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.
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A new wind is blowing on MCC patrol fleet! Thanks to our main donor, the International Conservation Fund of Canada, our speedboat just got a brand new outboard engine. It will make our crew safer and stronger.
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LMRT last visit of the year!
After almost on month and a half, MCC was happy to welcome again the Liger Marine Research Team, for their last trip of the year. This is the occasion to have a look at what they achieved on this trip, and to present their work again!
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MCC on the pitch!
On the 5th and 6th of May, a delegation of 8 people got out of Koh Seh to represent MCC, Kep, and the Archipelago struggling ecosystem in The Villa Vedici football tournament, happening every year in May.
After 4 years of hard work, frustration, struggle, passion and dedication, the 11 354ha Kep MFMA was nationally proclaimed in April 2018. This was a huge step forward for the protection of the Kep Archipelago, and for Cambodia.
After 4 years of hard work, frustration, struggle, passion and dedication, the 11 354ha Kep MFMA has been nationally proclaimed! This is a huge step for Kep Archipelago, and for Cambodia. This MFMA is the second one in the country, after Sihanoukville province. This is a new dawn, and a breath of hope for every single person that fought for this to happen!
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A visit from Pannasastra University
On the last day of March, a group of 15 students from Pannasastra university of Cambodia arrived on the island for a two-day study visit with MCC team. They came on Koh Seh to learn about ocean protection, a topic they are deeply interested in since most of them are majoring in environmental sciences.
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The Future is here
This week end, we were happy to receive the Liger Marine Research Team, for the 4th time of 2018! This was the occasion for them to do the second session of survey, after the deployment of their artificial reef, one month ago.
One month ago, we received Liger Marine Research Team for 5 days, for the baseline survey of their own artificial reef. Here is a testimony from Thiny, one of the students. Her story is amazing, and you should take a look at it!
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Discovering our new Partner
2018 will be the year of change for the Archipelago and MCC. After having collected 12 136$ with our crowdfunding campaign, we managed to find a new partner, Heinrich Boll Stiftung, who will pledge 10000$ for MCC projects.