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 …

Bahamas Mangrove Program Year 2 Pilot

In this second year of our Bahamian Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program, we will work with grade 11 Biology students who participated in the first year program to monitor and manage mangroves, again through project-based learning. Students will apply the …