Mauritius Marine Conservation Society – MMCS
ABOUT US
The Mauritius Marine Conservation Society (MMCS) is a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) which has been operating for more than 40 years in Mauritius, focusing on the education about and conservation of the marine environment in Mauritius as well as the development of underwater archaeology in the Southwest Indian Ocean region.
Introduction
We are actively working to raise awareness amongst the people of Mauritius of the rich marine resource, and the preservation of underwater heritage sites.
We are constantly striving at moving forward with our various programmes in research, public awareness and conservation, towards achieving a healthy marine environment and preserved Underwater Cultural Heritage sites for the long-term prosperity of Mauritius and its people.
Our motto: “Conservation through Education”. The main objective is to promote awareness and appreciation of marine life, an interest in the need for marine conservation, as well as to develop underwater archaeological research in Mauritius.
The Team
Commitee
- President
- Yann Von Arnim
- arnim@intnet.mu
- Vice President
- Jacqueline Sauzier
- j.sauzier@mmcs-ngo.org
- Secretary
- Nicolas Zuel
- nzuel@ebonyforest.com
- Assistant Secretary
- Romain Garnier
- rom.garnier3489@gmail.com
- Treasurer
- Owen Griffiths
- owen@bioculturegroup.com
- Assistant Treasurer & Scientific advisor
- Philippe La Hausse de Lalouvière
- plahausse@gmail.com
- Member
- Vincent Florens
- v.florens@gmail.com
- Honorary Vice-President
- Yves Robert
- imr@intnet.mu
Designated advisors
- Member and UoM Coordinator
- Dr. Vincent Florens
- v.florens@gmail.com
- Member and MWF Coordinator
- Vikash Tatayah
- vtatayah@mauritian-wildlife.org
Project Team
- Project Officer
- Shakti Teker
- shakti@mmcs-ngo.org
- Responsible for projects conception, development, implementation and monitoring.
- Marketing Communications Project Coordinator
- Nina Svensson Dubois
- nina@mmcs-ngo.org
- Responsible for all marketing communications activities as well as coordination of the different projects. CSR contact.
Our Partners
Thank you to our financial partners without whom the projects wouldn’t have been possible.
The UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme is a unique international body. It is a financial mechanism to support and promote all initiatives as well as community works aimed at facing major environmental problems in the world. Its mission and management represent innovative solutions to the support of the mandate of the 21st Agenda for the Earth Summit of 1992 which was held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. For more information, please click here to visit the website.
Involved since 1992 in supporting research, rehabilitation and educational programmes in the field of marine life, the Total Foundation for biodiversity and the sea in collaboration with Total Mauritius, provides continuous support to the MMCS in all its actions towards sustainable management of marine resources, especially the cetaceans and coral reefs.
We also thank our institutional partner:
The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), a regional organisation created by the “Accord de Cooperation de Victoria” in 1984, consists of five member countries: the Comoros Islands, France (Reunion Island), Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. Its main objective is the promotion of sustainable co-development of the islands located in the south-west of the Indian Ocean which it defends in international forums on matters pertaining to ecology, economy and culture. It develops activities in the economic sector (consideration of the region in the world economy), in the environmental field (namely marine and coastal) , on animal and vegetal resources, in the protection of populations (social security, children`s rights, public health) and finally in the cooperation of cultural, academic and research works.
For more information, please click here to visit the website.
Networks
National:
Mug, MSDA, Reef Conservation Mauritius, Tourism Authority, Ministry Of Tourism And Leisure, Ministry Of Environment, Ministry Of Fisheries, Ministry Of Arts And Culture, Shoals Of Rodrigues, Mauritius Wildlife Foundation, Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Dolswim, National Heritage Fund, West Sails, Ahrim, Tamarin Hotel, Geckom, Atoba, Vizavi, Tamak, Mauritius Museums Council, Connections, Ferme Marine De Mahebourg, Phoenix Beverages Group, Compagnie De Beau Vallon, Systems Building Ltd, General Construction Ltd, New Maurifoods Ltd, Blue Water Diving Center, T-style Gmbh, Soap And Allied Industries, Clinique Darné, Independant Production.
Regional:
COI, Globice, Megaptera, The Indian Ocean Climatology And Oceanography (Ioco) Gateway, Sea Trust, Seacam (Secretariat For Eastern African Coastal Area Management), Cordio, Friends Of The Chagos, Seychelles Marine Conservation Society.
International:
Center For Dolphin Studies, Earth Island Institute, Marine Conservation Society, Australian Marine Conservation Society, Australian Institute Of Marine Science, ISRS, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, Service Hydrographique Et Oceanographique De La Marine, CMAS, FNMOC, NOAA, ICRI, UNESCO, Great Barrier Reef, Worldfish Center, Government Of Egypt Au Travers Du Fond De Cooperation Pour L’afrique Et Du Departement D’archeologie Sous-marine Du Conseil Supreme Des Antiquites.
Links
- Mauritian Scuba Diving Association (https://msda.mu/en/).
- Association de l’Archéologie de la Piraterie (https://archeologiedelapiraterie.fr/).
- Société de l’Histoire de l’Ile Maurice (https://soc-histoire-maurice.org/).
- Mauritius Underwater Group (https://mauritiusunderwater.group/).
- Royal Society of Arts and Culture (https://rsasmauritius.org/).
- Mauritius Museums Council (https://mauritiusmuseums.govmu.org/mauritiusmuseums/).
- Blue Penny Museum (https://bluepenny.museum/).
- SOS Patrimoine en Peril (https://patrimoineenperil.mu/).
- Friends of the Environment (https://www.facebook.com/foemau/mentions/?_rdr).