Ecowatch: Malaysia is helping to save the 'Amazon of the seas'

Spanning more than one million square kilometres, the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape is one of the priority areas under the Coral Triangle Initiative and covers the marine and coastal areas of Indonesia (specifically North Sulawesi), Malaysia (Sabah), and the Philippines (southern Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago). — 123rf

MOST people would see Siti Rugaiyah-Yen’s birthplace as a paradise. 

Surrounded by the vast expanse of the aquamarine Celebes Sea and lying beneath intensely blue skies, Pulau Kulapuan is located in the north-east of Sabah’s Semporna group of islands. It’s a stone’s throw from Pulau Pom Pom, one of the most popular dive havens in Sabah, with its white sandy beach ringed by coral reefs teeming with colourful fishes.