The Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW Berlin) and the Leipzig Zoo have launched a project that aims to support the conservation efforts of the State Government, represented by the Sabah Wildlife Department; and the Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA), a local NGO, to save the last 30-50 Sabah rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) on Borneo, Malaysia from extinction. The IZW and Zoo Leipzig support its partners in Sabah with scientific expertise and with their skills in animal husbandry and animal handling.

The marketing of the Sabah Rhino Project and the networking amongst creative is being conducted by dan pearlman, a German brand and experience architecture agency. The German partners are united in the Rhino and Forest Fund, a German based NGO which is dedicated to the conservation of threatened flora and fauna.