Assess
Use scientific research, local knowledge, and partner consultation to understand ecosystem condition, social context, and conservation risk.
Program Design
From conservation strategy to practical field implementation.
MRPO designs programs around ecosystem need, local knowledge, partner coordination, sustainable finance, and measurable conservation results.
Overall Approach
Programs are built as a full cycle, not one-off activities.
Each program starts with a clear conservation case, defines who should participate, sets implementation priorities, and creates a path for monitoring, learning, and long-term continuity.
View Current ActivitiesDesign Framework
How MRPO shapes conservation programs.
Design
Define objectives, target areas, activities, safeguards, finance needs, monitoring indicators, and GEDSI-inclusive participation pathways.
Implement
Deliver practical activities with communities and stakeholders, including restoration, protection, monitoring, training, and campaigns.
Learn
Track results, document lessons, improve methods, and strengthen institutional systems for future conservation programming.
Current Activities
2026 implementation sits within these active workstreams.
These activities reflect MRPO's immediate operating priorities while strengthening the systems needed for larger future programs.
COMET Implementation
Community-Based Mangrove Restoration and Ecotourism with ThinkAqua, connecting habitat recovery with local stewardship and benefits.
Ghost Net Recovery
Campaigns to collect abandoned fishing gear from the sea and reduce damage to marine habitats and wildlife.
Coral Reef Monitoring
Partner-led monitoring planning to guide marine protected area management and evidence-based conservation decisions.
Organisational Systems
Development of HR, finance, and communications policies that prepare MRPO for transparent program delivery.
Public Profile & Partnerships
MRPO appears in public conservation activity and partner reporting.
These references help show MRPO's role in Cambodia's marine conservation ecosystem and connect the website to public-facing work.
Xinhua, March 2026
Coral spawning monitoring in Cambodian waters
MRPO was named among partners supporting coral spawning survey and reef monitoring work with Cambodian ministries, Fauna & Flora, and Song Saa Foundation.
View public referenceThinkAqua public profile, 2026
COMET mangrove restoration and ecotourism
ThinkAqua described MRPO participation in the Community-led Mangrove Restoration and Eco-Tourism project in Preah Sihanouk, with training and community project development.
View public referenceAgence Kampuchea Presse, March 2026
Cambodia marine conservation collaboration
Public reporting highlighted government, NGO, and local partner collaboration around reef monitoring, coral health, and long-term coastal ecosystem resilience.
View public referencePriority Work Plan 2026
Implementation priorities for the current activity cycle.
The 2026 work plan details fundraising, stakeholder cooperation, project delivery, marine campaigns, monitoring, and internal policy development.