SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Rumah Eko | Sustainable Tourism

Where tourism supports conservation and communities lead change.

Discover Rumah Eko and explore our Sustainable Tourism Experiences.

Community Projects

ISLAND CHANGEMAKERS

Where communities become changemakers and conservation becomes a shared responsibility.

PROTECTING JOHOR’S MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

Science-led conservation; Monitoring, protecting, and restoring critical habitats and endangered species

Internship

Local and international interns play an essential role to the continued sustainability of our conservation and research project

Tengah Island Conservation (TIC) is a science-based, community-driven conservation initiative based in Mersing Johor, Malaysia. As a non-profit organization, TIC is dedicated to preserving and restoring the environment and the island’s rich biodiversity through a holistic approach that integrates environmental protection, sustainable practices, and community engagement.

TIC work is structured around four key conservation pillars:

Why we do what we do…

A quote from Mark Carwardine below summarises our inspiration to do what we are doing at TIC.

“...while nature has considerable resilience, there is a limit to how far that resilience can be stretched. No one knows how close to the limit we are getting. The darker it gets, the faster we’re driving.

There is one last reason for caring, and I believe that no other is necessary. It is certainly the reason why so many people have devoted their lives to protecting the likes of rhinos, parakeets, kakapos, and dolphins. And it is simple this: the world would be a poorer, darker, lonelier place without them.”

— MARK CARWARDINE, LAST CHANCE TO SEE