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#MNSoceanbuddy
You can be an Ocean Buddy by carrying out activities relating to the country's marine environment or its inhabitants
Example:
  • Protect coral reefs
  • Dive or snorkel while raising marine awareness
  • Save Our Seas
  • Discourage the consumption of shark's fin
  • Save the turtles

oceans & the marine world

together we can protect and restore our ocean

More people are eating marine animals — with deadly results... READ MORE

Young sperm whale dead in Sicily with stomach full of plastic... READ MORE
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Why are grey whales dying? ...READ MORE
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Why the balloon release tradition is terrible for the environment... READ MORE

Seal died a ‘tortured death’ after getting trapped in 35kg of UK marine litter... READ MORE

Mass die-offs of puffins in Alaska may be linked to climate change... READ MORE

​Models, maps, and citizen scientists working to save the Great Barrier Reef... READ MORE​​
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Action ideas -- Stop using polystyrene ● Reduce usage of plastic bags ●  Organise beach clean-ups ● Campaign against the release of helium balloons ● Promote teaching about keeping our waterways clean ● Support nature education for kids ● Volunteer your time ● Join MNS activities & programmes

#MNSOceanbuddy supports

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tales of wetlands

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Wetlands conservation: More than just planting trees... READ MORE 
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Notes on 17 years of MNS’s firefly habitat conservation initiative... READ MORE
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Experts: Save our remaining swamps!

Sole surviving mangrove forest on government land in Batu Maung turned into dump site

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Conservation action focus: Encouraging solutions to plastic pollution and preventing marine litter for a healthier ocean and a better future

oceans of garbage

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#cleanseas -- UN declares war on ocean plastic... READ MORE

The largest ocean clean-up in history

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Balloon killers / Haiwan mati kerana belon

Versova Beach, Mumbai -- the largest beach clean-up in the world... READ MORE
Versova Beach sparkles... READ MORE
See more at 3R REBEL
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when we kayaked for our coastline

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Read All About It
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time for our turtles

Illegal trade threat to turtles... READ MORE
Land reclamation risk to turtles... READ MORE
Sea turtles rescued and released, and why you should keep the oceans clean...  SEE VIDEO
Seekor penyu mati, hilang 2,500 telur... READ MORE
Penyu mati kerana nelayan dan pelancung... READ MORE
90 ekor Penyu mati di Terengganu seluruh 2016...  READ MORE
TURTLE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA

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championing the turtle

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Saving turtles from extinction, one egg at a time

the shark's sad story

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Shark finning can never be sustainable. Just Say No!
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Air China bans sharks' fin cargo, joins list of companies making a change... READ MORE

Shark cull: When humans venture into animal habitats

Sea Shepherd & surfer Kelly Slater speak out... READ MORE
The War on Sharks... READ MORE

malaysia's sharks

The Pondicherry shark is Critically Endangered, while those marked Endangered include two types of hammerheads and the whale shark, as well as rays.
See more at MALAYSIA'S THREATENED WILDLIFE SPECIES site 
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ruined reefs mean ruined lives

Only 10% of the world's coral reefs will survive past 2050. A stark warning about human survivability... READ MORE
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when corals fade

When coral bleaching is no longer a rare occurrence, what are we to do?
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WHAT'S BUZZING

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Zoologist and artist turned pilot Amellia Formby has a dream of flying a microlight aircraft from Australia to Siberia to promote urgent action for shorebirds — a group of mostly wetland-dwelling birds that perform the longest feats of migration known to the natural world (25,000kms every year!).
      Because of increasing economic development, many of these birds have lost access to areas they rely on for food during migration and are facing extinction in the near future.
      She will be following the migration path of the smallest species of these shorebirds, the red-necked stint, with the aim of demonstrating "how important our environment, and the connections we all have to it, is to our survival and that of other species. When we care for the other species, we also indirectly care for ourselves because we share and rely upon the same environments as they do to survive."
      She is currently crowdfunding to purchase a microlight aircraft, for a short Australian flight in 2019 and to Siberia in 2022... VISIT HER SITE

YES I Will Help

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heroes in action
of waterbirds and the kapar ash ponds

The Malaysian Nature Society on 25th June 2016 hosted a dedicated group of bird and wildlife lovers for its Asian Waterbirds Census Seminar, focusing on waterbirds at the ash ponds within the Kapar Power Station. Situated within the North-Central Selangor Coast Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA), the ash ponds serve as a high-tide roost for the mostly migratory waterbirds that forage for food in the vicinity during their migration within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF).
     Among others, the seminar participants heard about the “flyway crisis” from Spike Millington, Chief, EAAF Partnership, and digested data from the waterbirds count, conducted once a month from April 2015 to March 2016, presented by Chin Choong Liung, Waterbird Group coordinator from the MNS Selangor Branch Bird Group. Dave Bakewell from the MNS Bird Conservation Council (BCC) Waterbird Group, meanwhile, highlighted the critical nature of the Kapar ash ponds, as one of the remaining high-tide roosts in the area and a critical part of the survival needs of these ever-dwindling migratory shorebirds.
      At the end of the seminar, a panel session chaired by former MNS President Tan Sri Dr Salleh Mohd Nor formulated the Kapar Declaration, which seeks to highlight the importance of the Kapar ash ponds to migratory waterbirds and create a plan for its continued existence. These goals will be served by, among others, recognising the need for conserving the Kapar ash ponds, and the recommended actions, which include pushing for its registration as a flyway site under the EAAFP, continued monitoring, sharing of information, and discussion with stakeholders.
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The seminar was held in celebration of the World Bird Migratory Day, the 10th year of EAAFP, and the 50th year of the International Waterbird Census. Organised by the MNS Conservation Division together with the MNS-BCC and sponsored by the Tan Kean Chong Bird Conservation Memorial Fund and Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund, it was supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) and the Selangor State government. Other attendees included representatives from MNRE, Kapar Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd, which operates the Kapar Power Station for Tenaga Nasional Berhad,; government departments; institutions of higher learning, Birdlife International Asia and Wetlands International Malaysia.

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'Don’t scuba dive – unless you’re willing to open your hearts and minds to the wonders of the ocean, and care about what happens to them.'

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Explore the deep blue and see the wonders of the underwater world
Hang out by the beach and just soak in the atmosphere
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