Academic partner
School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Led by Dr Ngo Sheau Shi, recipient of the 2026 Geran Sumbangan Suruhanjaya Kebangsaan UNESCO Malaysia (SKUM).
ABOUT MIDDLE BANK PENANG
Knowledge connects us. Conservation brings us together.
A community–academic partnership helping people understand, care for and participate in the long-term conservation of Middle Bank, Penang.
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Welcome to Middle Bank Penang
Middle Bank Penang is a digital platform dedicated to raising public awareness, promoting informed discussion and encouraging community participation in efforts to gazette and conserve Middle Bank, Penang.
Located in Penang’s coastal waters, Middle Bank is an ecologically significant marine area with valuable seagrass habitats. These habitats support marine biodiversity and local fisheries, and contribute to the health and resilience of coastal ecosystems. Yet Middle Bank remains relatively unknown to the wider public.
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Our partnership
Middle Bank Penang is jointly developed through a community–academic partnership between:
Community partner
Persatuan Penduduk Bandar Sri Pinang, Pulau Pinang
Bringing local knowledge and grassroots participation to the shared work of public understanding and conservation.
Together, we connect academic research, local knowledge and community participation to promote greater understanding of Middle Bank’s ecological significance and the importance of its long-term conservation.
Our commitment to sustainable development
Our initiative contributes to the aims of three United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
SDG 11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Promoting sustainable coastal development and strengthening community resilience through the protection of valuable coastal ecosystems.
Read the UN goal and targets · SDG 11SDG 13
Climate Action
Raising awareness of the role of seagrass ecosystems in carbon storage, coastal protection and climate resilience.
Read the UN goal and targets · SDG 13SDG 14
Life Below Water
Supporting the conservation of Middle Bank’s seagrass habitats, marine biodiversity and coastal ecological systems.
Read the UN goal and targets · SDG 14These are the initiative’s areas of alignment with the SDGs; they do not imply United Nations endorsement or certification.
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Our mission
Meaningful environmental conservation requires an informed and engaged public. By connecting scientific research with community knowledge and making environmental information more accessible, we aim to empower residents, researchers, policymakers and the wider public to participate in decisions affecting Middle Bank.
Our goal is to build a more informed and engaged community that can contribute to the protection and long-term conservation of Middle Bank for present and future generations.
How we care for this website
Evidence and editorial responsibility
This platform draws on institutional publications, original research and attributed public statements. We distinguish observation dates, geographical scope and source types. Our project partners are identified above; citing other institutions does not imply their endorsement.
The evidencePrivacy by design
This site has no accounts, tracking scripts, cookies, submission forms or database. The message editor runs in your browser and does not save or transmit its contents. Hosting providers may process ordinary request logs; external websites have their own privacy practices. Browser-native sharing and copying occur only when you choose them.
Accessible learning
The interface is designed toward WCAG 2.2 AA, with keyboard-accessible controls, visible focus, reduced-motion support, text alternatives, semantic structure and responsive layouts. Core information remains readable without JavaScript. A complete independent conformance audit remains a pre-publication task.
WCAG 2.2Corrections and contribution
Use the linked sources to check the exact wording, date and scope of a claim. For questions about a source publication itself, use the relevant institutional route.
Publication questions: verified institutional routesVisual provenance
This edition uses supplied coastal photographs, report images and campaign/planning maps. The homepage and eight previously text-only page headers use owner-supplied AI illustrations, visibly credited to AI and identified as illustrations rather than field photographs; the Biodiversity hero uses a separate owner-supplied AI illustration, and its dolphin photograph is credited to KP Song. Captions and the media register distinguish sources, adaptations and publication permissions. Plant drawings and educational diagrams are schematic; map overlays are approximate orientation aids. Images do not establish legal boundaries, current habitat extent or present species abundance.
The media register currently covers 27 source-image records and their display derivatives. Publication permissions are recorded per asset, including the owner’s 15 October 2026 attestation and later supplied additions. No general visitor reuse licence is granted for these third-party images; the classroom text licence excludes them.
Download image attribution and permission register (.csv)