Building on the success of our Mangrove Education & Restoration program in Jamaica, the Living Oceans Foundation launched Bahamian Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) to support mangrove education and restoration in The Bahamas. The B.A.M. program provides classrooms with lesson plans and activities as well as providing the opportunity for students to experience the mangrove ecosystem first-hand and help restore it. During the project, students grow mangrove propagules in their classroom that they then study and plant in a local mangrove forest at the end of the school year.
2025-2026 B.A.M. Student Voices
Throughout the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) and Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) programs, we evaluate each phase of the mangrove education and restoration process to better understand how students are learning, growing, and connecting with their coastal environments.
Before the programs begin, students share what they already know about mangroves and how they feel about them. As the program progresses, we continue to gather feedback to see how their knowledge evolves from identifying mangrove species and understanding food webs to recognizing the role mangroves play in coastal protection and climate change mitigation.
But the surveys go beyond science content.
We also ask students…
