Conservation contributions

2012: Was part of the team that successfully lobbied the Malaysian State government of Terengganu to freeze development along the highway in the Kenyir Wildlife Corridor 07 Nov 2012.

2011-present: Gathered evidence on encroachment for government authorities to conduct enforcement activities. To date, 16 and 5 active snares have been deactivated in Kenyir Wildlife Corridor (Terengganu) and Bintang Hijau Wildlife Corridor (Perak) respectively during field surveys.

2012: Was part of the team that successfully lobbied the Malaysian State government of Terengganu to ban hunting of flying foxes on 18 Jan 2012.

2011: Formed a daily flying fox patrol to deter the illegal hunting of threatened colonies of large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus) – three illegal hunters were deterred.

2009: Contributed inputs to improve the Malaysian Wildlife Conservation Act as a working group member in the Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers.

2007-2010: Led the Wildlife Protection Unit (WPU) in WWF-Malaysia to deter poaching in the Belum-Temengor Forest complex. During the WPU’s operation, more than 130 snares were deactivated, 10 poachers were arrested, 2 foreign encroachment camps were destroyed and 1 tiger was rescued

2007-2010: Developed awareness projects that helped increase the tolerance of rural communities towards crop-raiding elephants and empowered them with non-violent tools to mitigate potential conflict.