Congratulations To Malaysian Conservationist Wai Y..

Congratulations to Malaysian conservationist Wai Yee Lam, Country Program Manager with Panthera Malaysia, on receiving her award on 15 May 2023 from Sophia Lim, Executive Director/CEO of WWF-Malaysia.

Wai Yee is one of two winners of WWF’s Dr. Rimington Award 2022, themed ‘Women in Tiger Science’. This Award is presented to an individual who has made a highly commendable contribution to the conservation of wild tigers.

Wai Yee built and led a wildlife protection team of Malaysian patrollers and analysts to effectively protect tigers and other wildlife from poaching threats in the Kenyir-Taman Negara landscape. Her team assisted the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Malaysia in arresting over 40 foreign poachers in the past eight years, resulting in a reduction in snaring incursions.

Sharing the same honour is Dr. Rungnapa Phoonjampa, WWF-Thailand’s Senior Project Manager, who has led one of the longest-running tiger conservation projects in Southeast Asia, and works across four connected protected areas.

Read more on their work at https://tinyurl.com/yc387hp2

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