Shavez Cheema is the founder of rainforest conservation group 1Stop Borneo Wildlife, where he supervises scientific and sustainable tourism projects. Shavez started his conservation journey in 2011, with an academic background in anthropology and tourism. His main passion is saving wildlife. He loves frogs, has helped save elephants in plantations, trained former poachers to be nature guides, persuaded fisherman to turn dolphin guide and lead pangolin rescue missions so holiday makers can appreciate them as much as he does. And he has planted corridors of fig trees to make this all work. Shavez has a new book coming out called A Field Guide to Tawau Hills Park, which, as he tells Lynn Freeman, speaks to the huge biodiversity Borneo boasts.
22 Apr 2022
