JAMIN 2016-2017 Program Additions: We J.A.M.I.N. in a New Way!

JAMIN 2016-2017 Program Additions

Even though we are getting a late start, there are so many new and exciting additions to the program this year. First, we are filming the J.A.M.I.N. program to create a promotional video about our Mangrove Education and Restoration Programs.

Videographer Art Binkowski filming mangroves.

Second, we are piloting a new year 2 program at William Knibb High School with the same students that were in the program last school year. Now in eleventh grade Biology, these students will return to the same mangrove site that they restored the previous year to monitor and manage their mangroves.

J.A.M.I.N. Year 2 students from William Knibb High School.

Third, we are very excited to announce that we are going to be working with a new school: Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. We will initially be implementing the J.A.M.I.N. program in grade 10 Biology.

Marcus Garvey Technical School: Biology grade 10 student from Marcus Garvey Technical School draws the mangrove leaves in her mangrove journal.

As part of the program, we want students to be able to visit and feel ownership over their local mangrove ecosystem. Marcus Garvey is almost an hour away from William Knibb High School, where for the past three years, we have worked with schools in Falmouth, Jamaica and restored local mangroves forest there. Instead of taking students to the Falmouth mangrove site, we want them to explore their local mangrove forest.

Mangroves at Seville Heritage Site

We are happy to announce that students at Marcus Garvey will study and restore mangroves at a new J.A.M.I.N. mangrove restoration site at Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann’s Bay. The Seville Heritage Park, a cultural heritage site in Jamaica. It is also listed as “tentative,” on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, which means it could potentially be listed as a World Heritage Site. Cultural heritage sites in Jamaica are overseen by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust at Seville Heritage Park has joined us and our partners at the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Lab to bring mangrove education and the J.A.M.I.N. program to St. Ann’s Bay.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Everything You Need to Know About the 2027 Science Without Borders® Challenge

Are you ready to combine your creativity with ocean science?

The 15th Annual Science Without Borders® Challenge is now open! Whether you’re participating for the first time or returning for another year, this guide will help you get started.

This year’s theme, Navigate With Care, invites students to explore how responsible navigation helps protect both people and life in the ocean. Through your artwork, you can compete for scholarships and international recognition while inspiring others to protect both people and life in the ocean.

Global Reef Expedition Data Contributes to Landmark Report on the World’s Coral Reefs

More than a decade after scientists aboard the Global Reef Expedition surveyed coral reefs across the Pacific, the data they collected continues to contribute to our understanding of the world’s coral reefs.

Today, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) released Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025, the most comprehensive assessment to date of the status and trends of coral reefs worldwide. The report brings together an extraordinary amount of information collected over more than four decades—and the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is proud to have contributed data from the Global Reef Expedition to this global effort.