2025-09-18 World Elephant Day 2025 @ Tongod

On the 18th September 2025, BSBCC was invited to the World Elephant Day celebration at Tongod, Sabah. The celebration was to recognise the need to conserve the gentle giant and the hard works done by the community rangers from several area in Sabah to ensure community members can live harmoniously with the elephants. Several other NGOs, government agencies and departments also present at the celebration, making the event livelier and providing good opportunity to engage more people on wildlife conservation.

Thanks to the organisers: Sabah Wildlife Department and Earthworm Foundation for the invitation. We are looking forward to cooperate in any future events or programmes.

2025-09-10 Tabika KEMAS Karamunting

Little explorers from Tabika KEMAS Karamunting brightened up our Centre today! Thank you for coming and learning about sun bears with us 🐻❤️

2025-09-08 42nd BSBCC Board Meeting

The very first Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre’s Board Meeting was held on 15 December 2008 in the Belian Meeting Room at the Sabah Forestry Department Headquarters in Sandakan. At that time, the meeting report was just 2 pages long, and I was officially named the CEO of the centre during that meeting. Seventeen years later, we are holding our 42nd Board Meeting in this very same room, and the meeting report is 50 pages! We have come a long way!

I am so grateful to the founding board members of BSBCC: Datuk Fred Kugan, the Chief Forest Conservator of Sabah Forestry Department; Tuan Augustine Tuuga, the former Director of Sabah Wildlife Department; and Ms. Cynthia Ong, the Chief Executive Facilitator of LEAP. Without them, BSBCC would not exist.

Today’s Board Meeting was chaired by Datuk Fred and attended by Dr. Nabila Sarkawi (representing the Sabah Wildlife Department), Ms. Winnie Long (CEO of LEAP), and the BSBCC management team: Audrey, Fairo, Gloria, Ina, Jacq, Yeuri, Mizuno, and myself. Thank you all!

I hope BSBCC will achieve its goals to conserve sun bears through holistic and pragmatic approaches, and I get to attend the 100th Board meeting in the far future (physically, not spiritually)!!

2025-09-05 Federal Secretary Office of Sabah visit

We are honoured to welcome the Federal Secretary Office of Sabah to BSBCC!

Our CEO and Founder, Dr. Wong Siew Te, shared insights on the journey of sun bear conservation, the power of public awareness, and why protecting our natural environment matters for all.

2025-09-(02-04) Outreach to Telupid 2025

From 2–4 September 2025, our education team brought the Wildlife Conservation Education and Awareness Programme to three schools: SK Imbak, SK Maliau, and SK Kironggu in Telupid district. Together with our amazing partners: Sabah Wildlife Department, Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Orangutan Appeal UK, and Seratu Aatai, we inspired students through exciting activities including talks, mini games, video showings, quizzes, colouring contests, and exhibitions.

The highlight? A surprise appearance by Sunny the Sun Bear mascot, which filled the room with laughter and excitement! The energy and curiosity from the students were truly inspiring.

A heartfelt thank you to the schools for the warm welcome and support, and to our kind supporters, Alina Rastam and her sister, for generously providing stationery gifts that brightened the students’ day.