Preparing the youth to care for coral reefs

Keeping them safe: A trained EcoDiver from the programme conducting studies.

KOTA KINABALU: When you live on the island, you take care of the island – this was the message that conservationists drummed into islanders at Pulau Larapan, off Semporna during a reef restoration programme.

“The sea is not only home to marine species, it is your home too, so take care of it,” said Reef Check Malaysia in Sabah programme manager Adzmin Fatta.