Présentation du webinaire
PARTICIPANTS
Dr. Kawika Winter, Reserve Manager
He'eia National Estuarine Research Reserve
Lindsey Nietmann, Biologist
Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Dr. Kristen Harmon, Researcher
University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Kaleo Wong, Director, Kauluakalana
OVERVIEW
Hawaiians traditionally used a system of adaptive resource management that enhanced biocultural diversity, supported endemic waterbirds, provided resilient food systems and offered similar ecosystem services to natural wetlands. Revitalizing this approach in the restoration of wetlands can address conservation issues, including the recovery of Threatened and Endangered Waterbirds, as well as supplying sustainable food for local communities and mitigating climate impacts. Loʻi kalo (taro pondfields) also have the potential to compensate for projected losses of wetland habitat due to sea level rise in Hawaiʻi. In this presentation, speakers will discuss the history of Hawaiian wetland management, present the latest research, and talk about their experience of on-the-ground waterbird management in loʻi.
