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2006 Hawaii Conservation Conference
Wednesday, 26 July 2006
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Plenary Session Room 313 B/C |
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8:30 AM |
Welcome: Randall W. Kennedy, HCA Chairman
Oli and Responses |
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8:40 AM |
Opening Speaker
‘Aulani Wilhelm, Acting Superintendent NWHI Marine National Monument, NOAA
The NWHI Marine National Monument |
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9:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker
Thomas J. Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance
Global Warming, Coral Reefs, and Tropical Islands |
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9:40 AM |
Plenary Speaker I
Kameran L. Onley, Assistant Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Sustaining Ocean Programs: Working with Others to Benefit All |
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10:40 AM |
Peter Young, Chairman of DLNR
The Honorable Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawai‘i
Governor’s Conference Address |
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Concurrent Sessions I |
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NWHI Symposium
Room 310
Moderator: ‘Aulani Wilhelm |
Biosecurity Session
Room 313A
Moderator: Lloyd Loope |
Native Plants Session
Room 313B/C
Moderator: Gregory Koob |
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11:00 AM |
William Chandler
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument: Developing a New Model for Oceans Protection |
Lloyd Loope, Christopher Puttock
Report from the HCA Biosecurity Forum, June 1-2, 2006 |
Stephanie Dunbar (student) et al.
The importance of taxonomy in representing diversity. One plantago, two plantago, three plantago, more? |
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11:20 AM |
Lance Morgan et al.
Ecosystem based management to conserve the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
Paula Warren (HI-NZ exchange)
Elements for a biosecurity system for bidiversity protection purposes |
Candace Lutzow-Felling, Clifford Morden
Population genetic structure and management implications for Acacia koa |
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11:40 AM |
Dennis Heinemann et al.
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Paula Warren
Biosecurity system for biodiversity (contd)
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Paul Scowcroft et al.
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12:00 PM |
Lunch: Susan Middleton presents Archipelago (30 minute video) at 12.20 pm |
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Concurrent Sessions II |
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NWHI Symposium (continued)Room 310
Moderator: ‘Aulani Wilhelm |
Plant Disease Symposium
Room 313A
Moderator: Brent Sipes |
Remote Sensing Symposium
Room 313B/C
Moderator: James Jacobi |
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1:00 PM |
Karl Kim and Makena Coffman
Estimating the Impacts of Banning Commercial Bottomfish Fishing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. |
Lloyd Loope
The case for stringent quarantine measures against further strains of eucalyptus rust to protect Hawaii’s ‘ōhi‘a forest |
James Jacobi - Introduction
Samuel Gon III, James Jacobi
The Hawaiian Vegetation Units of the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) – Updates and future developments
Mike McMahon et al.
Completion and distribution of HI-GAP data products: implications for conservation biologists
Rodolfo Martinez (student) et al.
Large-scale assessment of Hawaiian dry forest decline and restoration potential with remote sensing and GIS
Tomoko Suzuki (student) et al.
Vegetation mapping in Mākaha Valley, O‘ahu
Sun Park
Coastal grassland mapping in the Big Island Hawai‘i using hyperspectral imagery
Stephen Ambagis, James Jacobi
Detailed high resolution vegetation mapping of the Hanalei watershed using object based classification
Gregory Asner
Remote sensing for canopy chemistry, biogeochemistry, and diversity of Hawaiian ecosystems |
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1:20 PM |
Jay Nelson, Keiko Bonk
Protection of the NW Hawaiian Islands: overcoming institutional inertia |
Brent Sipes, Janice Uchida
Enhancing the Soil Food Web: Cover Crops and Soil-Borne Diseases |
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1:40 PM |
Symposium discussant
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Diane Sether, John Hu
Exploiting Pathogen Biology: Integrated Pest Management Examples from Virology |
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2:00 PM
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Marine Issues Session
Room 310
Moderator: Tony Montgomery |
Janice Uchida et al.
Environmentally Friendly Pesticides: Control of Plant Tropical Diseases Caused by Fungi and Nematodes |
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Howard Wiig
Marine pollution prevention produces power |
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2:20 PM |
Zoe Norcross-Nu'u
Hawaii’s beaches under siege: Implications of accelerating sea level rise and increasing development pressure |
Tomie Vowell et al.
A Consortium Approach to Biological Control of Plant Diseases: Examples from Bacteriology |
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2:40 PM |
Paul Bienfang
Hawai‘i Aquaculture’s Sustainability Focus |
Symposium discussant |
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Concurrent Sessions III |
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Seabirds Symposium
Room 310
Moderator: Keith Swindle |
Native Invertebrates
Room 313A
Moderator: Betsy Gagné |
Remote Sensing Symposium
Room 313B/C
Moderator: James Jacobi |
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3:20 PM |
Brenda Zaun, Keith Swindle
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Dan Polhemus et al.
Damsels still in distress: A 15 year retrospective on Hawaiian damselfly conservation |
Robin Martin
Remote sensing of plant pigments at leaf and canopy scales in Hawaiian forest ecosystems
Jonathan Price
Mapping plant species ranges: Opportunities and challenges
P. Marcos Gorresen et al.
A hierarchical spatial model of forest bird distribution in Ka‘ū
James Jacobi, Stephen Ambagis
Application of very high resolution digital imagery for mapping and monitoring plant communities
Gregory Asner
Bringing cost-effective and efficient hyperspectral and LIDAR tools to Hawai‘i
Symposium Discussant |
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3:40 PM |
Reggie David, Thomas J. Ka‘iakapu (presented by Sharon Reilly)
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Idelle Cooper (student) et al.
Gradient sensitivity of female color morphs to temperature in the damselfly Megalagrion calliphya (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) |
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4:00 PM |
Nick Holmes
Ornithological radar and endangered seabirds on Kaua‘i: methodology and planning for long-term population monitoring |
Jesse Eiben, Dan Rubinoff
Conservation efforts for the Wekiu bug Nysius wekiuicola (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i: Ecology, genetics and life history |
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4:20 PM |
Andrea Erichsen et al.
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James Liebherr
Small, sedentary, predaceous carabid beetles define areas of endemism on Moloka‘i |
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4:40 PM |
Karen Baldwin, Sharon Reilly
Beyond Save Our Shearwaters-Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative's habitat conservation plan and interim conservation measures |
Peter Oboyski (student)
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