At the beginning of this school year, one of the facilitators offered a group of students an opportunity to do a long-term marine research at Koh Seh Island, located at the Kep Archipelago. I applied for this opportunity and was chosen to be one of the eight members of the Liger Marine Research Team (LMRT). Starting from this school year until the graduation of the first cohort, my team will do studies on part of the marine ecosystem and see how it recovers for damages. We will be collecting data and analyze it. Information will be shared among other people such as NGOs, governments, and schools. Our team has received a grant that will help us with the study, research, supplies, and transportation to the island. For this school year, we will be going to the island once every month. At there, we will be learning and working very closely to the Marine Conservation of Cambodia (MCC). We need to learn how to scuba dive, do reef survey, and other essential skills to help us with this long-term project. I am looking forward to learning and gain a lot of knowledge from this project!
