by Cynthia | Jul 27, 2023 | Guest Blogs
Cintai Mantanani The waste management programme introduced a couple of years ago has developed very well, with amazing reception from the local community. In mid-May, all wastes weighing around 455.8 kg (except for food waste) were transported out to the mainland....
by Cynthia | Jul 27, 2023 | Guest Blogs
The 6 local youths who are members of the Redang Marine Conservation Group (RMCG) were recently trained as Open-Water (OA) divers. This dive course was sponsored by RCM, as the team will be busy with many dive-related day-to-day tasks. We will slowly be equipping the...
by Cynthia | Apr 17, 2023 | Guest Blogs
Cintai Mantanani The waste management programme on the island has been making great progress. By mid-March, we had sent out two batches of waste, weighing a total of approximately 1,450kg, to mainland Kota Belud. The waste, consisting of all types of waste except food...
by Cynthia | Apr 17, 2023 | Guest Blogs
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...
by Cynthia | Apr 17, 2023 | Guest Blogs
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...
by Cynthia | Mar 8, 2023 | Guest Blogs
I recently talked about Target 3 of the new Global Biodiversity Framework – the so-called 30×30 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...
