More funds for conservation

Endangered species: A clouded leopard looking at a camera trap in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary.

KOTA KINABALU: Plantation giant Sime Darby, through its foundation, donated RM1.46mil to the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC) for the conservation of Sunda clouded leopards and other carnivores in Sabah.

The project is carried out in collaboration with several partners including the WildCRU (Oxford University, UK), the University of British Columbia (Canada), Cardiff University and Universiti Malaysia Sabah, said the SWD in a statement.