Conservation

ASU Executive Vice President and University Provost Nancy Gonzales just wrapped up a visit to Hawaiʻi and stopped by our studio to talk about the connection between Hawaiʻi and ASU.

Bob Richmond, a coral scientist and head of the University of Hawaiʻi Kewalo Marine Laboratory, spoke to HPR about the science behind protected areas like the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine Reserve.

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the military for details on a proposal to build a rocket test site in a remote wildlife refuge less than 900 miles from Hawaiʻi Island.

Environmentalists are challenging in court President Donald Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the area to harmful commercial fishing.

The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Michael Cain, administrator of the state Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands about work being proposed to deal with disappearing sands on a man-made beach and the possibility of creating a new beach on the Fort DeRussy end of Waikīkī.

The Conversation's DW Gibson spoke to David Pang, co-founder of ʻIlio Products, about how tariffs are affecting his pet and eco-friendly product lines.

Catherine Cruz reports on the sihek, an endangered bird that recently returned to the wild and laid eggs at their new Pacific island home, Palmyra Atoll.

Kitty Simonds of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council presents the viewpoint of the longline fishers who will be allowed to resume commercial fishing in waters at least 50 miles offshore of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.

News that President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing commercial fishing within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument sent environmental advocates into a tailspin. The Conversation spoke with Maxx Phillips, the Hawaiʻi and Pacific Islands director and staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Environmental groups are planning to sue President Trump over his plans to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, formerly known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, to commercial fishing. Meanwhile, fishing advocates have argued that current protections haven’t led to meaningful environmental benefits.