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Hawaii Conservation Forums are convened for discussing major conservation concerns. The forums are usually by invitation to key people in the respective field of need. Forums are used to direct HCA activities.
2008 HCA Forum
Climate Change in Hawaii
March 26-28, 2008
East-West Center, Honolulu
March 27-28 (by invitation only)
2007: Defining and Exploring Effective Management for Hawaii’s Native Ecosystems
April 25-26, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii
2006: Hawaii Biosecurity Forum
June 1-2, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii
(by invitation only)
The Hawaii Biosecurity Forum provided a venue for national- and state-level policy makers and senior managers to engage in a frank discussion, analysis, and strategic planning process that considered the unique threats to and set the stage for enhanced protections for Hawaii and the U.S-affiliated Pacific area from non-indigenous invasive species.
In the News
Selected Background Reading
- Kahului Airport Pest Risk Assessment Report (2002), Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Branch.
- Unwanted: Dead or Alive, Hawaii Business Magazine, April 2004 (cover story).
- Summary of Hawaii Orchid Growers vs. USDA
- H.R. 3468, Hawaii Invasive Species Prevention Act(July 27, 2005), introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Ed Case of Hawaii.
- Testimony of Neil J. Reimer, Ph.D., Plant Quarantine Branch Chief, Hawaii Department of Agriculture (August 9, 2005), Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks – Field Hearing on Invasive Species, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, August 9, 2005.
- Testimony of Dr. Fred Kraus, Department Of Natural Science, Bishop Museum, Hawaii (April 29, 2003), House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, And Oceans, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands – Joint Oversight Hearing on the Growing Problem of Invasive Species, April 29, 2003.
- Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States, Chapter 8, Two Case Studies: Non-Indigenous Species in Hawaii and Florida (1993), Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, OTA-F-565.
- Native flies go on protected list, Honolulu Advertiser, May 10, 2006, p.A1
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Hawaii and Pacific Islands. Loope, L.L. 1998. Pages 747-774 in M.J. Mac, P.A. Opler, C.E. Puckett Haecker, and P.D. Doran (editors). Status and trends of the nation’s biological resources, Volume 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
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