Friday, October 14, 2011

Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa conserving dugongs at Tun Mustapha Park

KOTA KINABALU: Shangri-la's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa is working to conserve dugongs and their habitat through cooperation with the communities of the proposed Tun Mustapha Park in northern Sabah.

The initial cooperation is between the resort and the community at Berungus, Pitas. The cooperation was recognized this week at the Second Coral Triangle Initiative Regional Business Forum in Kuala Lumpur.

The cooperation supports fisheries management and dugong habitat conservation by the Berungus community residing within the boundaries of the proposed Tun Mustapha Park.

The proposed park area is home to Malaysia’s second largest concentration of coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds and endangered marine species, including turtles and dugongs.

Tun Mustapha Park is a key component of Malaysia’s action plan for the Coral Triangle Initiative.

Part of the resort’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative includes a dugong protection programme which supports the protection of dugongs and their habitat, and the implementation of sustainable fishing practices.

Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa has also adopted the dugong as its official mascot.

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