CEMACS: A Little-known And Highly Effective Research Centre

The greatest mangrove diversity in the world can be found in South-east Asia, with one third of this in Malaysia alone. Mangroves provide refuge, and act as nurseries and feeding grounds for entire food chains, from commercially important fish to wading birds, monitor lizards and even crocodiles.

In January this year, the Penang state government announced that it had tabled and passed a Gender Inclusiveness Policy aimed at building an inclusive society i...