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!

The Year in Pictures 2016

Check out Living Oceans Foundation Year in Pictures 2016 of our most memorable moments and events of the year: the Nekton launch, filming in Dakar, the UNESCO Marine Site Manager’s Conference, B.A.M. / J.A.M.I.N. Year-2 Program Launch, and our annual …

Inside the Mangrove Forest

Inside the Mangrove Forest In this short film you’ll learn what mangroves are and the importance of the complex ecosystem their forests create. Welcome to the mangrove forest, where the daily rhythm of the tides sets the pace. These coastal wetlands create …

Planting the [mangrove] Seed

This article written by Amy Heemsoth (KSLOF Education Director) about the KSLOF Mangrove Program in Jamaica and The Bahamas was recently featured in Seven Seas Magazine. Planting the [Mangrove] Seed Seven Seas Magazine August 1, 2016 Amy Heemsoth As I quietly walk …

Planting the Seed

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog As I quietly walk through the mangrove forest, all around me I observe an ecosystem teaming with life. I hear the shuffling of fiddler crabs as they scurry back to their holes in the …

J.A.M.I.N. Mangrove Planting

We’re back in Jamaica again for some Jamaican mangrove planting… taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It’s the final phase in a new mangrove education and restoration program called Jamaican Awareness of Mangroves in Nature. Students from Holland High …

Open Day

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog A guest blog by Marsden Palmer of Grade 10 Science at William Knibb Memorial High School, Jamaica and participant in the Jamaican Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) program.   For the past three …

LSU Natural Resource Alumni Assist Project JAMIN

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LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources Alumni assists with Project JAMIN (Mangrove Restoration Project) during Reunion in Jamaica A guest blog written by the ‘LSU Wildlife Crew’ who accompanied the KSLOF Education Director to Jamaica for this last phase of …

J.A.M.I.N. Teacher Spotlight

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog I have arrived at the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Lab in Jamaica and I’m anxious to implement the final phase of the J.A.M.I.N. program. This is the second year of …