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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...
Cintai Redang: January – March 2025
Sabah Community Empowerment Leadership Camp (CELC)In February, Matdin (a member of RMCG) and Muhaimin (RCM Redang staff) participated in the 2025 Sabah CELC (Sabah Community Environmental Leadership Camp) program. They had the...
Sabah Updates: January – March 2025
Kota Kinabalu mapping critical marine data in sabahIn February, our colleagues participated in the second Sabah’s Shoreline Management Plan workshop, initiated by the Environment Protection Department of Sabah and organised by DHI. A map of critical data on the...
Cintai Mersing: January – March 2025
Mooring Buoys Installation Five mooring buoys were installed at Pulau Harimau, Pulau Hujung, and Pulau Besar in collaboration with the Mersing District Council, FS Marine Boat Service and snorkelling operators. The installation of these mooring buoys helps prevent...
South of Johor: January – March 2025
Intertidal Walk with SMK Pengerang UtamaIn December, 30 Form 4 students, along with four teachers and two PITSB volunteers, participated in an intertidal walk session at Desaru Beach to observe and experience marine life up close in the low-tide...
Cintai Tioman: January – March 2025
This year's monsoon season has brought great challenges to the marine ecosystem: large waves, heavy rain, and strong winds have caused coastal erosion and swept several trees into the sea. RCM together with the TMCG successfully removed three trees that had drifted...
Julian’s Thoughts
Building Resilience for Long Term Reef Health
Resilience? Again?Yes, those of you who have read my posts before will notice that I have talked about resilience before (here and here). So why am I speaking about it again?Because I believe that ensuring our reefs – and other marine ecosystems – are resilient is...
How Resilient is Malaysia’s Tourism Model?
Happy Global Tourism Resilience Day! Tourism is in the news again. It’s Global Tourism Resilience Day on Saturday (more below), which is a nice juxtaposition to recent local happenings. Just a few days ago (11th February), the Malay Mail carried an article with the...
Reef Check Malaysia Welcoming 2024
Our vision remains the same: sustainably managed coral reefs in Malaysia. If 2023 ended with a flurry of activity, 2024 has started with a bang! Some years come to a quiet end as programmes are put on hold during the monsoon season. Not so 2023! All our teams, in...
Wrapping Up 2023 and Looking Forward to 2024
Reflections on COP 28COP 28 did reach an agreement – which seemed unlikely just 2-3 days ago! Is it strong enough to push the urgent changes needed to restrict global heating to the 1.5oC scientists tell us is necessary? That remains to be seen. But at least a...
Is Malaysia Becoming A Mass Tourism Destination?
Overcrowded islands are going to downgrade the tourist experience. First it was Tioman and the proposal for a new airport. Then there were rumblings about extending the airport at Redang…then we heard about two new resorts at Perhentian Island…and the latest – a...
Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Target 22
Local communities should be involved in decisions on the management of natural resources that may affect their livelihoods After a busy few months focusing on a proposed airport development on Tioman Island, it’s appropriate to return to the post-2020 Global...
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