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Restoring Jamaica’s Pedro Banks
Written by Elizabeth Rauer In the 1970’s, Jamaica’s reefs were the pride of the Caribbean, teaming with large fish that supported a vibrant tourism industry and provided seafood for local communities. But overfishing, disease, hurricanes, and development pressure degraded many …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/restoring-jamaicas-pedro-banks/
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For our final Global Reef Expedition Mission, we traveled to the Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), a small island chain in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Chagos is home to some of the most remote, …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/global-reef-expedition/indian-ocean/biot/
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Month-Long Palau Coral Reef Research…
LANDOVER, MD, January 8th, 2015 – Today a massive coral reef research expedition begins in Palau. It is a joint project between the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, the Coral Reef Research Foundation, and Palau International Coral Research Center …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/month-long-palau-coral-reef-research-expedition-begins/
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The status of coral reefs and associated…
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a research mission to Pedro Bank, Jamaica in 2012 as part of its Global Reef Expedition. This scientific article on the Status of Coral Reefs of Commercial Importance in Jamaica is a …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/status-of-coral-reefs-of-commercial-importance-in-jamaica/
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Today, was our last day conducting coral reef education programs throughout the Solomon Islands. I can’t believe how quickly time has passed here. It just seems like yesterday when we were conducting our first program. Over this past month, I …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/far-reaching-coral-reef-education/
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I am really excited to be aboard the M/Y Golden Shadow for the second half of the Living Oceans Foundation’s (LOF) Solomon Islands mission. I have joined the LOF education team and I am representing a partner organization, OceansWatch. OceansWatch …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/oceanswatch-partners-in-coral-reef-education/
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Solomon Islands Reef Survey Reveals…
LANDOVER, MD, November 24, 2014 – The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has completed a large-scale survey of Solomon Islands reefs, and what they saw was quite unexpected. The team of scientists boarded the M/Y Golden Shadow at the …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/solomon-islands-reef-survey-reveals-unexpected-sights-underwater/
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Living Oceans Foundation Hosts the Catlin…
The incredible folks from Catlin Seaview Survey are onboard the Shadow with us, here is an update from Ben Neal: I am the Shallow Reef Team Leader this year for the Catlin Seaview Survey, working as part of the Coral …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/living-oceans-foundation-hosts-catlin-seaview-survey/
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Today was our last day surveying the Arnavon Islands. The sun was out, the seas were calm, and the diving was spectacular. The Arnavon Islands are uninhabited; however, they are looked after by three communities: Katupika, Kia, and Wagina. Throughout …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/solomon-islands-sea-turtle-sanctuary/
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By Alison Barrat In August this year the Foundation teamed up with endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh to complete seven long-distance swims in under a month. He is the United Nation’s Patron of the Ocean, and the goal of the challenge …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/swimming-seven-seas/