My Year Participating in the B.A.M. Mangrove Project

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog A guest blog by Keonte Nightingale, Grade 11, Forest Heights Academy and participant in the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program.     Ever since the B.A.M. mangrove project, I have become much more aware …

2016 SWB Challenge Finalists (High School)

Congratulations to all the high school finalists below who submitted their beautiful creations to this year’s Science Without Borders® Challenge art competition. This year’s theme focuses on “Fishing Under the Radar,” which refers to IUU fishing (illegal, unreported, and unregulated) and …

New Marine Science Curriculum Launches Online

MAY 17, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, MD – Today the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation launches an exciting new educational resource. The Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum is a comprehensive digital resource freely available online. It includes award-winning videos, custom-built interactive exercises, …

2016 SWB Challenge Finalists (Middle School)

Congratulations to all the middle school finalists below who submitted their beautiful creations to this year’s Science Without Borders® Challenge art competition. This year’s theme focuses on “Fishing Under the Radar,” which refers to IUU fishing (illegal, unreported, and unregulated) and …

Helping Students Love Mangroves

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A guest blog by: Cassandra Abraham  Education Officer  Friends of the Environment   Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Mangroves are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. In small island nations like The Bahamas, where most people …

Reviving Mangrove Wetlands in the Bahamas

This article featured in Tribune 242 highlights the Foundation’s Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program along with its phases, goals, and hopes for the future of reviving mangrove wetlands and inspiring stewardship of this vital ecosystem through out the Bahamas. …

B.A.M. The Final Phase – Acclimating & Planting Mangroves

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog I’m back in the Bahamas for the final installment of the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program. Students from Abaco Central High School and Forest Heights Academy have been successfully growing red mangrove propagules (seedlings) …

B.A.M. Bahamas Mangrove Planting

We’re back in the Bahamas again for some Bahamas 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 Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.). Forty-five students …