Libaran Island News Today

HERE comes another huge sea turtle shock. A massive count of 12,000 turtles were estimated to have been killed, judging from 9,000kg of dried meat seized in Kudat waters on Nov 29.

MY visit to Mataking Reef Resort on Sept 26 opened a rare glimpse into the tourism dependent economics of Semporna.

SILO mindset and practices hurt. When Alex Yee started the turtle hatchery in Libaran Island in 2013 at the asking and technical inputs from the Wildlife Department, it turned out to be a silo operation, a lone vanguard in chase of a transcendental cause.    Reaching out to a village chief for support, he found not only rejection but also literally obstruction – a classic silo mindset. Reaching out to the Sandakan local authority to clear a kilometre long turtle nesting beach bur...

POOLING the interest and strength of everybody can do wonders. Pooling power works also in sea turtle conservation, even though turtles are not a preoccupation of the human race.

KOTA KINABALU: Walai Penyu Conservation Park in Sabah's east coast Libaran island is a way forward in conservation of turtles and empowering local communities, says Datuk Joniston Bangkuai.

SANDAKAN (Aug 18): Nestled on the serene Libaran Island, the Walai Penyu Conservation Park continues to make remarkable progress in turtle protection and community empowerment. Assistant Tourism, Culture, and Environment Minister Datuk Joniston Bangkuai made a recent visit to the island to witnes

THE eyebrow-raising verdict is out: The Asean Sustainable Tourism Award (Rural) 2022 goes to Walai Penyu Conservation Park, Libaran – an unsung island 40 minutes from Sandakan, which was excluded from the 1,740ha Turtle Islands Park Sabah set up between 1966 and 1968

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is positioning itself as a high-quality rural tourism destination with the Walai Penyu Conservation Park winning the Asean Sustainable Tourism Standard Award (Asta) 2022.

The very day after the AquaGoat Crypto Currency-funded new hatchery was built, two green turtles landed in Libaran Island in the morning of September 30 and laid a total of 147 eggs.     AquaGoat Sea Turtle Hatchery thus made history when Honorary Wildlife Warden Sardi bin Baral decided to bury the two clutches of eggs in the newly-constructed site it kicked started another chapter for the sea turtle conservation work on Libaran

KOTA KINABALU: Turtle conservation in Sandakan’s Libaran island is expected to get a boost from the setting up of a new hatchery recently.