Community Resilience
Building resilient coastal forests through enhancing biocultural research and career pathways
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Leah Bremer Co-INVESTIGATORS: Tamara Ticktin, Kiana Frank, Zoe Hastings Silao PI-CASC Graduate Scholar: Sebastian Church Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability Well-managed coastal forests, including agroforests, provide important climate adaptation benefits, including erosion control, flood ...
Dr. Eileen Nalley to serve as new Hawai’i Sea Grant fisheries extension faculty
The appointment is pivotal to advancing the understanding of fisheries in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Region and engagement with coastal communities. (Honolulu, HI) – Dr. Eileen Nalley has been selected to serve as the new tenure-track fisheries extension faculty for ...
New tsunami video gives insights, answers on how to prepare
(Dennis Hwang is available for media inquiries via Zoom or phone between 12 p.m.–3 p.m. today, April 21, 2024 ) (Honolulu, HI) – In response to Gov. Josh Green proclaiming April as Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawai‘i, the University of ...
Five recent graduates from Hawai‘i universities begin prestigious marine policy fellowship in Washington, D.C.
L-R: from University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Elizabeth Benyshak, PhD; Erik Brush, PhD; Ryan Jones, PhD; Becca Lensing, PhD), from Hawai'i Pacific University (Hanna Odahara, MS) (Honolulu, HI) – Four graduate students from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and one graduate ...
Ka Pili Kai Ho‘oilo 2023
Click on the cover image to view the full issue. On the Cover The numbers are hard to envision— 8 million metric tons of plastics entering the ocean each year—but the result is something we’ve all experienced: plastics on the ...
Sea-level rise viewer now available in American Samoa
(Honolulu, HI) – A new interactive sea-level rise viewer for the Territory of American Samoa was recently released to the public, enabling the community to visualize how the shoreline is likely to change from coastal flooding, sea-level rise, hurricane storm surge, and ...
Biden-Harris Administration Makes Over $2.1 Million Grant Investments in Innovative Reuse and Refill Program in Hilo, Hawai’i
Biden-Harris Administration Makes Over $2.1 Million Grant Investments in Innovative Reuse and Refill Program in Hilo, Hawai'i Project to protect public health, replace single-use plastics, and reduce marine debris (Hilo, HI) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrated the ...
UH researchers investigate nearshore water quality, reef health after Maui fires
UH researchers investigate nearshore water quality, reef health after Maui fires (Honolulu, HI) – A team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are sampling West Maui reefs to assess the impact from the toxic ash from the ...
New user-friendly aquaculture permitting website launched
(Honolulu, HI) – Anyone interested in operating an aquaculture business in Hawai‘i now has a user-friendly, easy-to-use website outlining the federal, state, and county permits and major requirements. The website, available on the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program ...
NOAA Sea Grant projects provide $3.3M in support of seafood industry workforce development
(Honolulu, HI) – Nationwide, NOAA Sea Grant awarded $3.3M aimed at bolstering workforce development efforts in both the wild-caught fisheries and aquaculture sectors. The University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai‘i Sea Grant) was awarded $400,000 to enhance and promote aquaculture workforce development ...
