Protect Coral Reefs in Malaysia

Recently, Reef Check Malaysia conducted Waste Management Program for residents of Kampung Padang in Mantanani Island. A total of 90 houses and 497 households participated in the programme. The aim of the programme is to raise the awareness amongst the residents on environment issues, particularly waste management.

Reef Check Malaysia provided bins for the locals to segregate their waste – food waste and recyclable items. Waste will be collected from houses and weighed. Some of the challenges faced by us are unpredictable weather conditions which slow down waste collection efforts. Some of the residents still mix their wastes and a small number of the residents pulled out from the programme. Fear not, we will continue to encourage them to segregate their wastes and continue to join the programme.

Despite these challenges, the amount of litters found along the beach has reduced significantly. As a result, we will include another 60 houses in this programme in the coming month.

Three days ago we reported that De Dive Centre together with Reef Check Malaysia removed a huge ghost net at Batu Tokong, Tioman, but only managed to remove 80% of the net.

Today the team went back to remove the remaining 20%. Not only that, theymthey to remove another 2 ghost nets around Tioman, one at Magician Reef and another one at Batu Tokong.

So 3 ghost nets that can do huge damage on the reefs are now out of the waters. We hope there will be no more ghost nets issue on Tioman island.

Thank you again for those who reported to us and thank you everyone who were involved.