Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
In this second year of our Bahamian Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program, we will work with grade 11 Biology students who participated in the first year program to monitor and manage mangroves, again through project-based learning. Students will apply the …
Inside the Mangrove Forest In this short film you’ll learn what mangroves are and the importance of the complex ecosystem their forests create. Welcome to the mangrove forest, where the daily rhythm of the tides sets the pace. These coastal wetlands create …
Global Reef Expedition: Mission Bahamas is the culmination of the Living Ocean Foundation’s Bahamas coral reef research. Narrated by Bahamas National Trust’s Krista Sherman, the film highlights the importance of Bahamian reefs and urges a call to action to take …
This Jamaica Coral Reefs Crisis video reveals how conservationists and fishermen in Jamaica work together to help restore Jamaica’s coral reefs. Once known as the jewels of the Caribbean, Jamaica’s reefs declined over decades. Hurricanes, disease, and pollution have all …
In this Caribbean Coral Reefs video, learn why coral reefs in the Caribbean are disappearing and what measures are being taken to preserve them. Is it too late to save Caribbean coral reefs?
A Fabulous Ocean Research Platform Join Living Oceans Foundation Executive Director, Phil Renaud, as he takes us on a Golden Shadow Ship Tour video of the logistics and scientific research vessel that makes possible the Foundation’s remote coral reef research …
Check out this back deck timelapse video of Living Oceans Foundation Golden Shadow coral reef research vessel and its busy marine scientists, scientific scuba divers, and ship’s crew.
Using a digital elevation model and World View II (DigitalGlobe, LLC) imagery processed by the National Coral Reef Institute, we were able to create an underwater 3D flythrough beneath the ocean surface of Hogsty Reef, Bahamas. Created by Amanda Williams, …
Corals have many natural and anthropogenic threats. Coral disease is just one of them. Find out more about corals, coral disease, and how coral disease is causing the deterioration of coral reefs around the world.
On April 8, 2011, a Bahamas@Sunrise Special Edition Aboard the Golden Shadow was held in Nassau, Bahamas to kick off the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition. This six-year endeavor conducted 3 legs of coral reef research …
