Cintai Tioman is a 10-year programme designed to enhance the resilience of coral reefs and the community on Pulau Tioman. Reef Check Malaysia, with the help of Yayasan Sime Darby as a sponsor, aims to meet several objectives through the programme, including:

• Reducing local impacts on the reefs

• Building capacity of the local community and empowering them to take more significant roles in coral reef conservation and management

• IUCN Green List Accreditation for Tioman Island Marine Park

Meeting with Juara Village Community

Our team on Tioman recently held a meeting with the Juara village community, to discuss conservation work that could possibly be done in their village. They also took the opportunity to explain the function of the members of the Tioman Marine Conservation Group (TMCG) during this meeting. We believe in maintaining a good relationship with everyone we work with, and this includes the Juara community. This will help ensure our efforts in protecting the marine ecosystem of Tioman go smoothly.

Eco Diver Training

On 24-26 May 2022, we trained and certified 12 local villagers from Tekek, Air Batang, Salang, Genting and Juara villages as “EcoDivers”.

This training session was organised by the Department of Fisheries Malaysia with our colleagues from RCM as instructors. These newly certified EcoDivers can now participate in reef health monitoring along with our TMCG team.

KPMG Conservation Volunteers

We received a visit from KPMG on 25 - 27 May, this being the first visit after the COVID-19 pandemic. The group carried out several activities with Reef Check Malaysia such as clearing of rubbish in Teluk  Kador and Marina, coral pot making, coral rehabilitation, and removal of the Crown of Thorns starfish (COTs).

This is a part of a long-term effort between KPMG Malaysia and Reef Check Malaysia in preserving and    conserving coral reefs in Tioman Island.

Clean-up in conjunction with World Coral Triangle Day

Every year, 11 million metric tons of plastic enter our oceans. Kador Bay is no stranger to the drifting garbage carried by the ocean currents to the beach.

Through this clean-up initiative by Reef Check Malaysia and members of the TMCG, we successfully cleaned and removed a total of 289.5kg of garbage, which was taken to the garbage disposal center in Kampung Tekek. Most of the garbage collected was plastic bottles, Styrofoam and industrial waste.

CSR with SBM Offshore Malaysia

Our colleagues on the island recently placed several new coral reef rehabilitation sites. This program was completed under the CSR efforts of SBM Offshore Malaysia, and is supported by members of the TMCG and RCM.

We conducted snorkeling and diving activities to explore the newly planted coral site, as well as beach cleaning along the central beach of the Marine Park Centre.