{"id":161557,"date":"2022-07-01T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T02:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=161557"},"modified":"2022-07-05T15:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T01:15:44","slug":"plamanui-stokes-reforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/01\/plamanui-stokes-reforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"706-acre P\u0101lamanui &lsquo;living laboratory&rsquo; stokes reforestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_77395\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QPYV9uWxKN0?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"706-acre P\u0101lamanui \u2018living laboratory\u2019 stokes reforestation\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-sign-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Palamanui Forest Preserve sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-161571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-sign-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-sign-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-sign.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Efforts to protect tropical lowland dry forest in North Kona recently got a big boost as <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanui\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8211;P&#257;lamanui<\/a> and the state D<a href=\"https:\/\/dlnr.hawaii.gov\">epartment of Land and Natural Resources<\/a> (<abbr>DLNR<\/abbr>) finalized an agreement to conserve a 706-acre parcel adjacent to the P&#257;lamanui campus. <\/p>\n<p>The P&#257;lamanui Forest Preserve is home to a critically endangered type of ecosystem in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> as less than 5&#37; of tropical lowland dry forest remains since human settlement, according to experts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161572\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"forest\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">P&#257;lamanui Forest Preserve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under the agreement, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P&#257;lamanui and the <abbr>DLNR<\/abbr> Division of Forestry and Wildlife (<abbr>DOFAW<\/abbr>) will collaborate to protect the area from various threats, such as wildfire and destructive animals, while using it as a living laboratory for students and community members.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are thrilled to collaborate with the <abbr>DLNR<\/abbr> and <abbr>DOFAW<\/abbr> to protect and restore this threatened ecosystem,&rdquo; said <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Chancellor <strong>Rachel Solemsaas<\/strong>. &ldquo;This conservation effort will contribute to carbon sequestration to combat climate change, create unique learning opportunities for the local community, and more. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College is committed to the principle of m&#257;lama <span aria-label=\"aina,\">&#699;&#257;ina,<\/span> and this project is one way we\u2019re putting that value into action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Living laboratory<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152264\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-stevens-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Man speaking near a tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-stevens-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-stevens-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-stevens.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P&#257;lamanui lecturer <strong>Richard Stevens<\/strong> has been taking his students and the community to the preserve to help with reforestation efforts for years.<\/p>\n<p>In spring 2022, he took his History 151 students to gather seeds from ancient wiliwili trees to take to the State Tree Nursery. After the seeds are grown into young plants, some will be replanted around the &ldquo;parent&rdquo; trees as part of reforestation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that having access to this land helps build relationships and helps community building within the school,&rdquo; said student <strong>Jordyn Picadura<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152270\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Student reaching up to a tree branch\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hawaii-palamanui-forest.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vinny Cervantes-Bautista gathers seeds from a wiliwili tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Picadura said Stevens tried to instill a sense of responsibility in his students to take care of the land and give back.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens said, &ldquo;It will be part of the reforestation of the drylands here, which is our long-term objective to bring back the lowland dry forest to its former glory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For his dedication to nature conservation, Stevens was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/archive\/news\/archive\/06_News_Releases\/060720.htm\">recipient of a 2006 Take Pride in America National Award<\/a> from the U. S. Department of the Interior.<\/p>\n<h2>Gov. Ige plants tree<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161570\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-ige-stevens-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two people planting\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-ige-stevens-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-ige-stevens-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hawaii-palamanui-forest-dlnr-ige-stevens-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. David Ige, left, and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2013P&#257;lamanui lecturer Richard Stevens planting a tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On June 24, Gov. David Ige got a close-up look at the P&#257;lamanui living laboratory and planted another tree to count toward the <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.hawaii.gov\/newsroom\/dlnr-news-release-state-pledges-one-hundred-million-trees-to-be-conserved-restored-or-grown-by-2030\/\">state\u2019s pledge<\/a> to plant, restore and conserve 100 million trees around the islands by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>That same day, the governor visited the campus, where Elliot Parsons of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> Regional Species and Climate Change Management Network showed him the garden named &ldquo;The forest of loved souls,&rdquo; where native trees are being planted to increase their numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons said, &ldquo;We need trees, the Earth needs trees, this island needs trees. When you have a personal connection with the trees you are planting, it takes it to an even deeper level.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/30\/palamanui-forest-preserve-living-laboratory\/\">706-acre P&#257;lamanui forest preserve a &lsquo;living laboratory,&rsquo;<\/a> November 30, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/12\/15\/ancient-trail-at-hawaii-community-college-palamanui-mapped\/\">Ancient trail at <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8211;P&#257;lamanui mapped<\/a>, December 15, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_76459\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LNweSoAvIxw?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Palamanui Dryland Forest Collaboration\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8211;P&#257;lamanui recently signed an agreement to protect the valuable P&#257;lamanui Forest Preserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[368,665,61,435,73,71,56],"class_list":["post-161557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-botany","tag-conservation","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-palamanui","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161557"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161574,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161557\/revisions\/161574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}