The Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition returns to Tonga to conduct land-based research, as a follow-up to their earlier visit here in the Fall of 2013, with three main goals in mind: (1) To better understand how the coral reef resources surveyed during the last Tonga mission are being used by the people of Tonga; (2) to promote primary and secondary coral reef and ocean conservation education throughout the main Vava’u Island chain; (3) to begin work on a documentary film about the many ways people rely on the reef here.
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…
