BEACON Project at Similajau National Park
The annual reef and beach cleaning activities conducted by the Biodiversity, Environment and Conservation (BEACON) Project has now entered into its third year at the Similajau National Park.
It aims to turn the Park, located just outside of Bintulu, into the “Green Lung of Bintulu”.
The Project’s secondary component in Conservation, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA), where groups or programmes such as the Friends of Nature programme brings people into the national park to participate in the cleaning.
The Project is organized by the MLNG Group of Companies, a subsidiary company of Petronas and the Sarawak Forestry Corporation.
To date some 120 students from 21 secondary schools and 21 chaperon-teachers had participated in the Friends of Nature programme.
Entering the third year, the BEACON Project has proven to be effective in improving the marine wildlife and reefs in the area.
The Assistant Minister for Environment and Assistant Minister for Workforce Development and Training Sarawak, Datu Haji Len Talif Salleh, attended this year’s BEACON reef cleaning in September.
