Tengku Zainal Adlin

Author(s): Hans P. Hazebroek, Tengku Zainal Adlin and Waidi Sinun
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Tengku Zainal Adlin became fascinated with the spectacular landform of the Maliau Basin when he first flew over it during an aerial survey in the early seventies.Many subsequent flights for the planning and long-term management of the Sabah Foundation Forest Concession convinced him of the uniqueness of the Basin, and he became instrumental in the establishment of the Maliau Basin and Danum Valley Conservation Areas in the early eighties, when he was Deputy Director of the Sabah Foundation.Tengku undertook the initial management planning for the Maliau Basin, in cooperation with the late Dr Clive Marsh (from 1983 to 1995) and with Dr Waidi Sinun (from 1996 onwards), and was instrumental in the success of the first scientific expedition into the Maliau Basin by the Sabah Foundation and WWF Malaysia in April 1988.
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Presently, Tengku is a part of the Maliau Basin Management Committee.In his capacity as Honorary Vice President, Raleigh International (United Kingdom), he has initiated Raleigh International expeditions into the Maliau Basin since the early nineties and as President of the Sabah Society for periods during a decade, he helped ensure public awareness of the need to conserve Sabah's "Lost World".

Tengku Adlin served as a pilot in the late fifties and early sixties and thereafter followed a career in the civil service for 34 years, including as Assistant District Officer and Assistant State Secretary, Kelantan in the mid-sixties, Chief Executive Officer of the Sabah State Housing Commission and the Deputy Director of the Sabah Foundation from the late sixties to mid-nineties; he was responsible for the institutional and capacity building of the two statutory bodies.The Sabah State Government appointed him Chairman of the Sabah Tourism Board since 2000.

Tengku Adlin is very active in voluntary work and is currently the Chairman of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Malaysia and a member of the Board of Trustees of WWF-International, Chairman of the Danum Valley management Committee and the Likas Wetlands Bird Sanctuary, Trustee of the Sabah Parks, Chairman of the Outward Bound Sabah and Honorary Member of the Scientific Exploration Society, U.K., among others.He has also written books and publications on nature and adventure, having led or participated in many expeditions to the unexplored or lesser known parts of Sabah since the late sixties.

A new species of the genus with the largest flowers in the world, Rafflesia, which is found in the Maliau Basin, is named Rafflesia tengku-adlinii for him.He was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.In 1999, he was conferred the Langkawi Award by His Majesty The King of Malaysia, and then the WWF Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions in fieldwork, education and public awareness to policy-making and international cooperation.

Tengku D.Z. Adlin
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Tengku D.Z. Adlin
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Tengku D.Z. Adlin
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Tengku D.Z. Adlin

Tengku Adlin, the President of the Sabah Society, led a delegation of the members of 2001/2002 Committee to pay a courtesy call on the Chief Minister of Sabah, Datuk Chong Kah Kiat, at his office on 15 October 2001

Ghazally Ismail, Kamarudin Mat Salleh, Lamri Ali and Tengku D.Z. Adlin
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Tengku D.Z. Adlin

Tengku D.Z. Adlin

Selected Mammal Notes from the Kinabalu Park, 1979-1985

Author :Hans P. Hazebroek, Tengku Zainal Adlin and Waidi Sinun
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Tengku Zainal Adlin became fascinated with the spectacular landform of the Maliau Basin when he first flew over it during an aerial survey in the early seventies.Many subsequent flights for the planning and long-term management of the Sabah Foundation Forest Concession convinced him of the uniqueness of the Basin, and he became instrumental in the establishment of the Maliau Basin and Danum Valley Conservation Areas in the early eighties, when he was Deputy Director of the Sabah Foundation.Tengku undertook the initial management planning for the Maliau Basin, in cooperation with the late Dr Clive Marsh (from 1983 to 1995) and with Dr Waidi Sinun (from 1996 onwards), and was instrumental in the success of the first scientific expedition into the Maliau Basin by the Sabah Foundation and WWF Malaysia in April 1988.
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Presently, Tengku is a part of the Maliau Basin Management Committee.In his capacity as Honorary Vice President, Raleigh International (United Kingdom), he has initiated Raleigh International expeditions into the Maliau Basin since the early nineties and as President of the Sabah Society for periods during a decade, he helped ensure public awareness of the need to conserve Sabah's "Lost World".

Tengku Adlin served as a pilot in the late fifties and early sixties and thereafter followed a career in the civil service for 34 years, including as Assistant District Officer and Assistant State Secretary, Kelantan in the mid-sixties, Chief Executive Officer of the Sabah State Housing Commission and the Deputy Director of the Sabah Foundation from the late sixties to mid-nineties; he was responsible for the institutional and capacity building of the two statutory bodies.The Sabah State Government appointed him Chairman of the Sabah Tourism Board since 2000.

Tengku Adlin is very active in voluntary work and is currently the Chairman of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Malaysia and a member of the Board of Trustees of WWF-International, Chairman of the Danum Valley management Committee and the Likas Wetlands Bird Sanctuary, Trustee of the Sabah Parks, Chairman of the Outward Bound Sabah and Honorary Member of the Scientific Exploration Society, U.K., among others.He has also written books and publications on nature and adventure, having led or participated in many expeditions to the unexplored or lesser known parts of Sabah since the late sixties.

A new species of the genus with the largest flowers in the world, Rafflesia, which is found in the Maliau Basin, is named Rafflesia tengku-adlinii for him.He was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.In 1999, he was conferred the Langkawi Award by His Majesty The King of Malaysia, and then the WWF Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions in fieldwork, education and public awareness to policy-making and international cooperation.