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AmBank Committed to Help in Rehabilitating Coral Reefs in Tioman Island
TIOMAN ISLAND, 4 AUGUST 2023 – A team from AmBank supported a marine conservation NGO, Reef Check Malaysia (RCM), in their work to rehabilitate coral reefs on Tioman Island. The group of nine AmBank employees managed to plant 200 corals of opportunity – which are...
Rehabilitating Coral Reefs with The Local Community on Redang Island
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 AUGUST 2023 – Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) is working with the local community on Redang Island to rehabilitate coral reefs. The programme, implemented by their Cintai Redang team, is also supported by the Department of Fisheries, Laguna Dive Centre,...
‘Deep concerns” about the Proposed New Tioman Airport
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 JUNE 2023 – Reef Check Malaysia is deeply concerned about the long term damage to biodiversity that will result from construction of the proposed new airport on Tioman Island. “At a time when the international community is starting to realise the...
Hot Weather Causing Stress to Our Coral Reefs
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 MAY 2023 – Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) is concerned that current unseasonal weather conditions might lead to widespread coral bleaching over the next few weeks. RCM together with scientists from University Malaya (UM) and University Malaysia Terengganu...
Are Our Coral Reefs Okay?
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 APRIL 2023 – Earth Day is celebrated every year on 22 April. It is a day to raise awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations. One of these natural resources is our coral reefs. Coral reefs provide habitat...
Partnering for The Marine Ecosystem – Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding Between Reef Check Malaysia and the Department of Fisheries
Putrajaya, 14 December 2022: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Fisheries (DOF), representing the Government of Malaysia and Reef Check Malaysia was signed by YBhg. Datuk Haji Mohd Sufian bin Sulaiman, Director-General of the Department of...
Malaysians Picked Up 24,301kg of Trash from Our Beaches
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 OCTOBER 2022 – Reef Check Malaysia coordinated the annual nationwide beach clean-up throughout the month of September in conjunction with International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICC). A total of 9129 volunteers joined the campaign with 9065 volunteers...
Cleaning Up Our Ocean for International Coastal Cleanup Day 2022 with TechnipFMC
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 SEPTEMBER 2022 – The International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) is taking place this September. Every year volunteers around the world will come together to clean our beaches and waterways of trash. This global effort has been running for more than 35...
Annual Campaign Gets Coastlines Cleaned
KUALA LANGAT, 14 September 2022: In collaboration with Reef Check Malaysia, 42 volunteers from Dialog Group Berhad collected 152kg of rubbish at Pantai Batu Laut in Tanjong Sepat, Selangor in under two hours in the morning of 10 September 2022 All sorts of...
Awareness Programme – The Safety Principles in the Daily Operations and Handling of Boats
MERSING, 12 August 2022 – Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) conducted an awareness talk on safety in boat operation to 21 local stakeholders in Mersing, Johor, last Monday, 8 August 2022. “The awareness talk was intended to increase the local stakeholders’...