An Interview with Dr. Arthur Chung, Entomologist Extraordinaire and Conservation Fellow

Dr. Arthur Chung is a Senior Researcher at the Forest Research Centre, Sepilok under the Sabah Forestry Department, focusing on entomology. It was both refreshing and insightful to listen to Dr. Arthur’s sharing as I was interviewing him, which also gave me a new sense of appreciation towards the smallest of creatures- Insects. To date,...

Interview, People, Wild Borneo

October 1, 2019

An Interview with Michael Groom, Mountain Climber Enthusiast and Man of “Sheer Will”

An Interview with Michael Groom by Erica Tibok When I first met Michael Groom in person, it’s hard to imagine that someone like himself has climbed Mount Everest and experienced such life-threatening situations that nearly crippled and killed him! As he sat across from me for our interview session, I can’t help but feel truly...

Featured, Interview, Wild Borneo

February 8, 2019

The Story of Pioneering Ecotourism in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

TourMAB or also known as Tourism Media Asset Base is the official partner country of the upcoming ITB Berlin travel trade show. Our MD, Albert Teo was recently interviewed by them, sharing about how he got involved in hospitality and tourism, why is it that he chose to pioneer eco-tourism in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo and many...

Events, Interview, News

January 31, 2019

An Interview with Carol Patterson, President of Kalahari Management Inc. and Sustainability Champion

Carol Patterson is an old friend of our Founder and MD, Albert Teo. They go way back and have even written the book “Saving Paradise” together, which was originally published in 2005. The book tells about the birth of Sukau Rainforest Lodge and how far it had come up until 2005. We’ve had the grand...

Interview, Wild Borneo

November 11, 2018

An Interview with Professor Ross Dowling OAM, Foundation Professor of Edith Cowan University

1. Being highly involved in ecotourism throughout your professional career, how would you say the industry has evolved through the years? Is there currently a trend in ecotourism that’s picking up? Ecotourism has grown hugely over the past 20 – 30 years. Whereas once it was a small, minor, niche form of tourism, today it...

Interview, Sustainability, Wild Borneo

October 25, 2018

Interview with Ronda Green, Chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia

1. What was it that first sparked your interest in conservation and ecotourism before it became the ‘in-thing’? From early childhood I spent a lot of time with our pet dogs and other animals, loved walking along beaches finding shells and sponges and trying to imagine their lives in the water, visiting forests and zoos,...

Featured, Interview, Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism

April 11, 2018

An Interview with Dato' Dr. Mikaail Kavanagh

We recently had the privilege of interviewing ardent environmentalist and former CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Malaysia, Dato’ Dr. Mikaail Kavanagh whose amazing work is an inspiration to us. Surprisingly, Dato’ Mikaail’s career didn’t revolve around being an environmentalist at first, though he was passionate about it. Upon graduating, he started out at the JWT...

Interview, Wild Borneo

February 28, 2018

An Interview with Iván Vallejo Ricaurte

We had the honour of interviewing international mountaineering enthusiast, Iván Vallejo Ricaurte recently. Iván who hails from Ecuador has conquered all the 14 Eight-Thousanders located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia without supplemental oxygen back in 2008. Even having achieved such an outstanding event in his life, (which none of us could ever imagine of achieving ourselves)...