Experts: Tackle proboscis monkey habitat loss

Save them: Proboscis monkeys resting along the Kinabatangan river, one of their last strongholds in Sabah.

KOTA KINABALU: A long-term conservation plan for Sabah’s iconic proboscis monkeys will be needed to address the primate’s habitat loss in the eastern and northern part of the state.

Wildlife experts agree that the proboscis monkey population was most threatened by habitat loss from the clearing of mangroves in east coast districts of Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau.