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Mohd Noor Afiq Ramlee, is a researcher in Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
(BIOD TROPIKA), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and Head Coordinator in ESC Group
Malaysia. He actively participates in several social enterprise movement and currently acting as a
chairman elect of KOPERMA T BHD. His research interest is Green Economic, Applied Statistics,
Business Development, Environmental Protection, Big Data and Analytical.
Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, is a professor and was the former Director of the Institute of Tropical
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (BIO-D TROPIKA), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
(UMT). He has conducted his fieldworks in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand with a broad interest
in biodiversity, biogeography, molecular ecology, mammalogy, park and wildlife conservation.
Recently, he received the best zoological and ecotourism book awards in 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 Publisher. Currently, he is an active
independent researcher affiliated to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia of which he is a fellow and
a new found hobby as a YouTuber (Taj Abdullah).
Muhammad Syamsul Aznan Ariffin, is a researcher in Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainable
Development (BIOD TROPIKA), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. His research interest is in
freshwater fish, Orang Asli anthropology and utilization of resources, sustainable development and
environmental protection.
M. N. A. Rahman et al.
Mohd Noor Afiq Ramlee, is a researcher in Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
(BIOD TROPIKA), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and Head Coordinator in ESC Group
Malaysia. He actively participates in several social enterprise movement and currently acting as a
chairman elect of KOPERMA T BHD. His research interest is Green Economic, Applied Statistics,
Business Development, Environmental Protection, Big Data and Analytical.
Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, is a professor and was the former Director of the Institute of Tropical
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (BIO-D TROPIKA), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
(UMT). He has conducted his fieldworks in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand with a broad interest
in biodiversity, biogeography, molecular ecology, mammalogy, park and wildlife conservation.
Recently, he received the best zoological and ecotourism book awards in 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 Publisher. Currently, he is an active
independent researcher affiliated to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia of which he is a fellow and
a new found hobby as a YouTuber (Taj Abdullah).
Muhammad Syamsul Aznan Ariffin, is a researcher in Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainable
Development (BIOD TROPIKA), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. His research interest is in
freshwater fish, Orang Asli anthropology and utilization of resources, sustainable development and
environmental protection.
M. N. A. Rahman et al.