Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
Our research in Tonga will fill major gaps in understanding. These reef communities have been poorly studied, with exception of a few locations near more populated islands. Coral reefs in Tonga are reported to have been impacted by multiple threats, …
During the month of June 2013, the Global Reef Expedition began conducting coral reef surveys in and around the Fiji Islands. All of the research was staged from the research vessel M/Y Golden Shadow and lasted approximately 30 days. The full …
The Living Oceans Foundation conducted research missions in the Cook Islands and our scientists worked alongside researchers from the Ministry of Marine Resources, members of the Cook Islands Marine Park Steering Committee, and the Te Ipukarea Society. Together they used …
The Living Oceans Foundation conducts research missions in the Austral Islands, the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia. The islands are comprised of two different archipelagos: the Tubuai Islands and the Bass Islands.
We launched our fellowship program. The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation sponsors fellowships for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers conducting applied research that will contribute to improved management and conservation of coral reef resources and habitats. Fellows receive $35,000 …
We conducted extensive mapping of local reefs for an area of over 41,000 hectares – the largest analysis of its kind ever performed in the U.S. Virgin Islands – to develop baseline data of reef systems. The project led to …
We partnered with other U.S. and Mexican scientists in the Sea of Cortez to conduct research at 12 different sites, spanning a distance of over 500 miles. The team collected and partially processed fungi, soft coral, and sediment samples in …
In September, 2003, we collaborated with the U.S. Geological Survey, National Fish Health Research Laboratory to support the Second Bilateral Conference on Health and Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, a project of our Science Without Borders program. The conference is part …
We created The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Health at the University of Cheikh Anta DIOP in Dakar, Senegal. It has the specific purpose of benefiting Senegal’s fishing industry, which struggles with sustainability and disease.
We partnered with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to establish a coral ecotoxicology laboratory facility for research examining the toxicity of pollutants or altered environmental conditions.
