Archive: July 2003
- Southern Leyte Coral Reef Conservation Project Open Day
- 27 July 2003
- On the 20th July 2003, sixty children, aged six to fourteen, and teachers of the Bontoc Central School participated in an Open Day organized and run by Coral Cay Conservation (CCC), the award-winning premier British coral reef and tropical forest...
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Staff
- Research treks at NRCP
- 19 July 2003
- Day-break We wake early, around 6am. Still aching from the previous day's exhausting trek to the Aeroplano site, we stumble into the kitchen where breakfast awaits - usually some rice and fish but occasionally fried eggs and pancakes. After breakfast...
- Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Tropical Forests
- Community Action in Fiji
- 19 July 2003
- A crucial part of the Fiji Reef Conservation Project is establishing strong working partnerships with different elements of the local community. Marine Ecology Workshop Marine ecology workshops are designed for diving professionals working in the Mamanuca Islands. The workshops consist...
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Diaries and Reviews, Fiji, Staff
- Community Action in Honduras
- 19 July 2003
- Find out how CCC Bay Island Project works with the local community to effect change. Community action at Project Bay Islands in Honduras aims to increase local awareness about the coral reefs. Each specific community project targets a number of...
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Diaries and Reviews, Honduras, Staff
- Honduras Update
- 19 July 2003
- Project Scientist Jacqui Taylor looks back over the last few months in Honduras. Project Launch On an island renowned for its Caribbean attitude to life, the CCC team in Sandy Bay has been doing quite the opposite over the past...
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Honduras, Staff
- Hotspot of Hope
- 19 July 2003
- Terrestrial Science Co-ordinator, Craig Turner, takes a look at the success of the Negros Rainforest Conservation Project. The Philippines currently has one of the largest numbers of threatened, restricted range bird species in the world. Recent research has discovered a...
- Categories: Philippines, Reports and Publications, Staff, Tropical Forests
- Life at NRCP
- 19 July 2003
- What's life really like on a forest expedition? Volunteer Luke Jones reveals all. In a nutshell? Life at NRCP (Negros Rainforest Conservation Project, Philippines) is a contrast between the relaxed atmosphere of Campuestohan (project base) and the fast and furious...
- Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Tropical Forests
- Champagne Rugby Tens
- 19 July 2003
- In October 2002, Chris Redman was tragically killed in the terrorist bombing in Bali whilst on a rugby tour. In May 2003, Chris' friends and family organised The Champagne Rugby Tens in his memory to raise money for two charities...
- Categories: Trust
- Coral Cay Conservation Trust Wins British Airways Community Volunteering Award
- 17 July 2003
- On the 20th May 2003, in recognition of British Airway employee Richard Simpson's voluntary work for Coral Cay Conservation (CCC), BA Community Relations Manager Mary Barry, presented Coral Cay Conservation representatives Derek Maule (Chairman of CCC Ltd) and Roger...
- Categories: CCC Awards, CCC In The News, Coral Reefs, Tropical Forests, Trust
- Malaysia Reefs and Islands Conservation Project- Marine update
- 13 July 2003
- Coral Cay Conservation has successfully completed the marine phase of the pilot project of the MRICP. Through the dedication and hard work of more than thirty local and national Volunteers and field staff, a total of 198 survey dives (equating...
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Diaries and Reviews, Malaysia
- Mandy's Malaysia Reefs and Islands Conservation Project Diary
- 10 July 2003
- Over the course of twelve weeks CCC staff and groups of international Volunteers conducted baseline surveys around the group of islands that form the Perhentians in Malaysia. Read Mandy Hengeveld's (MRICP Project Scientist) diary of the pilot project.
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Diaries and Reviews, Malaysia, Staff, Tropical Forests
