ART TEACHER, ARTIST AND PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATOR

LEONG

YOKE MEE

MALAYSIA

Hornbill, Honey in the Forest

A picture book depicting the conservation work of Malaysia’s first full-time Orang Asli hornbill guardians and their traditional wild honey harvesting techniques in the Belum-Temenggor Forest Complex, Peninsular Malaysia. Ammi’s project shines a spotlight on indigenous knowledge and coexistence with nature and was produced in collaboration with Yeap Chin Aik, co-founder of ‘The Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) Hornbill Conservation Project’.

©Vincen/Nature Advisor

©Yeap Chin Aik/MNS

MALAYSIA

In the Night Gliding Land

A journey of discovery across the Strait of Malacca to the Island of Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah, located in the Andaman sea in northwestern Malaysia. The mission, with the help of the Night Spotting Project: to find, illustrate and share the story of the Sunda colugo; a nocturnal, arboreal gliding mammal native to Southeast Asia.