Husband and wife duo, Datuk Anthony Lamb and Datin Anthea Phillipps are the power couple of conservation here in Sabah Borneo. Both have contributed immensely and worked together in the botany and agriculture fields in the state, which is why we are giving them the well-deserved recognition and honour as our latest Conservation Fellows.

Datin Anthea and Datuk Anthony

Just a little info about the two; Datuk Anthony joined the Sabah Agricultural Department in 1962 and has over 50 years of working experience in Sabah under his belt. He first began his service in Sabah with the Agricultural Department at their Research Station in Tenom, when he helped to introduce many new fruit crops and ornamental plants. Subsequently he helped set up the Tenom Agricultural Park, next to the Research Station, with its unique collections of wild fruit trees and native orchids, which he has been studying for over 30 years. He was awarded the PGDK (Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu or, Commander of the Order of Kinabalu) in 2015.

Datin Anthea on the other hand, is a botanist and ecologist, and was brought up in Sabah as a child. She has worked for both the Sabah Museum and the Sabah Parks. With Sabah Parks, she was based at the Kinabalu Park Headquarters and helped establish the Park Herbarium and the Botanical Garden. She has written/co-authored/edited books on the islands of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Mount Kinabalu Park and their plants including Rhododendrons and Pitcher-plants. She currently writes a weekly column about the amazing plants that can be seen in Borneo in a local newspaper. Both Anthea and Anthony have collaborated on Rhododendrons of Sabah together in the past.

Just recently, we presented Datuk Anthony and Datin Anthea with the recognition when they dropped by our sister company Borneo Eco Tours' office in Kota Kinabalu. They have yet to visit our lodge to officiate one of our new Villas which will be a tribute to them.

Datuk Anthony and Datin Anthea receiving their Conservation Fellow Recognition from MD Alber Teo

Our MD Albert Teo and Borneo Eco Tours' (BET) Marketing Manager Nancy together with Conservation Fellows, Datuk Anthony and Datin Anthea having a chat in the BET office.

The Sukau Rainforest Lodge family would like to congratulate and welcome Dr. Arthur Chung as our latest Conservation Fellow! Born in Sandakan Sabah, Dr. Arthur Chung is a Senior Researcher at the Forest Research Centre, Sepilok of the Sabah Forestry Department, and we are honoured to have him as a guest at our lodge just recently. This special recognition is given to him for his significant contribution in entomology and forest conservation here in Sabah, which is definitely an inspiration to us all. Our Managing Director Albert Teo recently paid him a visit at his office to present to him a plaque of Appointment as Sukau Rainforest Lodge's Conservation Fellow.

Our MD Albert Teo presenting the Conservation Fellow plaque to Dr. Arthur Chung

Dr. Arthur Chung and wife who just arrived at the lodge

The ever bright Dr. Arthur Chung, together with his lovely wife took some time out of their busy schedules to stay at Sukau Rainforest Lodge on the 29th of July 2017. To honour Dr. Arthur as our Conservation Fellow, we have tributed one of our new Villas to him and both him and his wife officiated the room during a ribbon cutting ceremony. Besides that, Dr. Arthur was more than happy to do a talk on entomology during his stay to other guests and the lodge team titled "Insect Diversity of the Bornean Rainforests". The talk was super insightful and intriguing not only for those who are interested in entomology, but also those who are very new to it.

A big thank you to Dr. Arthur Chung and wife for allowing us to host your stay with us and congratulations for making it onto our Conservation Fellow Wall of Honour!

Dr. Arthur and wife during the ribbon cutting ceremony

Dr. Arthur and wife

 To learn more about Dr. Arthur Chung and his work, you can read all about him on our Conservation Fellow page!