3…2…1…Liftoff

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog We are reaching the end of our time here in Jamaica and Art Binkowski, our J.A.M.I.N. videographer, got a lot of really great footage of the J.A.M.I.N. program, interviews, and aerial drone footage. Today, Art …

Meet our filmmaker, Art Binkowski

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog Filmmaker Art Binkowski You’ve done a lot of natural history or environmental films, what does a natural history filmmaker do? As natural history filmmakers, we try to capture and show the natural world in its …

Getting to the “Root” of the Problem

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog Although it has been raining on and off ever since we arrived in Jamaica, today the weather is absolutely perfect. It’s a good thing too, because as a part of the J.A.M.I.N. year 2 program, …

JAMIN Fall 2016

These JAMIN Fall 2016 Photos capture the kick-off of the 2016-2017 Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) mangrove education and restoration program with some new moves: a Year 2 program, a new school, and a promo film!

We J.A.M.I.N. in a New Way

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog Finally, we have arrived in Jamaica! Unfortunately, we had to postpone the J.A.M.I.N. program for a few weeks due to Hurricane Matthew’s approach; however, I’m happy to say that Jamaica was not affected by the …

New Way to See Bahamas Underwater

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has produced a new digital flipbook of their Bahamas Atlas. The flip book, Atlas of Shallow Marine Habitats of Cay Sal Bank, Great Inagua, Little Inagua and Hogsty Reef, Bahamas, combines advanced satellite …

Meet the Coral Reef Experts

During the Cay Sal Bank Mission, we conducted a series of interviews with some of the team members while aboard the M/Y Golden Shadow to learn more about their backgrounds, as well as get their reflections on their role during …

BAM Fall 2016

Join along with Living Oceans Foundation Education Director, Amy Heemsoth, as she recounts in these photos her trip back to the Bahamas to kick-off the 2016-2017 Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program with some fantastic new additions: a NOAA Knauss …

Monitoring and Managing Mangroves

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Today, it’s absolutely beautiful weather in Abaco, Bahamas. It’s sunny outside and there is a gentle breeze wrestling the branches of the mangrove trees. Along the waterline of the mangroves, groups of students from Forest Heights Academy …