Natural habitat on its way out?
The Bornean subspecies of Sumatran rhino has suffered a serious decline in distribution and numbers throughout northern Borneo since destructive conversion of forest into oil palm plantations expanded in the 1980s.
The creation of access roads deep into the forest home of the rhino led to an influx of poachers who target rhinos, especially in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve and several areas adjacent to the Danum Valley Forest Reserve.
