USM organises Coastal Cleanup Campaign

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) through the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies will be organizing an “International Coastal Cleanup (Penang)” ICCP 2009 Campaign on Saturday, 26 September 2009 at 8.00 a.m. at the Pasir Pandak and Teluk Aling Beaches at the Penang National Park.

This campaign, organized by ‘Ocean Conservancy US’ is an annual activity involving the largest number of volunteers in the world. In Penang, it is jointly organized by Coastal Cleanup, Singapore, Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research and the National University of Singapore.

Through this activity, each sample of garbage collected will be sent to Ocean Conservancy US for analysis with the aim of gathering more information in the area of marine and coastal studies.

For further information please contact Marziana Mohamed Alias