Hawai’i Flag
Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild Hawai’i – the biodiversity, wildlife, parks and protected areas and the opportunities for ecotourism, conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel. Relevant additions and suggestions are welcome.
Headlines
Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing – ProPublica
I’iwi / Scarlet honeycreeper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBI%CA%BBiwi
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/iiwi/index.html
Reforestation
Parks and Monuments
Facebook
Hawaii.Pacific.Parks.Association
Twitter
@Volcanoes_NPS
@PacificNPS
@HIPacParks
@kuahawaii
@expandpmnm
@Hawaiianimages
Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit partner of six national parks in Hawai‘i and American Samoa.
Key Links
https://www.hawaiipacificparks.org
http://hppacreative.com/hppa
https://www.youtube.com/user/PACN2011
@HIPacParks
Cultural Connections
https://twitter.com/HIPacParks/status/1064619786640875520
Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
This park is located on the South Kona coast on the island of Hawaii.
https://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm
https://www.facebook.com/PuuhonuaoHonaunauNPS/
@PuuhonuaNPS
Parks
http://www.nps.gov/state/hi/index.htm
By the numbers:
- 7 national parks
- 5,213,817 visitors to national parks
- 335 National Register of Historic Places listings »
- $12,724,007 of rehabilitation projects stimulated by tax incentives (since 1995) »
- 96,385 hours donated by volunteers »
- 33 National Historic Landmarks »
- $39,907,190 in Land & Water Conservation Fund grants (since 1965) »
- 368 acres transferred by Federal Lands to Parks for local parks and recreation (since 1948) »
- $17,580,724 in historic preservation grants (since 1969) »
- 35 community conservation and recreation projects (since 1987) »
- 2 World Heritage Sites »
- 880 places recorded by heritage documentation programs »
- 2,578,497 objects in national park museum collections »
- 1,658 archeological sites in national parks »
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
https://www.planeta.com/1608papahanaumokuakea
http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/03/gop-could-reverse-protection-of-papahanaumokuakea/
http://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov – facebook
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/08/26/fact-sheet-president-obama-create-worlds-largest-marine-protected-area
How to pronounce Papahānaumokuākea? Have a listen.
Papahānaumokuākea – the Hawaiian heritage hoorah
Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Monument (@HawaiiReef ) turns 10 today! Our top 10 list: http://1.usa.gov/1Udw7eq
http://expandpmnm.com – https://twitter.com/expandpmnm – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfYeuoe2dqWbrlQSDdgNH2A
PUʻUHONUA A PLACE OF SANCTUARY The Cultural and Biological Significance of the proposed expansion for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/first-marine-monument
Peter Apo: Marine Monument Proposal Isn’t ‘Hawaiian’ – @peterapo
Expanding Marine Preserve Is The Pono Thing To Do – Civil Beat
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/26/obama-expands-protected-waters-off-hawaii-creating-worlds-largest-reserve/89377556
http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/07/whos-behind-a-stealth-ad-against-the-marine-monument-expansion
http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/obama-hawaii-largest-marine-protected-area
http://blog.conservation.org/2016/08/marine-parks-expansion-a-win-for-hawaii-for-oceans – https://twitter.com/ConservationOrg/status/769263889397735424
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/obamas-expansion-of-a-vast-pacific-reserve-built-on-a-bush-foundation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-papahanaumokuakea/2016/08/26/be7e3fac-6b10-11e6-91cb-ecb5418830e9_video.html
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/06/15/news/story01.html
Videos (playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZG2Q-B6LvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1ENpqXsoU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeah4XIziF0
http://www.nps.gov/hale/index.htm
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
hawaiivolcanoes
http://fhvnp.org – fhvnp
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary protects humpback whales and their habitat
@Hihumpbackwhale
Sanctuary Visitor Center Hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm., Saturdays 10:00 am to 1:00 pm from January to March
For more information go to http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/explore/visitor_center.html
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Tern Island
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism. The park was established in 1916 and a World Heritage Site since 1987.
Kilauea Summit No Stranger to Eruptions
Pu’uhonua o Honaunau means “place of refuge” in Hawaiian
https://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm
PuuhonuaoHonaunauNPS/
Pu’ukohola Heiau NHS
http://www.nps.gov/puhe – @PuukoholaNPS
Ha’a Ha’a – Pacific Islands Park
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwiivalornps
ValorNPS
@WWIIValorNPS
https://www.npca.org/articles/251-standing-with-the-emotion-of-history
http://sustainablecoastlineshawaii.org – sustainablecoastlineshawaii
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance provides unified leadership and advocacy on conservation issues critical to Hawai‘i.
24 Government, educational, and non-profit organizations who together provide unified leadership and advocacy for Hawaii’s most critical conservation issues. Member organizations are represented by federal, state, and non-profit sectors working together to perpetuate native ecosystems and ensure that the unique biodiversity of our islands endures. See all our members
http://www.hawaiiconservation.org
https://vimeo.com/channels/966301
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HawaiiConservation
Maui Nui Marine Resource Council Encouraging human action & working for clean water, healthy reefs, and abundant native fish for the islands of Maui Nui.
http://mnmrc.org
@MauiReefs
MNMRC
Volcano
https://modernhiker.com/park/hawaii-volcanoes-national-park
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)
Department of Land and Natural Resources
HawaiiDLNR
https://vimeo.com/user10051674
@dlnr
http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/world-conservation-congress
Wildlife
https://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/fauna/alala.html
Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology
himb.hawaii.edu – Visit
About this page
Starting with the 2016 World Conservation Congress, we began the creation of this resource guide (originally on the Planeta Wiki)
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