Rimba Conservation Crew’s primary goal is to educate and inspire our staff, locals and guests who stay at Rimba Resort, Pulau Sibu on the importance of marine conservation. 

Our turtle hatchery provides an income for locals who sell turtle eggs to RCC instead of to the markets for human consumption. Funding for this comes from nest sponsorship by our guests. 

To raise further funds for our conservation efforts we introduced Kids Conservation Club (KCC) – an educational service aimed at creating awareness about the environment for ages 3 – 12. Each 2 hour session is RM50 (USD$12) per child and we offer a variety of programmes including Turtle Talks, Snorkel Science, Fish ID and beach clean-ups. The revenue generated has allowed us to fund building materials, upgrade equipment and support further RCC projects both on the resort and for our local village.

I strongly believe this is an initiative which can be used by other organisations to provide conservation education and funding.