Experts

Irwan Bin Isnain

Organisation

Sabah Parks

Specialization

Biodiversity and Conservation of marine, Sea grasses, Marine Science - Sea Turtles 

Educational Background

Bachelor of Science with Honors (Marine Science), University Malaysia Sabah

Contribution

Produce a book of ‘Penyu Perairan Sabah’. Writers or Co-writes more than 10 local and international journal proceeding & articles (peer-reviewed).

Publication

  • Irwan Isnain. Penyu Perairan Sabah/Irwan Isnain. ISBN 978-983-62-9858-4. 1. Turtles. 2. Turtles—Sabah.I. Judul. 597.9209599521. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur. 2008
  • Maklarin Lakim, Irwan Isnain & Rimi Repin (eds.). 2012. Himpunan Tinjauan Flora dan Fauna. Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Taman-Taman Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. pp 208.
  • Maklarin Lakim & Irwan Isnain (eds.). 2012. Maklumat Saintifik Pemangkin Pemuliharaan Taman. Prosiding  Seminar Julai, Taman Bukit Tawau, Tawau 22-23 Julai 2009. Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Taman-Taman Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. pp 156.
  • A.S. Freeman, F.T. Short, I. Isnain, F.A. Razak, R.G.Coles. 2007. Seagrass on the edge: Land-use practices threaten coastal seagrass communities in Sabah, Malaysia. Biology Conservation 141 (2008) 293-3005.  
  • Maklarin Lakim, Irwan Isnain & Nasrulhakmin Maidin (eds.). 2012. Biodiversiti Taman Marin Tun Sakaran, Semporna, Sabah. 24 – 30 Mac 2007. Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Taman-Taman Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. pp 63.
  • Isnain, I., Michael, E. & Nasri, J. 2016. Status of sea turtle conservation and management in Sabah. In: Sea turtle conservation in Malaysia. Joseph, J. (Ed). Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. Pp.35-39.
  • Hideaki Nishizawa, Juanita Joseph, Yee Kuen Chong, Syed Abdullah Syed Kadir, Irwan Isnain, Tonny Anak Ganyai, Saifullah Jaaman & Xuelei Zhang. 2018. Comparison of the rookery connectivity and migratory connectivity: insight into movement and colonization of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Pacific–Southeast Asia. Marine Biology, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018. 165:77
  • Juanita Joseph, Hideaki Nishizawa, James M. Alin, Rafidah Othman, Gavin Jolis, Irwan Isnain, Jamili Nais. 2019. Mass sea turtle slaughter at Pulau Tiga, Malaysia: Genetic studies indicate poaching location and its potential effects. Global Ecology and Conservation 17 (2019) e00586.

Research

  1. Trend Persarangan Penyu Hijau (Chelonia mydas) dan Penyu Sisik (Eretmochelys imbricata) di Taman Pulau-Pulau Penyu, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
  2. Reproductive Biology of Sea Turtles Nesting in Sipadan Island, Sabah Malaysia