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Rebroadcast of a show featuring Kauaʻi's National Tropical Botanical Garden seed bank, the U.S. Department of Defense Natural Resource Program seed bank, the U.S. Army Rare Seed Program, Lyon Arboretum seed bank and Hawai'i Island seed bank.
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In the aftermath of Typhoon Mawar, a critically endangered bird faces extinction on Guam. The ko'ko' bird now "teeters on the brink" with just 74 left on the island, according to the animal welfare organization American Humane.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will invest $17 million in its Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Funding will strengthen the climate resilience of its humpback whale visitor and community center in Kīhei, Maui.
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Nearly $350,000 was gifted to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support its Makai Restoration Action Plans. Over $180,000 will go towards restoring the over 900-acre Olowalu Reef, which has been identified as one of the most essential reefs around Maui.
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For the first time since 1986, scientists have discovered the burrows of the rare Taʻiʻo, or Tahiti Petrel, on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. The burrows were found by researchers from the Hawaiʻi-based organization Archipelago Research and Conservation. The Conversation's Russell Subiono has more.
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HPR's Sabrina Bodon details a training program that places community collage graduates into rail jobs; University of Hawaiʻi faculty rake in record amounts in research funds; Department of Land and Natural Resources hosts statewide meetings about stewardship fees to maintain marine resources; and a retired local physicist shares his perspective on the newly released "Oppenheimer" film
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Barracco brings awareness to conservation and sustainability as a nature photographer. He organized an expedition to Antarctica, a journey he documented in his book, "The Noise of Ice: Antarctica." He spent the weekend in Hawaiʻi as a guest speaker for the local chapter of the Explorers Club.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed to designate more than 2,000 acres of land across the Hawaiian archipelago as critical habitat for the threatened green sea turtle.
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For Dawn Chang, director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, the first months on the job have not been easy. Climate change presents her department with unique challenges, but she told The Conversation that she is facing them head-on.
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There are only five native ʻakikiki birds left in the wild. While some of the birds remain in protective captivity, they are likely to disappear from forests very soon. Scientists are doing everything they can to save them. HPR's Taylor Nāhulukeaokalani Cozloff reports.