by Liyana | Feb 25, 2025 | Julian's Thoughts
Community Marine Conservation Groups – Coming of AgeReef Check Malaysia (RCM) has long championed the cause of local communities having a role in managing protected areas, whether terrestrial or marine. The establishment of protected areas to manage and conserve...
by Liyana | Feb 6, 2025 | Julian's Thoughts
What Can We Do to Help Malaysia’s Coral ReefsIn my last post I covered the results of the 2024 annual reef check survey programme, which had just been released. The headline: coral reef health declined slightly – again – compared to the previous year, and I...
by Liyana | Jan 31, 2025 | Julian's Thoughts
Reef Check Malaysia’s Annual Survey Report 2024 CompletedWe have just finalised the report on our 2024 annual coral reef survey programme in Malaysia. I thought it might be useful to share parts of the conclusions and recommendations to an audience who perhaps...
by Liyana | Dec 24, 2024 | Julian's Thoughts
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...
by Liyana | Nov 8, 2024 | Julian's Thoughts
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...
by Liyana | Oct 14, 2024 | Julian's Thoughts
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...
