Conserving Marine Biodiversity through Enhanced Marine Park Management and Inclusive Sustainable Island Development

The project will build upon significant investments and proposals by the Malaysian Federal and State authorities to ensure improved marine resource conservation and management in the Malaysian east coast and inclusive sustainable island development. The conservation objective will be addressed thought the improvement of the existing management of marine protected areas at three sites: Pulau Tioman, Pulau Redang, and Pulau Sibu-Tinggi. The project will target approximately 165,000 ha of coastal marine ecosystems under improved management. It will also strengthen activities at the national and systemic levels ensuring replicability of new initiatives demonstrated in the three project sites. This replicability process could reach up to approximately 570,000 has of costal marine environments in Peninsular Malaysia. The sustainable development objective will be addressed through diminishing the negative impacts arising from island-based development through the implementation of effective, broad scale mechanisms for multi-sectoral coordination and sustainable development planning.