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Sabah Updates (April – June 2025)
Sabah Updates: April - June 2025Annual Reef Check SurveysHere is a quick recap of the surveys we conducted in the last quarter around Sabah: In April, our RCM colleagues and a volunteer conducted the surveys at 12 sites around Mantanani Island. 2 fish bomb explosions...
Cintai Redang (April – June 2025)
Cintai Redang Updates: April - June 2025Skills UpgradeOur RCM colleague on Redang, Muhaimin, had the opportunity to undergo the Green Fins assessor training in Tioman Island in April. Following the course, Muhaimin is now a certified Green Fins assessor who will be...
Cintai Mersing: April – June 2025
Cintai Mersing: April - June 2025Sustainable Tourism Programmes in MersingOur colleagues have been conducting assessments of resorts in Mersing based on the ASEAN Green Hotel Standards. Three resorts on Pulau Besar and Pulau Sibu were assessed in this past quarter,...
South of Johor: April – June 2025
South of Johor: April - June 2025Monitoring of Mangrove SaplingsOur colleagues have been monitoring the growth of the 70 mangrove saplings planted by school students in February near Kampung Pasir Gogok. This activity marked the next phase of the mangrove pilot...
Cintai Tioman: April – June 2025
Tioman Updates: April - June 2025Sustainable Tourism EffortsFor the past few years, our team has been assessing resorts and chalets on Tioman Island to encourage more environmentally friendly operations. These assessments follow the ASEAN Green Hotel Standard and...
KL Team Updates: April – June 2025
KL Team Updates: April - June 2025Masterclass at the National Climate Governance Summit 2025In April, RCM had the honour of setting up a booth at the National Climate Governance Summit 2025 — a powerful platform to amplify awareness on marine conservation, with a...
Julian’s Thoughts
From a Broken Leg to Stronger Community Participation: A Year in Review
Reflections on a year that passed so fast……that it barely seems like yesterday that I returned from a trip to the UK in the middle of January…with a broken leg, still!This has been quite a momentous year for RCM. We have achieved so much it is difficult to summarise...
Walking Away from COP 16: What Changed, What Didn’t, and What’s Next
So that happened. What an interesting experience! Apparently, over 16,000 people gathered in Cali, Colombia, for COP 16, a figure that so exceeded the Colombian government’s expectations that emergency accommodation had to be found…including, apparently, a few nights...
Reflections on my trip to Hawaii
EcoDiver Training in HawaiiI’ve been in Hawaii for two weeks now, helping a fledgling Reef Check Hawaii to get established. I haven’t actually done much training recently – or diving, come to that! But it’s been reassuring that it comes back quickly!Diving here is...
Reef Check Malaysia will be attending COP 16
Representing Biodiversity at COP 16 So this is exciting news: I will be representing Reef Check Malaysia at COP 16 in Cali, Colombia from 21st October to 1st November! I will join our partners, Pacific Environment and the other ASEAN team members from Thailand,...
Rivers of Waste: It’s Time We Take Responsibility
We can put a man on the moon, but…We can’t keep our rivers clean?Today I had an opportunity to visit the interceptors near the river mouth of the Klang River. What an eye-opening experience.Thanks to the team at The Ocean Cleanup for showing us around, and to our good...
Making Community-based Conservation Real: CMCGs
Community-based ConservationNumerous reports and publications highlight the importance of involving local stakeholders in conservation of natural resources. There is plenty of evidence to indicate that conservation outcomes are improved if the people who rely on the...
Advocacy and Public Policy
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