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, Great Inagua, Little Inagua and Hogsty Reef, Bahamas.’

BNT builds a mind-set of Conservation with BAMSI students

The Bahamas Weekly
November 12, 2015
By BAMSI Bahamas

The two agencies have a shared interest in conserving the terrestrial and marine habitats of the Bahamas and the book, compiled as a result of an initiative led by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, now becomes a valuable contribution to BAMSI’s library. The hardback edition looks at the environment of a number of small islands, including Cay Sal, and gives an assessment of the geological status, as well as maps out the ecosystem of many Bahamian reefs and cays through brilliantly-coloured aerial photographs, satellite imagery and data from hundreds of research dives.

On hand for the presentation was Dr. Raveenia Roberts-Hanna, BAMSI’s executive director of BAMSI and Lynn Gape, BNTs deputy executive director. Dr Roberts-Hanna expressed gratitude for the donation, noting that the book would play an important role in educating students about the country’s marine environment and why the work of conservation is so critical…

“The Atlas of Shallow Water Marine Habitats…’ provides an invaluable and comprehensive look at coral reefs in the Bahamas and for our marine science students especially it is the perfect foundation to build an understanding of the need for conservation and why it is important that we, as a country, adopt practical measures of protection for our resources…”