MARK RAYAN DARMARAJ
WHY HIM? As the “tiger landscape lead” for WWF Malaysia’s Peninsular Malaysia Terrestrial Conservation programme, Mark, who holds a PHD in tiger ecology, heads efforts to save the endangered tiger population (only 250 to 340 tigers are estimated to survive in the wild) by combating poaching, habitat loss, and forest degradation and fragmentation. THE NEXT FRONTIER To support the state of Perak in its commitment to achieving zero poaching by 2020.