RWS also announced that it will not offer shark fin on the menus of banquets and restaurants throughout the resort. credit: WildAid
Singapore  (May 29, 2008 09:32 EST)Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) today  launched a fund to sponsor research, education and conservation  efforts related to marine life, to further the marine conservation  cause. The RWS Marine […]

This being the International Year of the Reef, a group of volunteers is surveying the reefs on several islands in Malaysia under the Sustainable Island Programme. By REVATHI MURUGAPPAN
Time and time again, we read articles on the problems plaguing our diverse marine life – overfishing, global warming, blasting, unchecked tourism, pollution, etc. Coral reefs […]

Weddings boost Shark’s fin consumption in Singapore: report

Agence France-Presse
SINGAPORE - Shark’s fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday.
Singapore consumed more than 470 tons […]

The year 2008 has been designated as the International Year Of the Reef and Sime Darby Plantation has agreed to support the Sustainable Island Programme. The Programme is a joint collaboration between Wild Asia and Reef Check Malaysia, which will potentially see up to 30 certified Malaysian Underwater (MUW) Ecodivers surveying dive sites on the […]

This year 2008 is the International Year Of the Reef (IYOR) and Malaysia is coming forward with its own slogan “OUR Reefs, OUR Heritage, OUR Responsibility”.
From the 20th - 24th of February, The Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, in collaboration with several local NGO like ReefCheck, Coral Malaysia, MNS, WWF have put together […]

Press release from Oceana.org:
Washington, DC — Oceana is encouraging people to help global efforts to save coral reefs and acknowledge 2008 as the International Year of the Reef (IYOR), as designated by the International Coral Reef Initiative.

“Protecting coral reefs is a key step in preventing ocean collapse and preserving a healthy ocean ecosystem for future […]

After negotiations with the chairman of the International Whaling Commission, Japan has agreed not to target humpback whales during its annual whale hunt that is underway in the seas off Antarctica.
While whaling for scientific research is legally allowed under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, Japan’s program is controversial in the International Whaling […]

There was a time when Nengah Arsana would take cyanide with him when he went out fishing. The poison would sedate the fish and make them easy to catch.
But when the coral started to die and the fish disappeared, he realised that something was going terribly wrong. The whole fishing community lost its livelihood and […]

The Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs intends to commit $750,000 for the recently announced Coral Triangle Initiative in the East Asian/Pacific region.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainable Development Daniel A. Reifsnyder announced this contribution today in Bali. USAID is also providing $3,600,000 - for a total of […]

Indonesia and five other countries within the Asia and Pacific regions have announced that they would propose their marine and coral reefs should be taken into account as a carbon sink within the climate change protocol.
On the sidelines of the U.N. climate change conference here Thursday, officials from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, […]