Dato’ Seri Tengku Dr Zainal Adlin Bin Tengku Mahamood is the chairman and vice-president emeritus of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia of which he was chairman and trustee. He was trustee on the board of WWF International based in Switzerland. He was also chairman of the Maliau Basin Conservation Area Management Committee, Kota Kinabalu City Birds Sanctuary, a trustee of Sabah Parks and honorary advisor of Borneo Orchid Society.
Currently, he is chairman of the Danum Valley Conservation Area Management Committee and author of numerous books as well as publications on nature and adventures, due to his participation in many expeditions to known interiors of Sabah. He is the chairman of Sabah Tourism Board.
He was given many awards in recognition of his conservation efforts including: Tourism Malaysia presented him its highest award as the Minister of Tourism Special Award in 2004; Malaysia’s highest recognition for services to conservation, the Langkawi Award in 1999, by the Yang Dipertuan Agong, and; highest international award for services to conservation by WWF.
