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Corporate Volunteering in Conservation Activities PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Project AWARE

Ocean Elements was quoted by Project AWARE on their website focusing on "Corporate Volunteering in Asia Pacific". Have a look at the website here:

http://projectaware.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/corporate-volunteering-asia-pacific/

 
Environmental Achievement Award 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 10 May 2010
Winner 2009





Ocean Elements wins the Project AWARE Environmental Achievement Award 2009! This is the second consecutive year that we have won this award and as always, millions of thanks goes to all the divers who have participated in the Project AWARE (www.projectaware.org ) events we have organized.

Below are some pictures from the cleanup and conservation events we organized in 2009. More stories can be found in Halimi's blog here: http://surfaceintervals.blogspot.com.

Beach cleanup - Pulau Tinggi, Johor
Beach cleanup at Pulau Tinggi, Johor

Pulau Tinggi Johor
Pulau Tinggi Kids with Project AWARE books, marine books and posters

Pulau Sembilan
Participants of Underwater Cleanup at Pulau Sembilan, Lumut, Perak

Pulau Tenggol
Underwater Cleanup at Tenggol, Dungun

Last Updated ( Monday, 10 May 2010 )
 
Utusan Malaysia, 5 May 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Utusan Malaysia, one of Malaysia's mainstream newspaper, published an article on our "Dive for Earth Day" Underwater Cleanup event held from 24 - 26 April 2009 at Tenggol Island. One of Utusan's editor, Mr Amir Sarifuddin was on the island during that weekend and decided to lend some help to our cleanup effort. He wrote a good article on our event.

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Below are excerpts from his article (in Malay language) entitled "Memulihara Khazanah Laut" or Conserving the Ocean Treasures:

Oleh itu, Ocean Elements Sdn. Bhd. sebuah syarikat yang berdaftar di bawah Kementerian Kewangan, telah memulakan inisiatif melakukan kerja-kerja membersih dan memulihara khazanah laut sejak lima tahun lalu.

Yang terbaru, ahli-ahli Ocean Elements seramai 12 orang beserta 13 pengunjung luar bersama-sama menjalankan pembersihan sampah-sarap di Pulau Tenggol, Dungun, Terengganu.

Langkah itu amat sesuai bagi memastikan Pulau Tenggol terus bertakhta sebagai antara pulau yang tercantik di dunia dan juga rantau ini.

Langkah membersihkan sampah-sarap dari dasar laut itu dilakukan secara sukarela oleh para peserta Ocean Elements yang datang dari seluruh negara.

Semua penyelam terbabit berbuat demikian atas dasar kesedaran bagi memastikan alam sekitar dan khazanah laut di negara ini dapat dikekalkan hingga ke generasi seterusnya.

Para penyelam itu sanggup mengeluarkan perbelanjaan dari saku sendiri untuk menyewa peralatan selam, resort dan mengeluarkan wang ringgit untuk datang ke Pulau Tenggol, semata-mata bagi menjalankan aktiviti pemuliharaan tersebut.

Pengarah Ocean Elements, Mohd. Halimi Abdullah berkata, aktiviti membersihkan dasar laut dari segala bentuk sampah-sarap itu dilakukan di bawah program Beach and Underwater Cleanup.

Jelasnya, program itu juga mendapat kerjasama daripada Jabatan Taman Laut dan mendapat sokongan di bawah Program Alam Sekitar Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNEP).

Para peserta Ocean Elements itu melakukan lima enam kali selaman sepanjang tiga hari berada di Pulau Tenggol tersebut.

Menurut Halimi, semasa menyelam, mereka akan memotong tali-tali yang merosakkan batu karang selain membersihkan apa jua bentuk sampah-sarap.

‘‘Sampah-sarap ini akan dinaikkan dan dikumpulkan sebelum dimusnahkan.

‘‘Program pemuliharaan dan pembersihan ini dilakukan sekurang-kurangnya dua kali dalam setahun.

‘‘Kami harap dapat melakukannya dengan lebih kerap lagi, namun berharap lebih ramai penyelam turut serta dalam program sedemikian,’’ katanya.

Seperkara lagi yang menarik ialah, para peserta terbabit turut melakukan kajian dan tinjauan ketika melakukan selaman.

Mereka akan mencatatkan jenis-jenis terumbu, spesies hidupan yang terdapat di sekitar pulau berkenaan dan bentuk-bentuk kerosakan yang berlaku.

‘‘Setiap selaman, kami catatkan butir-butir berkenaan seperti terumbu yang rosak atau musnah, jenis terumbu, keluasan kawasan terumbu dan sebagainya.

‘‘Maklumat ini nanti kami serahkan kepada Jabatan Taman Laut serta pihak berkenaan untuk dijadikan kajian dan rekod,’’ katanya.

Halimi percaya aktiviti itu turut memberi pengetahuan kepada para peserta mengenai jenis-jenis khazanah yang terdapat di dasar laut.

Namun beliau percaya aktiviti pembersihan sampah-sarap itu perlu dilakukan secara berterusan dan kerap terutama selepas musim tengkujuh berakhir.

‘‘Selepas tengkujuh, banyak sampah-sarap yang telah dihanyutkan ke kawasan pulau di negara ini,” katanya.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 May 2009 )
 
Dive for Earth Day and Green Fins Survey 2009 - Tenggol Island PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 05 May 2009
Project AWARE

Ocean Elements Sdn Bhd - PADI Dive Centre S-34051 recently organised an underwater cleanup event under the Project AWARE “Dive for Earth Day” and a coral reef survey under the “Green Fins” banner, from 24 – 26 April 2009 at Tenggol Island. This year’s event was attended by 14 divers as well as 2 staffs from the Marine Park Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment Malaysia.

This program was a follow-up to the underwater cleanup event held at the same location from 28 – 30 August last year. During that event, more than 100kg of rubbish comprising mostly of tin cans, plastic and metal parts were removed from the Teluk Air Tawar bay area. Most of the rubbish came from the fishing vessels taking shelter in the bay area in between their fishing runs. This year’s event focused solely on removing the huge bundles of mooring lines and fishing nets that have been discarded by fishermen over the coral reefs for years. During the three dives conducted in the bay area, more than 80kg of lines and nets were successfully brought to the surface for disposal.

Project AWARE

The divers also participated in the “Green Fins” coral reef survey, an initiative by Marine Park Department Malaysia and supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Ocean Elements was recently appointed as one of the “Green Fins” dive operator and Tenggol Island was picked as the location for our very first survey. The surveys were conducted at three locations around the island and the results were submitted to the Marine Park office for their analysis and statistics.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 May 2009 )
 
FINALIST: Diver Retention Award 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 19 April 2009

PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards 2009

Ocean Elements was announced as one of the three finalists for the DIVER RETENTION AWARD for Region 12 by PADI on 15 April 2009 (PADI Region 12 consists of amongst others, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, etc.). The other two finalists are Blue Marlin Dive from Lombok, Indonesia and Sipadan Scuba from Sabah. The DIVER RETENTION AWARD 2009 went to Blue Marlin Dive, congratulations!

Notwithstanding the results above, we were very surprised to learnt that we are one of the Finalists and very happy to see that the efforts put in last year paid off and was appreciated by PADI. Our sincere thanks go out to all the divers who came and successfully completed their PADI Open Water or other PADI courses with us and then continued their diving education with us. We hope you have had a good experience during your courses and will come back for more!

Last Updated ( Sunday, 19 April 2009 )
 
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