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Local management rescues reefs

Stacy Jupiter wrote this article for us when we researched in Fiji in 2013. Now with our results in – hand her words still seem apt. Threats to marine resources Across the world, coral reefs and fisheries are in crisis. In Fiji over the past few decades, increased demands for cash income and material goods, coupled with growing populations and...

Marine Protected Area (MPA) Success

On our return to Fiji, government officials receiving our scientific results, discussed the benefits of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). When we collected the data for our research, we saw first hand how an MPA can transform the marine environment. Marine Protected Area Success In the middle of towing Ron across the local marine protected area...

Using Science For Conservation in Fiji

Scientists from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) surveyed coral reefs in Fiji in 2013. As part of the Foundation’s ambitious Global Reef Expedition the scientists gathered the most detailed data on these reefs ever collected. Now, with the data analyzed, our own coral ecologist, Alex Dempsey, returned to Fiji to deliver the...

Nemo and the Zombie Anemone

Comparing a bleached anemone to the undead may be a bit of a stretch, but it is fair to say a bleached anemone is hovering somewhere between life and death and depending on what happens next, it can go either way. We got a closer look at the phenomenon of bleached anemones earlier this year during a research mission in the British...

The Capture of the Asian Warrior

One of the focuses of our filming in Senegal was to look at the impact of illegal fishing on the Senegalese fishing industry. We are working with Dyhia Belhabib Ph.D, from the Sea Around Us of the University of British Columbia, and highlighting her research into quantifying illegal fishing in West African waters. Trying to calculate just how much fish...

Charting a Sustainable Future for UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites

At the beginning of September Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Director of Communications, Alison Barrat, participated in the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Site Managers conference in the Galapagos Islands. The conference brought together managers of the most special marine places that we have on the planet. Areas that have been called out...

UNESCO Marine World Heritage Site Managers Conference

The Living Oceans Foundation participated in the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Site Managers conference in the Galapagos Islands, providing communications advice and support to park managers. The conference brought together managers of the most special marine places that we have on the planet. Areas that have been called out for their Outstanding Universal...

World Heritage in the High Seas: A New Ray of Hope for Our Ocean Commons

The High Seas span our globe, covering half the earth. But they are unprotected. The UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme, in close collaboration with IUCN, is exploring the potential of the 1972 World Heritage Convention to preserve places in areas beyond national jurisdiction that might be of Outstanding Universal Value. The work is made possible...

World Heritage in the High Seas: An Idea Whose Time has Come

By Fanny Douvere, Head of UNESCO’s World Heritage Marine Programme Sunken coral islands, floating rainforests, giant undersea volcanoes or even spires of rock resembling sunken cities: none of these sites can be inscribed on the World Heritage List because they are found in the High Seas, outside of any national jurisdiction. A report launched today...

LSU Natural Resource Alumni Assist Project JAMIN

LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources Alumni assists with Project JAMIN (Mangrove Restoration Project) during Reunion in Jamaica A guest blog written by the ‘LSU Wildlife Crew’ who accompanied the KSLOF Education Director to Jamaica for this last phase of the Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) program. Mangrove Education...

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