KOTA KINABALU, May 2 -- UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature, recognised Malaysian Dr Farina Othman with a 2025 Whitley Award for her work to save the last 300 Bornean elephants in the east coast of Sabah amid shrinking habitat for the world's smallest elephant.

The founder and director of nonprofit, Seratu Aatai which means "solidarity," Farina is addressing a rise in human-elephant conflict with palm oil stakeholders in Lower Kinabatangan.

The elephant biologist is supporting companies and smallholders in implementing an "elephant friendly" approach to promote coexistence with the goal of creating a protected corridor network.

Charity Patron, Princess Anne, presented the Whitley Award on April 30 at the Royal Geographical Society ...