Save Cambodian Marine Life

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We are a grass roots conservation NGO based in a small village on a tropical island just off the coast of Cambodia. Be part of an amazing team!

About Us

Save Cambodian Marine Life is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Cambodia that has started to help protect the local reefs surrounding Koh Rong Samloem. We intend to create awareness not only among the local people of Cambodia but also across national borders through our volunteer ...

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About Us

Save Cambodian Marine Life is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Cambodia that has started to help protect the local reefs surrounding Koh Rong Samloem. We intend to create awareness not only among the local people of Cambodia but also across national borders through our volunteer program. We are an international team of people, with experience in diving, well trained in marine conservation, management and ecology. 

Why it is important

Cambodia has an amazing coastline and even more amazing islands. There are over 20 islands just off the coast of Sihanoukville and the outer islands. Having such a large area to protect and not having the means to do so is a very difficult task for the Cambodian Government and local villages. 

People are now realising how much illegal fishing is happening and it is affecting the local communities directly. There are around 17% of families in the surrounding islands that do not have enough seafood to feed their families adequately. When people are scuba diving they can still hear dynamite going off in the distance. We are trying to help the government by providing survey data from as many reefs to show the impact illegal fishing is having and we are helping create protected areas and no go zones.

Coral Nursery

Coral farming was our first major project that we started in January 2014. With our first volunteers on the project we built and created 15 frames. One year later, these frames are now their own little reef. We create this coral nursery with acrapora species of coral that is under threat in Cambodia and in many other parts of the world too. This coral is very rarely seen deeper than 5meters anymore yet it should be seen all the way down to about 14m. Our goal is to grow many of these coral frames and slowly bring them back to the natural reefs.

Who we are looking for

Volunteers would come and help make a difference in this village by providing English education to the kids showing them the rights and wrongs of pollution and to assist with beach & village clean ups. 

We also have a lovely reef just off the shore where you can go snorkeling to relax or if you want you can also take part of our scuba diving marine conservation team and help to build, clean and maintain our coral nursery and take part in reef clean ups and seahorse surveys.


Contact Person

James Swain

Spoken languages: English

Save Cambodian Marine Life reviews

minami sugiura rating5.0

2019 at Coral Farming Assistant

1週間参加しました。 初日にPedro(Peter)が、ビレッジを案内してくれました。島がどう変わってきたか、現状どうなのかなど詳しく教えてくれてとても学ぶことが多かったです。 Coral ...
Anthony DiLemme rating4.6

2019 at Coral Farming Assistant

I am very happy with my experience with SCML! They are doing good work trying Saving coral broken from the tourist areas in their nurseries, which builds upon the more immediate reef off of the island. Pedro really knows his stuff and i admire him greatly for the passion in the work that he does. My ...
Faris Dizdarevic rating4.0

2019 at Coral Farming Assistant

I joined the Coral Farming project for a week in June 2019 and was overall satisfied. The volunteers were supervised by Pedro, a very nice and honest diver from the island. We were introduced to the village to understand the current difficulties of the local population. Koh Rong Samloem itself is ...
Min Yoon rating3.8

2019 at Coral Farming Assistant

I volunteered for 1 week at SCML and really enjoyed my stay. It was my first time traveling alone so it was a great way to get to know the community and meet fellow travelers with similar interest (in this case, diving and eco concious projects). The group is divided into 2 - land project team ...
oscar martinez rating3.6

2019 at Coral Farming Assistant

Pedro and James are great hosts. James was extraordinary and always took care since the arrival until the departure. Unfortunately the weather didn’t help at all. Rainy days are not helpful for diving. We only went 2 times and the visibility was poor. Also there were other problems with ...
Thibault Rancon rating1.4

2019 at Coral Farming Assistant

I involved this program during 3 weeks. Just avoid it! Description of the project is so far from what you will really do, and coordinator is one of the more dishonest guy I met. If you want more details, read below: First problem: coordinator was very present till I paid the deposit. Then, no ...