B.A.M. Spring 2017

Check out the photos from the final phase of the 2016-2017 Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program. Thanks to all the students and teachers who participated in this year’s B.A.M. program who helped to restore and monitor the mangrove forest in Abaco, …

The Big Reveal – Fungi or Not

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It’s been three weeks since we last met with the second year B.A.M. students at Forest Heights Academy. During our last session, the students plated their potentially diseased red mangrove leaves in agar. Since Ryann Rossi and I returned to the …

Not Just an Art Contest

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By Amy Heemsoth Over the past couple of years, we have received some really compelling and inspirational pieces of artwork as part of the Science without Borders® Challenge, an international conservation art contest. During last year’s contest, we met an …

A Conversation with Conservation Photographer Michele Westmorland

By Elizabeth Rauer & Michele Westmorland   During the 2016 WiLDSPEAK event in Washington DC, we had a chance to speak with conservation photographer Michele Westmorland about what it was like to join the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation on …

Coral Reef Education Portal Wins Prestigious W3 Award

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is proud to announce that our Coral Reef Education Portal won the 2016 W3 Award for Environmental Awareness. Receiving nearly 5,000 entries, the W3 Awards honors outstanding websites, web marketing, web video, mobile sites, …

Finalists in the 2016 Blue Ocean Film Festival

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is thrilled to announce that two of our films have been selected as finalists in the world’s largest ocean film and conservation summit, the Blue Ocean Film Festival! The Blue Ocean Film Festival …

Trash Free Seas

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Cleaning up the ocean, one beach at a time Written by Amy Heemsoth Happy International Coastal Cleanup Day from the Bahamas! It’s a stagnant, sunny day here in Abaco, Bahamas, but luckily, the rain has held off. Before we begin …