Text by Billy Dunn Photos by Billy Dunn and Ian Hall The construction of the biogas digester at the new Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sepilok took a bit of time to get running and underway but after ten days of hard building, pumping, lifting, grafting, sweating, itching, bleeding, plastering, twisting, bending and cutting, it was an impressive achievement thanks to the volunteers from Camps International. After arriving in Sepilok the initial tasks facing the group were not too exciting or enjoyable but hard labour...

Text and photos by Billy Dunn When Ian asked me to write a piece for the blog about my first experiences living and working in Sabah, Borneo, I initially thought of the obvious cultural differences; food, drink, climate, wildlife etc. These of course are all very interesting and important… …but in order to give my own unique view so far on Sabah that would provide something a bit light-hearted to think about, I have decided to write about a topic I experience everyday…builders. It is interesting to make you aware...

We've reached halfway in the contract to build Phase I of the new Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and I'm pleased to report good progress. I'll let the photos tell the story. Related posts %RELATEDPOSTS%

As you may know, wild animals in captivity need constant enrichment to reduce boredom and stereotypic behaviour. Last month we provided the bears at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre with a daily parade of Scottish Scouts for their amusement and benefit. To the bears’ frustration the first thing that the Scouts did was to put up a tarpaulin fence so that they couldn’t see what was going on. They could still peer around the side though and from ovehearing the camaraderie could get a good idea of what was going on. ...

by Jungle Bob (BATs volunteer) View original post on LEAP blog Tony poses in front of the screen wall created by the Scottish Scout group (Photo by Jungle Bob) After a few hiccups relating to helicopter availability and some frantic preparation by Sylvia Alsisto and her team it finally came together. At 9.40 in the morning two helicopters arrived at Sepilok and the visit of one of the World's most prominent former leaders was on. Tony Blair, together with his family and security staff, had arrived and began his visit...