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Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, PhD 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).
Candyrilla Vera Bartholomew graduated with MSc in Zoology from the Institute of Tropical
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She did her BSc in
Zoology at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. She 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
also co-authored journal and conference manuscripts and a local book and two book chapters
within, which characterise resource utilisation by the Orang Asli.
Redefine Green Economy and Sustainable Development: A Trade-Off Analysis…
Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, PhD 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).
Candyrilla Vera Bartholomew graduated with MSc in Zoology from the Institute of Tropical
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She did her BSc in
Zoology at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. She 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
also co-authored journal and conference manuscripts and a local book and two book chapters
within, which characterise resource utilisation by the Orang Asli.
Redefine Green Economy and Sustainable Development: A Trade-Off Analysis…