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  1. A New Mangrove Conservation Program:…

    In 2018, we partnered with Alligator Head Foundation to implement our Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) program in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Through this program, we have educated teachers and youth about the mangrove ecosystem. Although this initiative has …

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/a-new-mangrove-conservation-program-mangrove-deals/

  2. Watching coral reefs die in a warming ocean

    The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles along an underwater mountain chain.

    It’s a paradise. At least it was before the heat wave.

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/watching-coral-reefs-die-in-one-of-the-most-pristine-tropical-island-areas-on-earth/

  3. The Last Great Coral Reef Wilderness

    The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation led a research mission to study reefs in the last great coral reef wilderness on Earth, traveling to the Chagos Archipelago in 2015 as part of the Global Reef Expedition. This scientific research mission circumnavigated the globe to address the coral reef crisis and gain a better understanding of the health and resiliency of coral reefs in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Over the course of two months at sea, scientists aboard the Global Reef Expedition conducted thousands of surveys of the benthic and reef fish communities at over 100 locations across the Chagos Archipelago. Only a handful of research missions have had the opportunity to explore the reefs of Chagos, and some of the reefs visited on the Expedition had never been surveyed by scientists before.

    One priority for the Global Reef Expedition was to study reefs with minimal human disturbance, and there was no better place on Earth to do that than the Chagos Archipelago. Some estimates indicate these reefs could contain more than half of the healthy reefs remaining in the Indian Ocean. Because of its remote location and protected status, Chagos was the perfect place to explore global issues such as climate change and overfishing that threaten the long-term survival of coral reefs. By studying these relatively pristine reefs, the scientists wanted to add to their knowledge about the coral reef crisis, and were eager to see how coral reefs could thrive without the impacts of these other major disturbances.

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/the-last-great-coral-reef-wilderness/

  4. The Last Great Coral Reef Wilderness

    Global Geneva Magazine April 21, 2021 By Liz Thompson & Renée Carlton   Scientists aboard the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history—traveled to the Chagos Archipelago to study some of the most pristine coral …

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/the-last-great-coral-reef-wilderness/

  5. Documentaries to Inspire and Educate

    Happy Earth Day!

    This year for Earth Day, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is asking you to pledge to learn more about the threats to ocean health. The world is, after all, a Blue Planet.

    One way you can do this is by watching documentary films that educate you about critical ocean issues and inspire you to take action. We have selected a few of our favorites below that are currently streaming, one for each day of Earth Week. These films address the biggest threats to our ocean—such as overfishing, climate change, and pollution—but they also showcase what is being done to save them. We encourage you to pick one of these films to watch tonight in celebration of Earth Day.

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/earth-day-documentaries-to-inspire-and-educate/

  6. Reef fish thriving in the Chagos Archipelago

    The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted two coral reef research missions in the Chagos Archipelago as components of our Global Reef Expedition. Between March and May of 2015 the Living Oceans Foundation and a team of international scientists assessed the status of coral reefs and coral reef species within 12 large areas in the Chagos Archipelago. The Chagos Archipelago is hailed by coral reef scientists as one of the last untouched coral habitats in the Indian Ocean with incredible live coral cover and species diversity. But perhaps what rivaled the lush coral landscape was the thriving reef fish communities.

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/reef-fish-thriving-in-the-chagos-archipelago/

  7. What’s Happening to The Most Remote Coral…

    Seven Seas Magazine Issue 70 – March 2021 Scientists from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation have published their findings on the state of coral reefs in the Chagos Archipelago, considered the last frontier for coral reefs. In the …

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/whats-happening-to-the-most-remote-coral-reefs-on-earth-2/

  8. The state of coral reefs in the Chagos…

    The World Ocean Observatory March 4, 2021   The Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) embarked on the Global Reef Expedition (GRE) to assess the state of coral reefs around the world. This ambitious five-year scientific mission was designed …

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/the-state-of-coral-reefs-in-the-chagos-archipelago-the-last-frontier/

  9. KSLOF Publishes Findings from the Global…

    Today, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation published our findings on the state of coral reefs in the Chagos Archipelago. This research mission gave us the chance to study some of the most isolated and well-protected coral reefs in the world. Our research, based on thousands of scientific surveys, found reefs in the Chagos Archipelago were some of the most diverse and had a higher density of fish than all of the reefs studied on the Global Reef Expedition, the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history.

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/kslof-publishes-findings-from-the-global-reef-expedition-mission-to-the-chagos-archipelago/

  10. What’s happening to the most remote coral…

    Scientists from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation have published their findings on the state of coral reefs in the Chagos Archipelago, considered the last frontier for coral reefs.   In the middle of the Indian Ocean lies some …

    www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/whats-happening-to-the-most-remote-coral-reefs-on-earth/