Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog With the school holidays behind us, we returned to The Bahamas and Jamaica in mid-January for the second phase of the Mangrove Education and Restoration Programs. During these trips, I was accompanied by two special …
With the help of our partners FRIENDS of the Environment in the Bahamas and the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Lab in Jamaica, we have successfully completed the third year of J.A.M.I.N. and second year of B.A.M. …
Previously, you heard the voice of the students in our J.A.M.I.N. program. Now it’s time to hear how the students in The Bahamas feel about our B.A.M. program. B.A.M. Year 1 Program “This program has been the best …
Want to know what outdoor education looks like in the Bahamas and Jamaica? Well, now you can see for yourself by watching Inside the Mangrove Classroom, a film that portrays our Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) and Jamaican Awareness of …
Throughout the B.A.M. and J.A.M.I.N. programs, we evaluate the program by surveying students in each of the three phases. We use this information to gage how much information the students initially know regarding mangroves and their attitudes towards them before …
Sometimes no matter how much we try to schedule activities during our Mangrove Education and Restoration Programs, there are unforeseen events that arise at the schools. That is exactly what occurred during phase 2 of the J.A.M.I.N. program. Due to …
By Ryann Rossi Since I started researching mangrove disease in The Bahamas, I have become really interested in looking at other Caribbean nations to determine if they too have disease present. When I first started talking to Amy Heemsoth, Education …
Maggie Dillon is a Science and Education Intern for the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF). She is a senior at St. John’s College in Annapolis Maryland. After graduating, Maggie is interested in pursuing a Master’s Degree in …
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is working with local partners Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS) to bring mangrove education and restoration curricula to high school students in The Bahamas thru the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.). Mangroves are …
