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About the Editors
Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, PhD, is a professor and former director of the Institute
of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (BIO-D TROPIKA),
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), and former dean of the Foundation Studies,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He has conducted his fieldworks in Malaysia,
Indonesia and Thailand with a broad interest in biodiversity, biogeography, molecular ecology, mammalogy, Orang Asli, and zoological park and wildlife conservation. Professor Abdullah received the best zoological and ecotourism book awards
at the Malaysia National Book Award 2017 and 2019, respectively. He has published about 100 indexed journal manuscripts and co-edited nine books, two of
which by Springer Nature. Currently, he is an active independent researcher affiliated to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, of which he is a fellow, and has found a
new hobby as a YouTuber (Taj Abdullah).
Candyrilla Vera Bartholomew graduated with MSc in zoology from the Institute
of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu. She completed her BSc in zoology at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
Candyrilla has been involved in scientific research and conducted social surveys of
the Orang Asli to characterise their forest resource–use patterns and determining
factors affecting the involvement of Orang Asli to hunt and collect forest resources.
She has also co-authored journals and conference manuscripts and a local book and
two book chapters which characterise resource utilisation by the Orang Asli.
Aqilah Mohammad, PhD, is a senior lecturer and a mycologist at the Universiti
Malaysia Terengganu. She currently holds a dual appointment position in the
Faculty of Science and Marine Environment and acts as the Head of Program at the
Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. Aqilah has been
involved in fungal ecology, fungal diversity and ethnomycology studies and conducted fieldworks in several states in Malaysia. She is currently engaged in the
post- Covid19 industry-community project on mushroom cultivation for low-income
communities nearby UMT main campus area. She has been actively publishing
works on her field in both local and international journals and academic books since
2011 until present and has co-edited two international books by Springer Nature.
About the Editors
Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, PhD, is a professor and former director of the Institute
of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (BIO-D TROPIKA),
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), and former dean of the Foundation Studies,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He has conducted his fieldworks in Malaysia,
Indonesia and Thailand with a broad interest in biodiversity, biogeography, molecular ecology, mammalogy, Orang Asli, and zoological park and wildlife conservation. Professor Abdullah received the best zoological and ecotourism book awards
at the Malaysia National Book Award 2017 and 2019, respectively. He has published about 100 indexed journal manuscripts and co-edited nine books, two of
which by Springer Nature. Currently, he is an active independent researcher affiliated to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, of which he is a fellow, and has found a
new hobby as a YouTuber (Taj Abdullah).
Candyrilla Vera Bartholomew graduated with MSc in zoology from the Institute
of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu. She completed her BSc in zoology at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
Candyrilla has been involved in scientific research and conducted social surveys of
the Orang Asli to characterise their forest resource–use patterns and determining
factors affecting the involvement of Orang Asli to hunt and collect forest resources.
She has also co-authored journals and conference manuscripts and a local book and
two book chapters which characterise resource utilisation by the Orang Asli.
Aqilah Mohammad, PhD, is a senior lecturer and a mycologist at the Universiti
Malaysia Terengganu. She currently holds a dual appointment position in the
Faculty of Science and Marine Environment and acts as the Head of Program at the
Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. Aqilah has been
involved in fungal ecology, fungal diversity and ethnomycology studies and conducted fieldworks in several states in Malaysia. She is currently engaged in the
post- Covid19 industry-community project on mushroom cultivation for low-income
communities nearby UMT main campus area. She has been actively publishing
works on her field in both local and international journals and academic books since
2011 until present and has co-edited two international books by Springer Nature.