The Kep Archipelago has been officially designated as an Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA), by the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Area Taskforce!
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Chiara Gambini – A Trip To Ho Chi Min – 12th November 2018
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Are you ready to read the latest exciting news from MCC?
In September 2017, Marine Conservation Cambodia launched the Cambodian Marine Mammal Conservation Project (CMMCP), the first long-term marine mammal research program in the coastal waters of Kep province, Cambodia. CMMCP aims to support the conservation of Kep’s marine Mammals, the main focus of the first year was researching the Irrawaddy dolphins through collecting missing baseline data that can be used to create tailored dolphin conservation legislation in the Kep region. This report details activities, findings and successes of CMMCP’s first twelve months in the field, ending with a presentation of tailored conservation suggestions for the Kep region.
We would like to thank the Fisheries Administration of the Royal Government of Cambodia for all their support throughout. Much appreciation also goes to The International Conservation Fund of Canada, The Heinrich Böll Foundation and Chelonia Ltd for their economic support/equipment donation.
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We are Very happy to have finally completed the 2017 Marine Assessments of Koh Seh, Koh Man Prang and Koh Angkrong.
With Koh Seh and Koh Angkrong now being Conservation Areas within the new MFMA, we hope that next years assessments will continue to show a recovery of the areas, Koh Man Prang should also show some improvement as this area will be classed as a tourism zone, which does not allow fishing activities.
The Koh Seh report is an interesting read and shows well the improvements that can be made with good marine protection and a pro-active approach to conservation.
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Wonderful short video from our amazing Liger Marine Research Team students.
We truly believe that it will be the young generations of Cambodia that will take up the fight to protect their marine environments, this short video shows the dedication and passion of our first young Khmer students.
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MCC is happy to announce a new partnership with the Waitt Foundation! Like the National Geographic Society, they will support our work towards the deployment of our artificial reef project!
One month ago, one of our volunteers, Doug left our island after volunteering with us for one month. He really loved it, and created a picture album about his stay. On each picture, you’ll find a small description of what happened while he was taking the picture. He actually did that for his entire month, and try to communicate what was happening here in his own way. Just below, you’ll find the link of his album.
2 new positions are available at MCC! Click and check out if you can be the candidate we need. Sharpen your humour and if you are seriously interested, contact us at seahorseconservation@gmail.com!
We all gathered around the grave to receive a briefing from Sarah Tubbs, chief dolphin excavator, at 3pm. The plan was to set up separate stations for the unearthed dolphin bones to be washed, dried, drawn, numbered and finally, assembled. Jasmine and I were tasked with the cleaning and drying of the bones. The plan was to start with the skull and to work our way down the skeleton one at a time to make identification and assembly of the skeleton easier.
Kep Archipelago/ Cambodia (June 8, 2018)— To help celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8th, the National Geographic Society announced Marine Conservation Cambodia as one of three winners of the Marine Protection Prize. This program attracted some of the best and brightest proposals for using technology to better police critical ecosystems and economies. From a pool of 5,720 online inscriptions, 156 teams registered for the competition, three winners were selected. Marine Conservation Cambodia is one of them, to be awarded $150,000 to implement a plan to protect the world’s oceans and sustain its fisheries.