Run In Support of Tun Mustapha Park



Sabah Parks, the Banggi Youth Club and WWF-Malaysia organised a ’Run for TMP’  in Karakit, Banggi Island, within the proposed Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) on 15 July.

Sabah Parks, the Banggi Youth Club and WWF-Malaysia organised a ’Run for TMP’  in Karakit, Banggi Island, within the proposed Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) yesterday. © WWF-Malaysia/Angela Lim
The run aimed to raise awareness on the importance of the park in providing food security and income from tourism as well as its biodiversity richness, among the local communities and the participants of the run. A similar run was conducted earlier in Kudat town on 1 July to inform the public, especially local communities within the TMP, on the importance to support the gazettement of TMP as a multi-purpose marine park.


Encik Asdari Beluot, Sabah Parks Officer, flagged off the 7km run from Astaka Terbuka Karakit to Kg. Batu Putih, Simpang Wak-Wak, SMK Banggi and back at 8am. He said, “It is heartening to see so many enthusiastic participants turn up so early on a Sunday for fitness and to support the State Government’s intention to gazette Tun Mustapha Park.”

Encik Asdari Beluot, Sabah Parks Officer, flagged off the 7km run from Astaka Terbuka Karakit to Kg. Batu Putih, Simpang Wak-Wak, SMK Banggi and back at 8am. © WWF-Malaysia/Angela Lim

WWF-Malaysia Kudat-Banggi PCA Team Leader Irwanshah Mustapa said, “The run on Karakit was a success with 350 registered runners including more than 100 of school students, volunteers and local residents. It shows the communities are interested in supporting the proposed Park and also in keeping fit for health in the spirit of “Ke Arah Malaysia Cergas, Sihat dan Bersatu.”

Overfishing and habitat degradation are the main threats in the northern region of Sabah. In 2003, the Sabah State Government approved the intention to gazette the proposed Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) to address these problems, as well as to alleviate poverty and benefit stakeholders in the area. The proposed TMP will be a multiple use Marine Protected Area (MPA), and will be managed collaboratively by stakeholders. WWF-Malaysia is facilitating the formation of smaller marine areas managed by local communities as demonstration sites to show the benefits and how the larger TMP will function as an MPA with local stakeholder participation in collaborative management of marine resources.

This ‘Run for TMP’ is hoped to increase public awareness and garner further support from local communities for the proposed park, as well as acknowledge the efforts carried out by the local communities in demonstrating collaborative management and protection of marine resources and biodiversity in the proposed Park.

WWF-Malaysia’s Kudat-Banggi PCA Project is partially funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The USAID administers the U.S. foreign assistance program providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries worldwide. 

The winner for the Women Over 18 Years Category receiving a prize from Encik Asdari Beluot, Sabah Parks Officer. © WWF-Malaysia/Angela Lim

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