The Foundation’s new website wins ‘Best in Class’ at the Interactive Media Awards in the category ‘Natural Environment/Green.’ The Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the IMA and it represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism — an achievement only a fraction of sites in the IMA competition earn each 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…
