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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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VIDEOS

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

Plenary Session

Oli and HCA Introduction

Samuel ‘Ohukani‘āhi‘a Gon III

Loyal Mehrhoff

Keynote Speaker: Michael Soule (link to bio)

Is Island Conservation Fundamentally Different from Continental Conservation? (link to video)

Governor Linda Lingle’s Address

Presentation of My Hawai‘i Awards

Plenary Speaker: J. Michael Scott (currently only linked to bio)

Hawai‘i: A Window to the Future of Conservation Biology?

Gerald Marten, EcoTipping Points

Concurrent Sessions I

Near Shore/Marine Symposium

Eric Brown

Determining Fish Habitat Utilization Patterns and the Efficacy of Marine Protected Areas

William Walsh

Historical Overview of Resource Enforcement in Hawaii

Debbie Gowensmith

Looking Forward to the Past: Community-Based Marine Resources Management in Hawaii

Ivor Williams

Effects of 25 Years of Rotational Management at the Waikiki Diamond Head Fishery Management Area

Russell Sparks

The Decline of Maui's Coral Reefs, the Rise of Invasive Algae, and the Need for Herbivore Management

Insects Symposium I

Ecosystem Services Symposium

Gretchen Daily

Ecosystems Services in Hawaii

David Brand

Valuing Carbon, Creating Markets

Kate Brauman

Ecosystem Service Based Watershed Management in Hawaii

Josh Goldstein

Paying for Ecosystem Services in Hawaii

Mark Fox

Policy Dimensions of the Ecosystem Services Approach in Hawaii

Alternative Energies Symposium

No videos for this session

Concurrent Sessions II

The Big Picture Session

Stephen Miller

Climate Change and Endangered Species Conservation

Charles Fletcher

Beaches, First Victims of Global Warming in Hawaii

Zoe Norcross-Nuu

A Coming Calamity, Management Response to High Waters, Receding Coasts and Low Lands

Paul Scowcroft

Plantation Koa: Another Inconvenient Truth?

Elizabeth Corbin

(for Howard Wiig)

A Portable Refinery for Wake Island and Remote Pacific Islands

Insects Symposium II

Native Biota Session

Invasives Session I

No videos for this session

THURSDAY, JULY 26

Plenary Session
Plenary Speaker: David Helvarg (link to bio) Saving the Ocean (link to video)
Dieter Mueller-Dombois, 2006 Distinguished Service Awardee A Silvicultural Approach to Restoration of Native Hawaiian Rainforests
Holly Freifeld, Hawai‘i-New Zealand, Exchange Program
Carl McGuinness, Hawai‘i-New Zealand, Exchange Program
Concurrent Sessions III
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Symposium Donald Kobayashi Larval Retention Versus Reception: Marine Connectivity Patterns Within and Around the Hawaiian Archipelago Frank Parrish Foraging Competition Between Monk Seals and Other Apex Predators Jean Kenyon Coral Community Structure at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Unique Conservation Challenges in the Hawaiian Archipelago	Inter Situ Restoration Symposium	Conservation Evaluation Symposium Terrell Erickson Evaluating Conservation
Concurrent Sessions IV
Fisheries Session	Forest Health Symposium I	Landscape Management Session
Concurrent Sessions V
Watershed Session	Forest Health Symposium II	Invasives Session II

FRIDAY, JULY 27

Concurrent Sessions VI
Effective Monitoring Symposium I	Bridges to the Future Forum John Leong (with introduction by Sharon Ziegler-Chong) Interns: The Untapped Natural Resource Sharon Ziegler-Chong Back to the Future: Building our Environmental Workforce through Partnerships Pauline Sato Bridging to the Future: Building our Environmental Workforce through Partnerships Loyal Mehrhoff The Value of Students and Interns to Research Neil Hannahs Honoring Traditional Values and Becoming People of Place, Caring for Place	Economics of Invasives Symposium Donna Lee Quantifying the Risk of Zebra Mussels to Florida Ecosystems: A Comparison of Prevention, Response, and Control Strategies Oscar Cacho Applying Search Theory to Evaluate the Feasibility of Eradicating an Invasion Kimberly Burnett Uncertain Populations and the Value of Information
Concurrent Sessions VII
Effective Monitoring Symposium II	Aquatic Biota Session Anthony Montgomery The Hawaiian Black Coral Fishery: Science and Management Karla McDermid Making a Living on Limu: Nutritional Composition of Marine Plants in the Diet of the Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Hawaiian Islands I.A. Abbott and Celia Smith A Different Path to Conservation: Case Studies from Recent Research with Hawaiian Marine Algae	Invasives Session III
Concurrent Sessions VIII
Ecosystem Management Session I	What’s in the Water? Session Richard MacKenzie Leaf Litter Breakdown of Native and Invasive Riparian Trees in Forested and Developed River Reaches on the Island of Hawaii Guy Ragosta Enterococci Surface Soil and Water Analysis of a Rural Tropical Island Stream and Tributaries Farhat Abbas Use of Riparian Buffers to Reduce Sediment and Nitrogen Transport in Hawaiian Watersheds	Winged Vertebrates Session I
Concurrent Sessions IX
Ecosystem Management Session II	Marine Vertebrates Session	Winged Vertebrates Session II