Cambodia Coastal and Marine Protection
Marine Resource Protection Organisation
MRPO works across Cambodia's southwest coastal waters with communities, authorities, researchers, and partners to protect reefs, seagrass, mangroves, fisheries, and marine wildlife from pressures moving through connected coastal ecosystems.
MRPO in Brief
Cambodia's coastal waters need practical protection, in every language communities use.
MRPO shares its mission in Khmer and English so coastal communities, government counterparts, partners, and international supporters can understand the same conservation priorities clearly.
Shared Understanding
One coastal mission, two public languages
The Khmer and English versions help MRPO communicate across local stewardship, partner coordination, and wider public support without changing the message.
Why It Matters
Cambodia's coastal ecosystems support life, livelihoods, and food security.
From Koh Rong and Koh Sdach to wider southwest coastal waters, reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, fishing routes, and island communities are connected. Damage in one area can quickly affect marine wildlife, habitat recovery, and families who depend on healthy seas.
Marine habitat degradation
Pollution and abandoned fishing gear
Climate change impacts
Vision
A connected seascape that can recover and thrive.
MRPO's vision is for Cambodia's marine ecosystems to remain diverse, productive, and resilient, supporting coastal communities, responsible livelihoods, national prosperity, and a blue economy grounded in long-term protection.
Strategic Focus
How MRPO turns conservation priorities into field action.
Partnerships
Coordinate with government, coastal communities, NGOs, researchers, dive operators, and responsible private-sector partners so conservation work is locally grounded and institutionally useful.
Protected Areas & Habitats
Support protection and restoration for reefs, mangroves, seagrass, biodiversity corridors, and priority marine areas across Cambodia's connected coastal waters.
Sustainable Finance
Build credible funding, sponsorship, and reporting pathways that help field missions, monitoring, restoration, and community stewardship continue beyond one-off activities.
Capacity & Innovation
Strengthen MRPO's team, monitoring systems, data tools, communications, and technical partnerships so conservation decisions are supported by evidence and field learning.
Where the Work Connects
From field response to national blue economy resilience.
MRPO's public pages are organised around the issues partners and coastal communities ask about most: what is being protected, where work happens, how evidence is collected, and how responsible support can strengthen Cambodia's marine future.
Marine Conservation in Cambodia
How reefs, mangroves, seagrass, fishing routes, marine wildlife, and coastal communities connect across Cambodia's southwest waters.
Current Conservation Activities
COMET mangrove restoration, ghost gear recovery, coral reef monitoring, and the organisational systems behind accountable conservation delivery.
Blue Economy Partnerships
How responsible businesses, public systems, and conservation partners can support coastal resilience as Cambodia prepares for its 2029 development transition.
Cambodia Southwest Target Area
The wider operational seascape around Koh Rong, Koh Sdach, Koh Tang, Koh Prins, reef systems, fishing grounds, and nearby communities.
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