KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Parks director Jamili Nais (pic) has become the first Malaysian to be a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Heritage panel. The 52-year-old Sabahan said that he was “shocked and surprised” that he was picked to become a member of the 13-member panel that oversees nominations for World Heritage Site and reviews conservation reports for the World Heritage Committee. I did not expect to be selected out of all the worldwide applications,” said the Ranau native who oversees Sabah Parks nature and marine parks including Mount Kinabalu, a world heritage site. He will be the only representative from Asia on the current panel which will serve for the next four years. According to Jamili, he met with the strict with the strict IUCN requirements which included experience in working at evaluating World Heritage Sites and knowledge on geological and natural science among others.

Source: The Star September 08, 2017 01:30 UTC