Background
Salleh, Mohammed Nor was born in 1940 in Negeri Sembilan.
Salleh, Mohammed Nor was born in 1940 in Negeri Sembilan.
Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Adelaide University. Diploma in Forestry, Australian Forestry School. Diploma in Photo Interpretation, International Centre for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences, Delft, Holland, 1969.
Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1977. Followed a three month Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, 1994—1997.
Joined the Forestry Department and rose to head the forestry inventory unit Peninsular Malaysia, 1964. Director Forest Research Institute Keopong, 1977—1985, director general, 1985—1995, retired, 1995. Adjunct professor University Putra Malaysia, 1994—1996, University Malaysia Sabah, since 2001.
Member National Environment Quality Council, since 1995. Member advisory committee National Science Centre, National Planetarium, National Park. Member programme advisory committee Palm Oil Research Institute Malaysia.
Member Malaysian Human Rights Communications, 2000—2002, Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and Agricultural of Food and Agriculture Organization, 2000, Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Center for International Forestry Research, Independent Panel to review the Tropical Forestry Action Plan (TFAP). Board director Forest Trends. Chairman International Union for Conservation of Nature East Asia Group on the Sustainable Use Initiative.
Board trustee International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). Member Food and Agricultural Organization High-Level Panel of External Experts on Forestry, 1998, chairman, 2003.
Member of International Union of Forest Research Organizations (president 1991-1995), Malaysia Nature Society since 1978, Malaysian Academy Sciences (vice president), Asia Pacific Association Forest Research Institutions (chairman).