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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.

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The Kep MFMA national proclamation is there!

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.

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A testimony from one of the youngest Marine Researcher of Cambodia

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.

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MFMA Official Demarcation Launch

The 17th of March was a huge day in MCC history. We had the honour to receive His Excellency Eng Cheasan, National Director of the Fisheries administration, to drop the first symbolic concrete block of the 11 354 ha MFMA of Kep Archipelago, allowing to us start the deployment.

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Guess who’s back ?

Last week was very special for MCC since six students of the Liger Leadership Academy and their teacher came 4 days on the island to deploy their artificial reef and realize their baseline surveys. We were truly happy and proud to have the Liger Marine Research Team (LMRT) for so long on Koh Seh.

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MCC crowdfunding campaign is done!

MCC 1st crowdfunding campaign is now closed and finished! We finally managed to reach 12136$, almost 25% of our Goal, in 3 months. It will extremely helpful for the next steps of the project.