Losing The Battle To Plastic In Semporna

While everything is looking good with tourism making a steady comeback after Covid-19, there are concerns that the business-as-usual profiteering inevitably puts a huge pressure on marine biodiversity in Semporna. The word “Semporna” actually means “perfect” in English.

Up until now, the district and its surrounding islands are still portrayed as Sabah’s amazing little paradise in the east luring visitors like fish to bait. However, having seen with their own eyes the amount of plastic pollution in the ocean, some visitors commented that the area was more like a “paradise lost”.

No one could disagree with them.

But, if the district could speak, her most immediate and impending threat by far is just a fish bomb throw away. One blast can irreversibly destroy precious parts of her – the foundational coral reef itself, that are critically important economic contributors to the State.

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