You need passion for conservation: The Sun Daily interviews Reuben

Here’s a bit more media coverage featuring Reuben, as Malaysia’s The Sun Daily newspaper looks at careers in conservation. Ever considered getting into conservation, but got discouraged because you thought it didn’t hold much potential as a career? Or perhaps you know some bright young thing who’s interested in making conservation their lifelong goal?

Reuben ponders his future in conservation

Reuben answers some questions on how he developed his interest in conservation and successfully built a career out of it. The take-home message? In order to do conservation, you need to have the passion for it. Follow your heart!

You can read the article here.

Photo update 3: My first, but definitely not the last, time to Kuala Terengganu

This time around, we’re happy to feature an extra-special update for you…one of our newest volunteers, Miss Chan Xiu Li, made a trip aaall the way from Singapore to visit the Rimba research station in Kampung Basung, Terengganu. She’s documented her experience and impressions in the form of a photo-essay. We thought Xiu Li’s photos were so compelling, they had to be put up on our website! Read on to find out about Xiu Li’s volunteer experience!

(All photos copyrighted to Chan Xiu Li. Words on the photos are quotes taken from Alphabeat’s ‘Into The Jungle’).

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Rimba featured in NST R&D supplement!

Rimba was featured in the New Straits Times on 5 June 2011! Journalist Najua Ismail was kind enough to dedicate an entire page to us in the Research & Development supplement last Sunday, providing coverage on the Kenyir Wildlife Corridor Project. Click on the image below to download and read the pdf version!

NST article