OUR CAMPAIGNS

MNC’s investigations begin where the destruction is happening — on the ground. Our investigators travel to the crime scenes, speak with affected communities, talk to those directly involved (loggers, miners, etc.), gather footage and evidence, and confront local authorities. At the same time, we carry out online investigations — combing through government and corporate records (e.g. import/export data, company filings), analyzing satellite and radar imagery, and reviewing media reports.

For years, foreign fishing vessels — especially from neighboring Vietnam and Thailand  — have been for years entering Cambodian waters, plundering our marine resources with impunity.

Between 2021 and mid 2025, at least 1,350 Vietnamese boats were tracked inside Cambodian waters using satellite data. And that’s likely just the tip of the iceberg, since many vessels deliberately switch off their tracking systems to avoid detection. In late May 2025, we started our campaign aimed at exposing this massive and ongoing theft.

No sewage, no garbage, no casinos, no out-of-control construction, and no economic land concessions. Instead, here you will find an island paradise of unparalleled beauty. 
We take pride in seeing how such a stunning place, bestowed upon us by our Khmer ancestors, still exists.  

We demand that this mysterious and jungle-clad island - the country's largest - is declared officially protected and that it remains fully preserved IN ITS CURRENT STATE for future generations of Cambodians.  

For years, government agencies aided and abetted the extraction and smuggling of millions of tons of marine sand from Koh Kong's estuaries to several countries, chiefly Singapore, under the ridiculous pretext that 'estuaries need to be deepened for navigational purposes', or that it reduces 'riverbank collapse'. After years of grassroots advocacy and a hard hitting expose on wide-scale fraud by our group, exports of marine sand have stopped since late 2016.  Sadly, the extraction of river sand around Phnom Penh, which is causing widespread river bank collapses, and the secretive export of silica sand, continue unabated.