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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’...
All In A World Ocean’s Day Work
KUALA LUMPUR (12 JUNE 2022): World Ocean Day is celebrated worldwide every 8 June 2022. For the people of Reef Check Malaysia, every day is ocean day as they work to sustainably manage coral reefs in Malaysia. Reef Check Malaysia’s team are split across the islands in...
Communities Take Action on Disappearing Seagrasses in Johor
PASIR GUDANG, JOHOR, 18 APRIL 2022 – In collaboration with Reef Check Malaysia, Dr Jillian Ooi and Affendi Yang Amri of Universiti Malaya are leading a new initiative to train a group of volunteers from DIALOG Group Berhad, MyKasih Foundation, and members from the...
Holiday goers could be accidentally killing marine life in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, 15 MARCH 2022 – A popular tourist activity - tourists and tourism operators feeding fishes and turtles for the perfect selfie is actually harmful to marine life. Fish feeding can disrupt the balance of our marine ecosystem as one small change can have a...
Reef Check Malaysia releases 2021 Annual Survey Report; launches ocean health awareness campaign
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 FEBRUARY 2022 - Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) has published its annual report on the Status of Coral Reefs in Malaysia, 2021. Covering over 200 sites around Malaysia, the report reveals that Live Coral Cover (LCC), a key indicator of reef health,...
Seiko Malaysia funds waste and recycling collection on idyllic island
KOTA BELUD, 21 FEBRUARY 2022 – Seiko Malaysia strengthens their commitment to ocean conservation through their latest collaboration with Reef Check Malaysia on a 3-month community-led waste management and recycling programme on Mantanani Island, Sabah.Seiko Prospex...
“Ghostbusters” on Tioman Island fights to save the ocean
During this Covid-19 pandemic year, the Tioman Marine Conservation Group (TMCG) on Tioman Island were able to successfully remove 37 ghost nets weighing over 4,000 Kg, removed over 700 Crown-of-Thorns starfish, conducted over 60 reef surveys, and installed 15 mooring...