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Sabah Updates: July – September 2024
tackling coral bleaching around sabahIn the last three months, our colleagues in Sabah have been conducting coral bleaching monitoring in many sites, with results that show varying levels of bleaching. The surveys were done with the help of members of our Community...
Cintai Mersing: July – September 2024
Guardians of the Coast: United for Beach and Underwater Clean-UpsBetween July and September, our Mersing team conducted and co-organised four underwater clean-ups at Pulau Tinggi, Pulau Besar and Pulau Harimau and removed a total of 293kg of ghost nets and marine...
South of Johor: July – September 2024
Hands-On Marine and Ecosystem Education for South of Johor's YouthThis quarter, we conducted several indoor and outdoor education and awareness programmes for the two schools we work with. We engaged with almost 70 students from SK Kampung Baru Pasir Gogok in several...
Cintai Tioman: July – September 2024
Monthly Monitoring Safeguards Coral Reef Health Every month, members of the Tioman Marine Conservation Group (TMCG) carry out regular monitoring and cleaning at the reef rehabilitation sites to check on the growth and health of the corals. In order to protect corals...
Kod Blue: Laut Needs You 2024
Kod Blue 2024 volunteers all ready to do their cleanups Reef Check Malaysia’s Kod Blue: Laut Needs You 2024 (Kod Blue 2024) is part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) effort. This is the second year RCM has organised this event, which included activities such...
Cintai Redang: July – September 2024
Skills Training to Contribute to Marine Conservation ActivitiesIn July and August, 7 members of the Redang Marine Conservation Group (RMCG) completed their training and are now certified EcoDivers. The training was conducted in three sessions at DM Scuba Dive Centre...
Julian’s Thoughts
Tioman Island, 20 Years Later
I just spent a few days on Tioman island, one of the islands off Malaysia’s East coast (yeah, I know how lucky I am). With me were a couple of old friends who used to dive with me back in the day when I ran a dive centre on the island (yeah, I really do know how lucky...
Managing Marine Resources – Let’s Talk About It
Let’s talk about management…of marine resources, that is. The original idea for this article was to discuss how we are managing Marine Parks in Malaysia. But the scope quickly broadened out to include the question: which marine resources should we be managing? Are we...
Reef Check Malaysia’s 15th Anniversary
Today, 3rd August, marks the 15th anniversary of Reef Check Malaysia. Who would have thought that an organisation that started off with one full time staff would grow into an organisation with national programmes and field staff in four locations (and counting!!). Our...
The Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) – Where Are We?
Those of you following the news on biodiversity will already be aware of the snail’s pace progress of negotiations for a new Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Meetings in Geneva, Switzerland in March achieved little except to make the situation more...
So Many Days….
On Saturday 11th June, I participated in a beach clean-up organised by one of our long-time sponsors, Sime Darby Foundation. They have been supporting our work on Tioman island for eight years and we are now working to get the island up to speed for accreditation to...
Co-management: A game changer in marine resource management in Malaysia?
In two recent articles, I have discussed Reef Check Malaysia’s marine resource conservation programmes with local communities in three locations around Malaysia. I have covered the importance of resilience in long term reef conservation, and the role that...
Advocacy and Public Policy
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