Posted by Sandy Pike, on August 31st, 2009%
 Dr Geoffrey Muldoon gave us an inspiring and very thought provoking presentation on the state of fish populations in the Coral Triangle. This is an area of 2.3 million square miles of ocean in the Indo-Pacific (see the WWF Map) around Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. The Coral Triangle consists of a myriad of life forms, and is the marine life equivalent in eco-diversity to the Amazon Basin for land based species, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Continue reading Review: Live Reef Fish Trade in SE Asia and Sabah
Posted by Pein Lee, on August 26th, 2009%
 The significance of North Borneo, hence Sabah, to the pioneering wildlife documentary makers Osa & Martin Johnson was brought to life by Ms Jacquelyn Borgeson, curator of the Osa & Martin Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, Kansas, USA. The Society hosted Jacquelyn for the 2nd time in 5 years, and were treated to slideshow of over 90 photographs, covering the 1920 and 1935 Kinabatangan expeditions of the Johnsons. Continue reading Review : The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson
Posted by Peter Pike, on August 23rd, 2009%
 Forthcoming Talk – Wednesday – 26 August 2009
The Sabah Society welcomes Dr. Geoffrey Muldoon, to talk on the subject of “What Nationality is your Fish.
Dr Muldoon began working with WWF in 2006, examining the live reef fish trade (LRFT) in the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion before being appointed strategy leader for the LRFT sub-initiative of the Coral Triangle programme.
Posted by Veronica, on August 23rd, 2009%
Tuesday 25th August, 2009
The Sabah Society is pleased to welcome Ms. Jacquelyn Borgeson, who will present a talk and photo presentation covering both the 1920 and 1935 photo expeditions conducted by explorers Martin and Osa Johnson up the Kinabatangan. She will also discuss ongoing and proposed projects by the Safari Museum to make the photos and films available to all peoples of Sabah.
Posted by Peter Pike, on August 14th, 2009%
The Sabah Society is pleased to welcome Mr Amde Sidik, who will give a talk to the society on “The Ethnic Kadayan of Borneo”. The talk will commence at 19:30 at the Secretariat (click for directions) on Tuesday 18th August, 2009.
Please click here to register for this event. We look forward to seeing
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Posted by Peter Pike, on August 6th, 2009%
 At the recent committee meeting of the Sabah Society, the question arose of what benefits are obtained by a person becoming a member of the society. One of the benefits identified was that of receiving the annual Journal of the Society. However it was also pointed out that while this was a valuable benefit, there was a problem, as the Journal was also obtainable by non-members for a fee of RM 25, representing 50% of the cost of the annual membership fee. This had the effect of diluting the value of membership.
Continue reading Committee moves to promote Membership
Posted by Peter Pike, on August 3rd, 2009%
This talk by Douglas Furtek on Tuesday 14th July gave an insight into the potential of the chocolate industry of Sabah. The speaker informed the audience, that Sabah has been the main producer of Malaysian cocoa (the state had been the leading cocoa producer even before it joined Malaysia.) He then went on to highlight the different quality of chocolates (and cocoa drinks) produced by Malaysia, comparing the present Malaysian-made chocolates to those produced by the European countries, Australia, New Zealand as well as Japan. Continue reading Review : Sabah, the Gourmet Chocolate Capital of the World
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