12/19/18

UMS Sandakan Visit to BSBCC

20/10/2018


A group of academicians from the Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) visited BSBCC on 22nd of September 2018. The group also included a delegation from University of Tokushima, Japan, with 3 professors, 4 undergraduate students and 3 farmers who came to Sandakan for the International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture (ICSA) that same week. The group was guided by the founder and the CEO of BSBCC himself, Dr. Wong Siew Te who provided an informative tour on the platform while offering guests the opportunity to observe Sun Bears in their natural forest enclosures.


Bear pose with Dr. Wong Siew Te.


Ms. Melynda explaining the behaviour of the bears in the forest enclosures.
Ms. Melynda explaining the habitat of the bears.




Dr. Wong sharing some information of the sun bear diet to the delegation.




On 19th of October 2018, BSBCC was once again visited by a group from the Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture at UMS, and this time the group consisted of undergraduate students and lecturers. The students and lecturers were able to observe the Sun Bears in the forest enclosures and also were given an informative talk about the centre and on Sun Bears by Ms. Gloria and Dr. Wong Siew Te. It is hoped that there will be more cooperation in the future between UMS and BSBCC in efforts to conserve Sun Bears. Many thanks to UMS Sandakan for the visits to our centre.


Watching videos of the sun bears.

Explanation on the diet and the enrichments of the sun bear.

Ms Yvonne explaining the anatomy of sun bear.

Ms Yvonne explaining the anatomy of sun bear.

Observing the sun bear from the platform.

Observing the sun bear from the platform while Ms Yvonne explaining the behaviors of the bears.

Observing the sun bear from the platform while Ms Yvonne explaining the behaviors of the bears.
Observing the sun bear from the platform.


Trying the luck and skills to get pictures of sun bears from the spotting scope.


Talk from Ms. Gloria.

Dr. Wong Siew Te joining and giving talk to the students.

Dr. Wong Siew Te joining and giving talk to the students.

Group photo with Dr. Wong Siew Te.

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