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Displaying 1 - 10 of 512 Publications- Blue carbon is carbon stored in coastal ecosystems like mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and salt marshes. Blue carbon ecosystems make up less than 2% of the earth’s coastal area but store ~15% of the carbon found in coastal sediments. Ensuring these ecosystems thrive helps lessen impacts of climate change and protects coastal communities and livelihoods. Mangroves are ecologically and culturally important. Intact mangrove forests store more carbon than any other forest on Earth. They provide coastal communities with food, fiber, and fuel. They serve as barriers from tsunamis, typhoons, and se...AuthorsKeywords
- ʻŌhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) is Hawaii’s most important native tree. It covers nearly one million acres and is deeply intertwined with Native Hawaiian cultural practices. However, Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD) caused by the invasive fungal pathogens Ceratocystis lukuohia and Ceratocystis huliohia, has killed over one million ʻōhiʻa trees across 270,000 acres. ROD poses a significant threat to Hawaii's biodiversity and cultural heritage. Safeguarding ʻōhiʻa and halting ROD’s spread requires urgent and coordinated action. Through its ROD research programs, the Forest Service is taking up th...AuthorsKeywords
- Non-native invasive plants cause enormous damage to native Hawaiian ecosystems and agricultural lands. Weeds like strawberry guava, Christmas berry, albizia, Himalayan ginger, miconia and Koster’s curse have spread across vast areas. They outcompete and displace native species, and impede agriculture. These invaders transform Hawaii’s landscapes, compromise access, reduce biodiversity, and degrade watersheds. Controlling these invasive plants by hand or with herbicides at large scales and in remote areas is simply not practical. Since 1984, scientists at the Institute of Pacific Islands Forest...AuthorsKeywords
- The Adelgid Population Dynamics Tool: Developing a Spatially-Explicit Management ModelKeywords
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