A series of recycling activities was conducted with volunteers from Camps Borneo International, during which these volunteers took the opportunity to learn how to make virgin coconut oil (VCO) soap from the local Mantanani villagers. Beginning the month of July,...

Recycling Centre opens at Pulau Sibu Our team in Mersing began recycling programme at Pulau Sibu with the support of the Mersing District Office and the Pulau Sibu local community. A recycling facility was built as a collection and sorting centre for glass, plastic...

SC Johnson X Reef Check Malaysia X Juara Turtle ProjectIn August, our Tioman team received a group visit from SC Johnson. Some activities carried out together include cleaning of Teluk Nayak, coral rehabilitation and recycling activities. A total of 340kg of rubbish...

PILOT PROJECT: INTRODUCING A WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON LARAPAN ISLAND, SEMPORNA Early this year, we conducted several activities for our Pilot Waste Management System on Larapan Island, including:Site visits to Larapan and briefing on the project with the village...

Cintai Mantanani is a long-term effort by Reef Check Malaysia, which strives to ensure the community's economic well-being while protecting our marine environment. Currently, we have a team of three based on Mantanani Island running the projects on the ground...

I find myself returning to the discussions surrounding the draft post-2020 global biodiversity framework and how it will affect Malaysia. Given the ambitious targets being discussed for extending marine protection, we need to look at how Malaysia might be able to...