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...

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...

I recently talked about Target 3 of the new Global Biodiversity Framework – the so-called 30x30 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 managed....

Removing a ghost net From January to December 2022, Reef Check Malaysia received many reports about ghost nets getting stuck in coral reefs. A total of 3,170kg of ghost nets were removed from Tioman waters with the help of the Tioman Marine Conservation Group (TMCG),...

Divers removing ghost nets tangled on reefs Underwater clean-ups were conducted at Pulau Besar and Pulau Pemanggil with a team of divers from the Johor's Department of Fisheries, Tengah Island Conservation and the Pulau Besar community. The team collected a total of...

Our team recently collaborated with the Green Semporna, WWF Malaysia, Ministry of Tourism, Culture, & Environment Sabah, JH Scuba, and Borneo Komrad to organise a Community Environmental Leadership Camp. This camp was a capacity-building and development program...