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Chagos Archipelago Mission Team

 


  • Stefan Andrews

    Scientific Diver / Fish Surveyor

  • Andrew Bruckner, PhD

    Former Chief Scientist of the Living Oceans Foundation

  • Gideon Butler

    Coral Surveyor

  • Samantha M. Clements

    Benthic Surveyor / Scientific Diver

  • Georgia Coward

    Oceans Watch New Zealand Representative

  • Alexandra Dempsey

    Director of Science Management

  • Colleen Hansel

    Coral Long-core Drilling Team

  • Konrad Hughen, Phd

    Senior Scientist / Coral Surveyor

  • Jeremy Kerr

    2010 Research Fellow, Benthic Habitat Mapping

  • Katie Lubarsky

    Masters Student / Fish Surveyor

  • Derek Manzello, PhD

    Ocean Acidification Scientist

  • Ken Marks

    Science Diver / Underwater Photographs

  • Anderson Mayfield, PhD

    2013 Research Fellow

  • Justin Ossolinski

    Senior Research Assistant, Coral Coring Team

  • Sam Purkis, PhD

    Chief Scientist

  • Luis Ramirez

    Ground Truthing & Mapping

  • Bernard Reigl, PhD

    Scientist

  • Philip Renaud

    Former Executive Director of the Living Oceans Foundation

  • Badi Samaniego

    2012 Research Fellow, Scientific Diver

  • Steve Saul, PhD

    2013 Research Fellow, Reef Sampling

  • Kristin Stolberg

    Research Assistant / Benthic Surveyor

  • Lauren Valentino

    Ocean Acidification


All Updates

What We Learned: Marine Protected Areas Work in Conserving Coral Reefs

December 14, 2021

Managing marine resources is a challenge for communities around the globe. On the Global Reef Expedition, we had the opportunity to visit protected and unprotected reefs in both remote locations and those regularly used by humans. The degree of protection varied, but we found that areas with the highest protection had the healthiest reefs.

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a tool commonly used by governments and communities to manage their marine resources. An MPA can have varying degrees of regulations, including no-take and no-entry where no fishing is allowed and entrance into the park is not permitted, to varying permitted use that regulate the fishing and use practices. Some of the countries we visited, such as Australia (Northern Great Barrier Reef), Palau, and New Caledonia have large human populations utilizing the reefs and have prioritized establishing large protected and managed areas to conserve their nearshore reef systems.

Shifting Sands: Keeping up with Sea Level Rise on the Wild Islands of the Chagos Archipelago

July 27, 2021

Eco Magazine Special Issue: Sea Level Rise July 19, 2021 Following the discovery of a rich portfolio of vintage aerial photographs of the atoll islands in the Chagos Archipelago from the 1960s, scientists are learning how the coastline of these uninhabited tropical islands …

Last Stop on the Global Reef Expedition

July 27, 2021

Chagos News July 23, 2021 By Liz Thompson Scientists aboard the Global Reef Expedition – the largest systematic coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history – travelled to Chagos Archipelago to explore its remote coral reefs. What they found …

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The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of living oceans and pledges to champion their preservation through research, education and a commitment to Science Without Borders.®


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