Listed SSC Members from Malaysia
The IUCN Species Survival Commission Specialist Groups are grouped into seven main species categories -- amphibians; reptiles; birds; fishes; invertebrates; molluscs; and mammals. Malaysia, however, is represented by members in only three specialist groups, namely for amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals.
Malaysia's members or representatives in each of the categories are listed below:
Reptiles and amphibians
Crocodile Specialist Group (Crocodiles, alligators and caimans)
Marine Turtle Specialist Group
Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Birds
Cormorant Specialist Group
Mammals
Asian Elephant Specialist Group
Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group
Bat Specialist Group
Bear Specialist Group
Cat Specialist Group (wild cats)
Otter Specialist Group
Pangolin Specialist Group
Small Carnivore Specialist Group
Tapir Specialist Group
Wild Pig Specialist Group
Malaysia's members or representatives in each of the categories are listed below:
Reptiles and amphibians
Crocodile Specialist Group (Crocodiles, alligators and caimans)
- Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad ([email protected])
- Rambli Ahmad
- Karen Beverley
- Francis Gombek
- Benoit Goossens ([email protected])
- Ruhana Hassan
- Johnson Jong Joon Soon
- Engkamat Lading
- Wilfred Landong
- Pushpa Palaniappan
- Silvester Saimin
- Boyd Simpson ([email protected])
- Oswald Braken Tisen
- Toshinori Tsubouchi
- Christopher Kris Ubang
Marine Turtle Specialist Group
- Eng Heng Chan
- Dr. Nicolas J. Pilcher [iucn-mtsg.org/members/member-profiles/nicolas-pilcher/; [email protected]]
Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
- Indraneil Das
- Dato' Dr. Dionysius S.K. Sharma
Birds
Cormorant Specialist Group
- Datuk Keizrul bin Abdullah [Chairman of the Board of Directors, Malaysia [www.wetlands.org/malaysia; [email protected]]
Mammals
Asian Elephant Specialist Group
- Dr. Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz [www.meme-elephants.org/ahimsa_campos_arceiz.html ([email protected])]
Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group
- Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad [Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Director ([email protected])]
- Benoit Goossens [Director of Danau Girang Field Centre, ([email protected])]
Bat Specialist Group
- Prof. Dr. Zubaid Akhbar ([email protected]; or [email protected]; or [email protected])
- Dr. Tigga Kingston ([email protected])
Bear Specialist Group
- Dr. Chris Shepherd ([email protected])
Cat Specialist Group (wild cats)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Azlan Abdul Gulam Azad ([email protected])
- Dr. Jedediah Brodie ([email protected])
- Dr. Sivananthan Elagupillay ([email protected])
- Dr. Melvin Gumal ([email protected])
- Dr. Kae Kawanishi ([email protected])
- Dr. Mark Rayan Darmaraj ([email protected] or [email protected])
Otter Specialist Group
- Anthony Sebastian
- Dr. Chris Shepherd ([email protected])
- Leona Wai
Pangolin Specialist Group
- Dr. Chong Ju Lian ([email protected])
- Muhammad Hafiz bin Sulaiman
Small Carnivore Specialist Group
- John Mathai ([email protected] or [email protected])
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Azlan Abdul Gulam Azad ([email protected])
- Dr. Chris Shepherd ([email protected])
Tapir Specialist Group
- Dr. Zainal Zahari Zainuddin [www.borneorhinoalliance.org ([email protected])]
- Salman bin Saaban [www.wildlife.gov.my ([email protected]; [email protected])]
- Dr. Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz [www.meme-elephants.org/ahimsa_campos_arceiz.html ([email protected])]
- Carl Traeholt [Denmark / Malaysia ([email protected])]
- Boyd Simpson [Australia / Malaysia [www.zoo.dk ([email protected])]
Wild Pig Specialist Group
- Dr (Hon) Wong Siew Te, D.J.N. [Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Society; [email protected]]