Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition surveyed and mapped New Caledonia’s most remote coral reefs—some for the first time. Today, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is proud to release a report of our findings. The 'Global Reef Expedition: New Caledonia Final Report' provides an assessment of the status of New Caledonia's coral reefs,...
Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition surveyed and mapped New Caledonia’s most remote coral reefs—some for the first time
ANNAPOLIS — A new report from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) provides a promising assessment of the status of coral reefs in New Caledonia. Released today, the Global Reef Expedition: New Caledonia Final...
The Global Reef Expedition: New Caledonia Final Report provides a comprehensive summary of our findings from our research mission to assess the health and resiliency of coral reefs in New Caledonia along with recommendations for preserving these reefs into the future.
On the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition...
Scuba Diver Magazine
by Adrian Stacey
March 6, 2020
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) has published their latest findings from the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history. Released today, the Global Reef Expedition: Cook Islands Final Report contains critical information on the...
Pacific Media Watch
by Sri Krishnamurthi
March 11, 2020
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) conservationists acted in the nick of time to save Cook Islands coral reefs from being devoured by the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS).
Over five years, the Global Reef Expedition nearly circumnavigated...
by International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
March 4, 2020
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) has published their latest findings from the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history. Released today, the Global Reef Expedition: Cook Islands Final Report contains critical information...
This Earth Day, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is focusing on the coral reef crisis and what can be done to save coral reefs. The Foundation embarked on the Global Reef Expedition and nearly circumnavigated the globe studying coral reef health and resiliency. What we found gives us hope that despite finding evidence of human impacts...
Eco Magazine
February 4, 2020
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has published their findings from extensive coral reef surveys conducted in the Kingdom of Tonga. Released today, the Global Reef Expedition: Kingdom of Tonga Final Report contains critical information on the health and resiliency of coral reef ecosystems...
Matangi Tonga
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
February 14, 2020
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
A scientific scuba diver records fish along a transect line. Global Reef Expedition, Tonga 2013. Photo by Ken Marks.
Alarmingly, very few large and commercially valuable fish were seen on the reefs in Tonga during a scientific survey conducted by the...
Communities in the Cook Islands have turned to traditional Māori conservation methods, such as ra’ui, to protect their reefs and nearshore fisheries. In a ra’ui, chiefs and community leaders set aside an area for conservation where regulations are agreed upon and implemented by the communities. Ra’uis have been recognized as a locally managed coastal...
