Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
Published in Marine Environmental Research Abstract Healthy Caribbean reefs are coral-dominated. When disturbed, however, they can slide into a degraded state, characterized by few live corals and abundant macroalgae. Timeseries collected by SCUBA divers are valuable in tracking these …
The Global Reef Expedition Final Report summarizes the findings from our 10-year research mission to survey and map coral reefs across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans as well as the Red Sea. The Expedition involved hundreds of research scientists …
We have partnered with the Alligator Head Foundation to bring our Mangrove Education and Restoration Program to more students in Jamaica.
This article written by Amy Heemsoth (KSLOF Education Director) about the KSLOF Mangrove Program in Jamaica and The Bahamas was recently featured in Seven Seas Magazine. Planting the [Mangrove] Seed Seven Seas Magazine August 1, 2016 Amy Heemsoth As I quietly walk …
This article featured in Tribune 242 highlights the Foundation’s Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program along with its phases, goals, and hopes for the future of reviving mangrove wetlands and inspiring stewardship of this vital ecosystem through out the Bahamas. …
April 21, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, MD – This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), in partnership with Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS), is taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It’s the final phase in …
The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) received a generous donation from the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) in the form of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation publication, ‘Atlas of Shallow Water Marine Habitats of Cay Sal Bank, …
ANNAPOLIS, MD – This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) is launching Bahamian Awareness of Mangroves (or B.A.M. for short), a new program to support mangrove education and restoration in The Bahamas. The B.A.M. program will provide …
Nassau – The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, along with the Bahamas National Trust (BNT), recently presented a new Bahamas Underwater Atlas to the Right Honourable Perry Christie, Prime Minister of The Bahamas and the Honourable Khaalis Rolle, Minister …
The Bahamas Atlas, Atlas of Shallow Marine Habitats of Cay Sal Bank, Great Inagua, Little Inagua and Hogsty Reef, Bahamas, is the result of months of underwater research to survey and map the seafloor. The Atlas combines advanced satellite imagery, …