Ocean conservation: Protecting marine ecosystems through artificial reefs

Pahang is the first Malaysian state to use LRT coaches as artificial reefs. — Handout

Three decades – that is all the time we have left to ramp up our marine conservation efforts, or the underwater world as we know it would be completely altered, and not in a good way.

To be precise, we have under 30 years to save our oceans. Because according to Coral Guardian, a non-governmental organisation focused on protecting coral ecosystems, “90% of coral reefs could disappear by 2050”.