{"id":217,"date":"2022-10-04T15:02:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T13:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinemegafaunaconservation.com\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:30:48","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mmco.mu\/fr\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History Vision Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"217-c1\" class=\"style-954 style-local-217-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"217-c6\" id=\"overlappable\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-959 style-local-217-c6 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c7\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-0 style-960 style-local-217-c7 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-0\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-4 h-col-md-4 h-col-12 style-961-outer style-local-217-c8-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c8\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-961 style-local-217-c8 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c9\" class=\"h-icon style-962 style-local-217-c9 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!----><span class=\"h-svg-icon h-icon__icon style-962-icon style-local-217-c9-icon\"><!--Icon by Font Awesome (https:\/\/fontawesome.com)-->\n    <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"history\" viewbox=\"0 0 1536 1896.0833\">\n      <path d=\"M1536 896q0 156-61 298t-164 245-245 164-298 61q-172 0-327-72.5T177 1387q-7-10-6.5-22.5t8.5-20.5l137-138q10-9 25-9 16 2 23 12 73 95 179 147t225 52q104 0 198.5-40.5T1130 1258t109.5-163.5T1280 896t-40.5-198.5T1130 534 966.5 424.5 768 384q-98 0-188 35.5T420 521l137 138q31 30 14 69-17 40-59 40H64q-26 0-45-19T0 704V256q0-42 40-59 39-17 69 14l130 129q107-101 244.5-156.5T768 128q156 0 298 61t245 164 164 245 61 298zM896 608v448q0 14-9 23t-23 9H544q-14 0-23-9t-9-23v-64q0-14 9-23t23-9h224V608q0-14 9-23t23-9h64q14 0 23 9t9 23z\"><\/path>\n    <\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c10\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-963 style-local-217-c10 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-963 style-local-217-c10\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h5 class=\"\">OUR History<\/h5>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c11\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-964 style-local-217-c11 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>The Marine Megafauna Conservation Organization (MMCO) was formally established in 2016 (initially conceptualized in 2012) as a Mauritian non-governmental organization dedicated to the protection of cetaceans, sharks, and sea turtles.<\/p>\n                    <p>Its roots, however, go back to 2008, when MMCO\u2019s founder underwater naturalist Hugues Vitry and Dr Michel V\u00e9ly (MEGAPTERA, France) began collaborative field research on sperm whales off Mauritius. These early efforts evolved into what\n                      would later become MMCO\u2019s flagship initiative\u2014the Project MAUBYDICK Mission, a long-term scientific program dedicated to the monitoring and conservation of the resident sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) population.<\/p>\n                    <p>Over time, MMCO grew into one of the leading marine conservation organizations in Mauritius, combining research, education, and policy advocacy to protect the island\u2019s marine biodiversity. <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-4 h-col-md-4 h-col-12 style-967-outer style-local-217-c14-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c14\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-3 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-3 style-967 style-local-217-c14 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c15\" class=\"h-icon style-968 style-local-217-c15 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!----><span class=\"h-svg-icon h-icon__icon style-968-icon style-local-217-c15-icon\"><!--Icon by Font Awesome (https:\/\/fontawesome.com)-->\n    <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"eye\" viewbox=\"0 0 1792 1896.0833\">\n      <path d=\"M1664 960q-152-236-381-353 61 104 61 225 0 185-131.5 316.5T896 1280t-316.5-131.5T448 832q0-121 61-225-229 117-381 353 133 205 333.5 326.5T896 1408t434.5-121.5T1664 960zM944 576q0-20-14-34t-34-14q-125 0-214.5 89.5T592 832q0 20 14 34t34 14 34-14 14-34q0-86 61-147t147-61q20 0 34-14t14-34zm848 384q0 34-20 69-140 230-376.5 368.5T896 1536t-499.5-139T20 1029Q0 994 0 960t20-69q140-229 376.5-368T896 384t499.5 139T1772 891q20 35 20 69z\"><\/path>\n    <\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c16\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-969 style-local-217-c16 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-969 style-local-217-c16\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h5 class=\"\">OUR VISION<\/h5>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"217-c17\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-970 style-local-217-c17 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>HA healthy and resilient ocean where marine megafauna and people coexist in harmony &#8211; 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