to National Government of Malaysia, Government of Sabah, Sime Darby Foundation, Professor Thomas Hildebrandt and Professor Mohd. Lokman Isa and their teams, and many other people, for having the foresight to provide the resources that ensure that the genomes of the three last indigenous rhinos in Malaysia are now preserved in living cell cultures.
Let us hope that the various mutually-beneficial potential international partners who have so far regarded Malaysia as an outlier rather than a leader, will be able to see and understand the possibilities. And initiate programmes that will act on threats to critically endangered species at cell, organ and population levels as well as the individual animal level.
Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) is a Malaysian NGO based in Sabah. Active since 2008, BORA cared for the last three living native rhinos left in Malaysia, in managed facilities in Tabin Wildlife Reserve.