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marine reSearch On little cayman
CCMI
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CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
MARINE INsTITuTE
The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) is
the region’s only research and education facility
committed to studying and protecting the world’s
coral reefs.
little cayman reSearch centre CCMI was established in 1998 by Dr. Carrie
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Manfrino to protect the future of coral reefs
through research, conservation and education.
The Little Cayman Research Centre was built
in 2005, after a celebratory ground breaking by
His Royal Highness, The Earl of Wessex, Royal
Patron to CCMI in 2003. Prince Edward and his wife
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MARINE INsTITuTE new StaghOrn FragmentS in little cayman nurSery most recently in March 2016 to lend their support
The Countess of Wessex have since visited
CCMI in Little Cayman on several occasions,
and raise awareness about the incredible achieve-
ments and work done by the organisation.
During his latest visit, His Royal Highness spoke
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of the reasons why he was so interested in CCMI
and their work: “Declining coral reefs pose urgent
threats to society and indeed, to the economy of
entire island nations. The Central Caribbean Marine
Institute is one of the premier research institutes that
is working to reduce this disastrous decline and to
save coral reefs around the globe,” he said.
Since conservation and education go hand-in-hand,
CCMI launched its Ocean Literacy project in 2007,
which aims to ensure that all children in the Cayman
Sea camP - liOnFiSh wOrkShOP Islands are ocean literate by the time they are 12
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years old. Since the inception of the programme,
thousands of school-aged children in Cayman have
participated in their programmes.
Content and Photography provided by CCMI.
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