Welcome to Tocang Links!

At Tocang Links, we believe that weaving together different perspectives and expertise creates something strong and beautiful – much like a braid.

Our name reflects this: ‘Tocang’ is inspired by the Hokkien thau-chang (頭鬃), meaning ‘braid’, symbolising how growth comes from nurturing connections and the cross-pollination of ideas. It also honours the Malay word tukang (craftsperson), reflecting a thoughtful, hands-on approach to cultivating relationships and driving collaboration across disciplines.

We encourage open and respectful conversations, creating a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing their unique insights. This allows us to develop practical solutions that benefit both people and the planet.

Our Team

Nadiah Rosli – Founder and Managing Director

Spending most of her life in Malaysia, Nadiah roots her work in these tropical landscapes, cultivating an enduring love for coconut-lined beaches, monsoon rains, durian, and extremely spicy food. Viewing environmental science as an inherently relational practice, she draws on nearly two decades of experience as an environmental journalist, communications specialist, and project manager to bridge disciplines, sectors, and cross-border networks.

Nadiah translates the urgency of the climate and ecological crisis without losing the human element of conservation. Moving away from the ‘doom and gloom’ narratives common in the sector, she champions environmental communication anchored in constructive hope through her work with organisations like the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Earthworm Foundation. She designs outreach that builds personal connections to nature and drives practical behavioural change. Grounding her leadership in intention, equity, and an ethic of reciprocity, she extends these principles across her entire network of practitioners and community partners.

A Chevening Scholar, Nadiah earned her MLitt in Environment, Culture and Communication at the University of Glasgow’s School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Supported by fellowships from the World Conference of Science Journalists, the Ettore Majorana Foundation, and the MIT Media Lab Open Ocean Initiative, she applies this exploration of science, culture, and nature directly to her environmental journalism, publishing with outlets including VICE, Public Radio International, and New Naratif. Venturing into the performing arts, she also designs science-arts collaborations, most notably serving as the scriptwriter for the puppet show ASLI – Resonance in Our Roots, which translates environmental themes through Indigenous and local folktales from Malaysia.

Nadiah leads complex, multi-stakeholder programs underpinned by community building. As a Project Director at Internews, she managed an EU-funded program to promote good governance in Malaysian media. More recently, as the Capacity Development Program Manager at the Ocean Discovery League, she designed frameworks to enhance diversity and representation in deep-sea research. Guided by a commitment to centring community voices and stories that are often overlooked, she provides capacity sharing and strategic communications as the Founder and Managing Director of Tocang Links, building on her track record with organisations such as OceanX, Earth Journalism Network, Macaranga, and Think City.

Pursuing her ‘ocean joy’ through every new collaboration, she fuels her insatiable curiosity about this world with nature, culture, magic, octopuses, mantis shrimps, and B-grade movies (preferably about an octopus fighting a mantis shrimp). She channels this same energy into her personal pursuits, whether writing her first movie screenplay, training in Muay Thai, learning beekeeping, or diving.

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