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ZAKRI PROFESSOR EMERITUS TAN SRI DR. ABDUL HAMID A firm believer in the role of sustainable development in poverty elimination and promoting human well-being, Tan Sri Zakri is Chairman of the Board of Directors, University of Malaya as well as ProChancellor of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) and Multimedia University (MMU). MIGHT’s Joint-Chairman (Government) Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid is a man clearly ahead of his time. Tan Sri Zakri has consistently led e orts in the global assessment of biodiversity and its ecosystem services long before it was ‘ de-rigueur ’. His works hold as its core value an inclusive and integrated methodology and approach, a global perspective and a long-term vision. Tan Sri Zakri is a Founding Fellow of the International Science Council, the founding Chair of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) as well as a member of the Global Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Closer to home he currently holds the Tun Hussein Onn Chair, at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS). His contributions enjoy both domestic and international honours and recognitions. In January 2017, the US-based “Biofuel Digest” hailed him as one of the “Top 100 Influential Persons in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2017”. This joins the ranks of many other awards including the Fulbright-Hays Fellowship; ISSAAS Matsuda Award; Zayed International Prize for the Environment; the Academy of Science of South Africa Distinguished Visiting Scholar Award; the Midori Prize for Biodiversity Award; Global Competitiveness Award and the ASEAN Biodiversity Hero Award.
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