Youth lead Mabul Island’s coral reef restoration

Coral care: A diver carrying assembled reef stars to deploy underwater. — Photo courtesy of Reef Check Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU: Coral reefs in Mabul are facing local and global impacts, with issues from trash to anchoring damage and nutrient discharge.

To save their precious treasures, members of Pemimpin Belia Iklim Mabul are working hard to preserve the marine ecosystem particularly in restoring coral reefs at the island off Sabah’s east coast Semporna district.