The Datai Pledge Overview Video

The Datai Pledge

The Datai Pledge is a Private Trust dedicated to improving the well-being of the environment, wildlife and local community of Langkawi. Initiated in 2019 to create a robust conservation and sustainability programme for The Datai Langkawi, the initiative aims to expand with future properties and locations. 

The Four Pillars

The Datai Pledge comprises four pillars: Pure For The Future; Fish For The Future; Wildlife For The Future; and Youth For The Future, which respectively focus on our business operations and ethics; the marine life; the fauna and flora; and the children of the community.

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To make our business operations sustainable and regenerate the environment and community.

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To conserve coral reefs and marine life, and promote sustainable fishing.

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Great Hornbill in flight

To conserve Langkawi’s wildlife and regenerate the rainforests.

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To nurture youth’s appreciation of nature through environmental education.

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Half a billion years ago, the forces of nature conspired to create Langkawi, one of the most beautiful group of islands in the world...

Irshad Mobarak

Chief Advisor - The Datai Pledge

Initiatives

All of our initiatives are aimed to support the overall goals of The Datai Pledge – to be an active instigator for sustainable change and regenerative travel; they range from community outreach projects, to adoption programmes, to projects to support our local flora and fauna. They are led by The Datai Pledge pillar leaders and teams, naturalists, marine biologists, and experts, including our visiting NGO and social enterprise partners.

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Community Outreach

Comprehensive and far-reaching, the community support programme of The Datai Pledge is the result of a holistic, cross-pillar approach, producing both tangible short and longer-term results.

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Turtle Project

Datai Bay was once a site for turtles to nest (the last sighting prior to the year 2021 was in the late ‘90s). Since 2021, we have been working hard to regain the bay as a turtle-friendly beach by creating the right…

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Young Reporters for the Environment

An award-winning programme in over 40 countries worldwide, Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) gives young people aged 10-24 years a platform to research environmental issues and promote solutions through…

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Achieving Zero Waste to the Landfill

This ambition to protect nature whilst improving the welfare of the local community has achieved many milestones since 2019: five new centres were created (…

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Creating Hornbill Nesting Boxes

Due to a loss of their rainforest habitat and poaching, there has been an increasing decline in the number of hornbills in Langkawi. For the largest bird on the island, the Great Hornbill, the reduced prevalence of…

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Installing Wildlife Camera Traps

A database on Langkawi’s terrestrial vertebrae via camera trapping is currently in development. The photographic documentation of nocturnal wildlife residing around Datai Bay has already been captured via our camera…

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