Through conversations with more than 30 partner organizations, we have created a comprehensive synthesis of the primary issues, challenges, solutions, and opportunities related to marine debris throughout the Pacific.
PICCH
Pacific Islands Coastal and Community Health Center of Excellence
Widescale collaborative efforts from academic, county, and state-level teams investigated the effects of the devastating 2023 Lāhainā fires on coral reef health and the long-term impacts to coastal water quality to aid in community resilience, climate change adaptation, and emergency response planning.
We conducted a systematic review of reported military-associated contamination studies in the region to understand potential impacts on human health and options to mitigate future risks.
This work seeks to understand how contaminants are transported through coral reef food webs, characterize their accumulation in reef fish, and examine the potential impacts to human consumers.
This work has engaged multi-sector partners to develop a comprehensive Needs Assessment for monitoring CECs in Hawai'i, with recommendations for next steps.
In this project, we synthesized maps spanning 200 years (1825-2023) to trace land use changes in Pu‘uloa (Pearl Harbor) on Oʻahu in Hawai‘i. We combined these with associated contamination profiles and socioeconomic vulnerability to assist in developing containment risk profiles to support environmental justice and food security efforts.