Datuk Lamri Ali is a former director of Sabah Parks. At the December 1999 World Conservation Union (IUCN)'s regional meeting staged in Pakse, Laos, Ali was awarded the WCPA-IUCN Fred M. Packard Award. The award recognises his contribution to nature conservation and protected area movement in Malaysia. Datuk Lamri is the only Malaysian recipient of this award.
Nepenthes ÃÂ alisaputrana, a hybrid of two well-known Bornean pitcher plant species, is named in his honour.