Pahang regent Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah appears to be driving several initiatives to protect the flora and fauna in the state before returning the reins to his father, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah in January next year.

On July 29, Sultan Abdullah and Tengku Hassanal announced that the state government would establish the Al-Sultan Abdullah Royal Tiger Reserve near Taman Negara, with the aim of increasing the population of the endangered Malayan tiger.

This reserve covers 134,183ha, equivalent to...