual pens in a restricted area. The proposed enclosure has walking track access to a viewing platform within a 9 acre sanctuary at Sepilok. There are a high number of visitors daily in the area visiting the Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre, Discovery Centre and Sun Bear Conservation Centre all within 1 km of this proposed enclosure. This enclosure will 1. Provide a designated area for the elephants to act as a herd, reducing their dependency of a care keeper 2. Optimising manpower and reducing the cost when only one ranger will be needed to supervise the 5 elephants in the enclosure 3. Provide a safe environment to observe the behaviours of the elephants to learn how to prevent human/elephant conflict. 4. Provides an opportunity to run educational programs for locals and students with a viewing platform to encourage Eco-tourism to preserve critically endangered species. 5. (Once the certification of the NGO is authorised) the entrance fees to observe the elephants from visitors/tourists will raise much needed funds to pay for the orphan elephants annual food and medical costs. The quoted cost for the entire project is $6000NZD. Hopefully 6 Rotary clubs are keen to donate $1000 each to this worthy project. This is a small cost for the huge progression that a Borneo Elephant Conservation Centre enclosure will provide for the elephants, local employment, running educational programs, safe Eco-tourism and potentially sustaining itself longterm from the visitor fees charged.
- #18 As of 2016 the Bornean Orangutan has been listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature
- #19 Works across Borneo. In particular with the Sabah Wildlife Department in the North supporting Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre Borneo Nature Foundation in the South.
- #20 OAUK was featured as the leading article in February’s UK Rotary magazine on RAGES
- #21 There is some hope for orphaned babies, Sepilok rehabilitation centres Borneo has the mission to save orphaned and displaced orangutans and get them returned to the rainforest where they belong. An orangutan baby will normally live with their mother for the first 6-7 years of their life and learn from them, the ways of the rainforest, the work in the rehabilitation centre is very time consuming and very expensive as it is so important to get right. OAUK supports the work of SORC which rescue, rehabilitate and release orphaned and displaced orangutans. The Centre is home to 20 orangutans, however there are many more who lived in the 43 square kilometres of protected rainforest, known as the Kabili reserve, which surrounds the centre. Over 700 orangutans have passed through the centre since it was established in 1964. There is an intensive rehabilitation programme for the orangutans who find themselves orphaned. The process of teaching them to live independently can take many years and is dependent on how long they spent with their mothers. Dedicated care staff work tirelessly to teach the necessary skills for a life in the wild. Starting in the ‘indoor nursery they start to gain confidence, independence and climbing skills, often ‘buddying up’ with an older, more experienced orangutan. They then progress to the outdoor nursery where they mix with older orangutans and others who live freely in the reserve. Here they gain more independence, develop their climbing and nest building, and gain an understanding of social hierarchies. Many of the orangutans in outdoor nursery spend nights out in the forest. Once this happens the staff begin to prepare them for a full release into the reserve.
- #22 Our Post-Release Monitoring Project in the remote Tabin Reserve is a pioneering intensive monitoring project of rehabilitant orangutans who have successfully learnt all the skills at Sepilok which they need to lead an independent life. The remote Tabin Reserve is the release site for many of the rehabilitated orangutans from Sepilok. Our primatologist and his team of seven research assistants ensure the orangutans are successfully adapting after their reintroduction into the wild. Without constant tracking and collecting this data it is unknown whether the rehabilitation process has been successful and whether they will survive without further support, as no prior research in this area has ever been undertaken. The success of this project has been determined by a 100% successful birth rate by 2015. Out of four females released into Tabin, all had given birth to healthy wild babies and are raising them successfully. Can benefit reintroduction projects worldwide. It is ultimately anticipated that this research will contribute to improving the survival prospects of all reintroduced Great Apes in Africa and Asia. The PRMP project has the potential to improve the pre-release rehabilitation protocols in use both in Malaysia and Indonesia, by creating a blueprint for rehabilitating and releasing orphaned apes.
- #23 What you will be able to access if you join us as a Business Partner: By becoming an Orangutan Appeal UK Business Partner, you will befriend thousands of our supporters. The plight of the orangutan has global appeal, and we have a worldwide network of people that you would be able to access, including: Over 16,000 supporters worldwide Being a thriving tourist destination, Sepilok has over 8,800 visitors every month. We have various social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and our website. We have traffic to our website of approximately 38,000 per yr 72% are New visitors and 28% are return users We have a quarterly mail shot that goes out to between 12-14,000 people We have a bi-annual newsletter which is sent to around 6,500 people
- #25 All our welcome to contact me via email john@glassford.com.au