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“The reef is under pressure, like a lot of ecosystems in the world,” Mr Cook said. An interim report from Reef Check, released in April last year, indicated coral bleaching had a significant impact inshore and offshore across February and March 2020, with 32 per cent of coral populations being bleached in four sites surveyed. The data also showed Hardy Reef had higher live coral cover than inshore reefs. Mr Cook said across 2020 there was substantial bleaching, more than a normal year, but bleaching was no longer a surprise and was slowly becoming more prominent. “With climate chang...

Published on: Sunday, January 10, 2021 By: Kan Yaw Chong Text Size: Camille bought souvenir buttons made from recycled plastic at Reef Check recycling centre, Pulau Mantanani. YES, plastic waste is a global scourge, a silent killer of oceans set to outnumber fish by 2050! But in late August 2019, an unusual Geneva-hailed Swiss lady Camille Rollin who came to Kota Kinabalu aboard Race for Water’s all renewable energy power 80-tonne boat on a round-the-world voyage. While here, she kept telling locals yes, true, plastic waste is very destructive once out at sea but on the other hand, because...

Pandemic causes a surge in interest in Green Fins Dominican Republic Published 4 months ago Programme’s Green Fins initiative – and Reef Check Dominican Republic have adapted to the new situations caused by the pandemic in order to reach even more dive and snorkel operators with their conservation messaging. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption for the global travel industry and resulted in environmental concerns; for example, through the increased use of single-use plastic items such as gloves and masks. However, for the Green Fins initiative in the Dominican Republic, the...