News & Publications on Asian Rhinos & Elephants

Honey: helping to save Indonesian forest

A project in Indonesia's Tesso Nilo forest is helping to conserve the trees favoured by wild bees - ...

27 January 2004
Sumatran rhino breeding programme needs review

Following the deaths of five Sumatran rhinos in a captive breeding programme in Malaysia, WWF has ...

18 November 2003
Kinabatangan: Borneo's elephants are an evolutionary significant unit (ESU)

Borneo’s Pygmy Elephant has been recognised as a separate evolutionary significant unit (ESU).

31 October 2003
Wildlife conservation becomes a matter of attitude in South Korea

The use of pangolin scales and musk is on the increase among traditional medicine practitioners in ...

22 July 2003
Rhino translocation will see 100 rhinos in new home

In the last translocation of a 20-year programme, starting this Sunday up to ten rhinos will be ...

28 March 2003
The secret life of the Javan rhino

Javan rhinos are one of the rarest large mammals in the world, with fewer than 70 individuals ...

09 September 2002
Births rekindle hopes for rare Javan rhinoceros

Newly-released photos from camera traps and DNA analysis have revealed that four Javan rhinos were ...

11 October 2001
Nepal Rhino Translocation Gets Underway

A rhino translocation operation got underway earlier this week in Nepal, targeting five of the ...

28 March 2001

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