Overview

Song Saa Foundation Volunteering Opportunity
Ocean Stewardship Programme 

 

Location: Koh Rong, Cambodia
Duration: Minimum 4 weeks participation
Start dates: First Monday of every month
Costs: from $2550 USD 

Benefits: 

  • Gain personal hands-on experience in groundbreaking marine conservation initiatives. 
  • Work alongside experienced and passionate conservation professionals and scientists. 
  • Live and work in a traditional Cambodian fishing village community. 
  • Ideal for those studying marine biology and environmental conservation, or those with a keen interest in marine ecology and ecological conservation. 
  • Participate in community and education projects. 

Ocean Stewardship Programme 

Here is what you can expect from the programme: 

  • Coral Reef Ecology course: this includes lectures on coral reef ecology, interactions between marine ecosystems, importance of and threats to habitats, how to identify coral, fish and invertebrate species, seagrass and mangrove ecology 
  • Training on survey methodologies for coral reef biodiversity and seagrass data collection (seagrass available October – December; coral reef all year round) 
  • Completing in-water surveys and data collection by scuba diving and snorkelling, contributing to annual reports and historical datasets and better protecting the Marine National Park 
  • Participating in the Coral Nursery and Artificial Reef project 
  • PADI Advanced Open Water course (if you don’t already have) 
  • The opportunity to join our community-based projects when available 

Certain activities offered during the OSP are seasonal, and some are available year-round. This timetable gives an indication of when certain surveys are conducted so you may wish to choose specific dates depending on preferences.

 Time of year 

 Surveys/Activities 

 Reef Biodiversity Data Collection 

 March – May 

 Seagrass Surveys 

 October – November 

 Artificial Coral Reef & Coral Nursery 

 All year round 

 Coral Bleaching Monitoring 

 All year round 

 Coral Spawning Surveys 

 Daytime Spawning Species: October – November;

 Nighttime Spawning Species: February – April 

 Beach Cleans 

 All year round 

Play an active part in protecting Cambodia’s coast!
Learn more and reserve your place on the Ocean Stewardship Programme.