Gayana Eco Resort will organise ‘Marine Awareness Month’

KOTA KINABALU: Gayana Eco Resort and Bunga Raya Island Resort & Spa will be organising a ‘Marine Awareness Month’ from March 22 to April 22 this year to highlight the importance of giant clams and celebrate the returning of their baby clams into the wild. In a statement yesterday, the Gayana Eco Resort said its Marine Ecology Research Centre (MERC) has been propagating and caring for giant clams for the last four years.

“We are finally at the stage where the baby clams are mature enough to be reintroduced into their natural environment. This has become the driving force behind the awareness month as we would like to do as much as possible to ensure that the baby clams make it to their teens,” said the resort.

On their coral reef restoration programme, the resort said they are aiming to transfer 1,000 pieces of planted coral fragments back into the coral reef.

The programme will end with a beach party at Bunga Raya featuring local artists Zumba (Aerobics cum dance routine) with Michelle Koh, coral planting activities and lunch on the beach with tickets at RM200 a piece where all the profits will be donated to MERC to ensure sustainability and a healthy marine environment for the future.

Besides that, the resort will be hosting some school children and non-governmental organizations to MERC to raise awareness and increase knowledge of the sea and conservation and restoration efforts.

More information can be obtained from Junei or Duncan at +6088 380390.