by Cynthia | Apr 17, 2023 | Guest Blogs
Eight mooring buoys were installed at multiple sites around Pulau Hujung, Pulau Besar and Pulau Sibu in collaboration with the Johor’s Department of Fisheries (DoF), Mersing Tourism Association, Mersing boat operators and Mersing islands communities. The mooring buoys...
by Cynthia | Apr 17, 2023 | Guest Blogs
Ghost nets are a huge and long-standing problem on Tioman Island. In just the first quarter of the year, RCM and the Tioman Marine Conservation Group (TMCG) received many reports of ghost nets found in a few locations around Tioman. Together, they removed an estimated...
by Cynthia | Mar 8, 2023 | Guest Blogs
I recently talked about Target 3 of the new Global Biodiversity Framework – the so-called 30×30 target – and how much of the focus is on achieving the 30% protection target while forgetting the other important part of the target – how well-protected areas are...
by Cynthia | Feb 17, 2023 | Julian's Thoughts
In my previous post, I talked about the recent signing of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and tried to describe the treaty in its entirety. Now it’s time to look at some of the details – and how we implement the treaty. That’s where the devil lies.The...
by Cynthia | Feb 3, 2023 | Julian's Thoughts
So that just happened, back before the holidays. After all the waiting, months – in fact, years – of delays, numerous rounds of meetings, political wrangling (and probably a bit of Machiavellian intrigue and plotting, thrown in for good measure too!!)…at the 11th...
