Dayak wildlife researcher uses indigenous knowledge for conservation efforts

Rubis remembers witnessing protests by Greenpeace over the logging activities in her home state of Sarawak as a teenager, which kindled her interest in conservation. Photo: June Rubis

Even as a teenager, June Rubis knew that she wanted a career in environmental conservation.

Growing up in Sarawak, she remembers European environmentalists descending on her home state, tying themselves to tractors, waving banners in protest of logging in Borneo.