Supporting Turtle Research in Mantanani, Sabah, Borneo
Borneo Dream supports local marine conservation efforts on a regular basis from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. We recently provided two of our team to support Turtle Research being conducted in the waters surrounding Pulau Mantanani, 48nm north of Kota Kinabalu. The turtle research was being managed by MRF (Marine Research Foundation), under the leadership of Dr Nick Pilcher. Edrie, one of the Borneo Dream Team research volunteers, wrote a blog about her experience. Read more about the start to the Turtle Research activity below – despite a slow start lots of research was conducted, data gathered, building towards a proposal for protecting the waters around Pulau Mantanani, Sabah.
“Myself and Ann were the early risers (no-earlier than Dr. Nick) and started the day with coffee and tea, respectively. In between sips, we would just look into the horizon and be in awe with the amazing beauty of Mantanani.
Looking around knowing there are about 200 sea turtles around, the need to make the project a successful one, and hope that the research will help to get Mantanani gazetted into a Marine Park, will be a dream come true . This means the turtles and marine life around Mantanani would be protected from over fishing and unwanted illegal fishing activity. Continue reading

























