In 2019 Tengah Island Conservation (TIC) released 3,799 endangered sea turtles, mapped and surveyed 1 million square metres of coral reef and seagrass, removed 13 tonnes of marine debris from the reefs around Pulau Tengah, Johor and delivered environmental awareness programmes to over 500 students in Mersing. In 2020, the story has been very different…
Read MoreAt 10pm just three weeks ago I sat on my bed on Whatsapp with our friends at Rimba Resort on nearby Sibu island, discussing how we were all were coping with the Covid-induced reduction in tourists. Not long into our conversation, I received a message from Tanya, the Programme Director at Tengah Island Conservation. “Have you heard the Prime Minister’s speech?” — Malaysia’s lockdown had just been announced. The resort would close the following day.
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