Protect Coral Reefs in Malaysia

An amazing success story from our team on Mantanani Island in Sabah! In 2019 alone, we've successfully conducted 20 training sessions in alternative livelihoods and capacity-building skills. A total of 209 participants from the local community were trained. 

These training sessions include eco-friendly snorkel guiding, homestay marketing, language classes (English and Mandarin), computer skills, baking, and film-making, aims to build the capacity and enhance skills among the local community that can contribute to establishing a community-based ecotourism on Mantanani Island. 

This will in turn improve their livelihoods through the generation of more income. Congratulations to our Cintai Mantanani team for organising and carrying out these training sessions. More to come in 2020!

A ghost net was sighted at Tioman Island and reported to us on 9 January 2020. The person who first noticed the ghost net tied it to the pier so it would stop drifting to the coral reefs. It turned out to be a huge ghost net and required the cooperation of multiple parties - Reef Check Malaysia and Tioman Marine Conservation Group (community-led conservation group initiated by Reef Check Malaysia), Department of Fisheries Malaysia, and Alam Flora (the new waste management company on Tioman Island).

It would have been a disaster for the coral reefs if we did not manage to remove the net. Fortunately, the 3 Sargassum Frogfish that was stuck among the net was rescued and survived.