https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/wia

ORCID : 0000-0002-6594-0488

PhD

Teaching/Education
Research
Technical Advice & Consulting

Policy, Law, Economics, Management

Serves as a  specialist member to the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.

Nationally, I have served as a resource person to various government agencies in environmental governance including –

1.            The development of the recent Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act, 2017.

2.            Appointed to head the National Technical Working Committee on Seabed and Deep Seabed Mining Legal Framework by the Department of Minerals and Geoscience.

3.            Resource person to the Department of Maritime Affairs of Wisma Putra, for the PrepCom meeting to negotiate on matters relating to Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) at the UN, and the then MOSTI for the IOC (International Oceanographic Commission)-UNESCO Executive Council Meeting in Paris.

4.            Serving as a national task force member on sea turtle conservation.

5.            Headed the formulation of the National Oceanography Strategic Plan 2018-2027 under the then Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation

6.            Represented Malaysia at the 15th Meeting of the United Nation Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS) at the UN HQ to speak on sustainable seafood.

At the local and state level, my current work on the drafting and proposed implementation of the Terengganu Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (with the Terengganu State Government, WWF-Malaysia, PLANMalaysia Terengganu and the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

Malacca Strait
Singapore Strait
South China Sea
Sulu Sea

English

http://www.inos.umt.edu.my