The volunteers of Marine Conservation Cambodia are thrilled to announce that they not only reached their incredible target of 1000kgs of rubbish in 4 months, but beat it! 1007.65kgs were collected from the reefs and beaches around Koh Rong Samleom, even after the total has been adjusted to take into account water and sand weights.

So, many thanks to all the volunteers and the kids from the community for their help and enthusiasm, especially when it came to digging and pulling up tangled bits of net, lines and cloth that seemed so attracted to branches and roots buried in the sand!

Unfortunately, this means that we are setting a target of 3 tonnes from 2010. Good luck guys!