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In Back in June 2008 , I reported that through UH Manoa MAGIS ( Maps Aerials Geographic Information System ) that quadrangle maps of the state was available. I am pleased to report (actually, through Eileen Herring's Library Stuff blog ) that the MAGIS system has been updated and upgraded to include...

A Conference on Ecosystem Services (ACES) 2008: Using Science for Decision Making in Dynamic Systems December 8-11, 2008 Naples, FL Naples Grande Hotel www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ACES Call for Abstracts Deadline EXTENDED: August 31, 2008 All individuals interested in the ecological, economic, geographic...

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has released a special issue on Ecosystem Services. The July 15, 2008 edition (Volume 105 (28) devotes the entire issue to Ecosystem Services. You can download the table of contents and read the abstracts free of charge. If you wish to read the...

Since retirement from the HNL Advertiser, former science and environment report, Jan W. TenBruggencate, has devoted some of his time to writing a very interesting blog "Raising Islands - Hawaii Science and Environment." TenBruggencate's blog makes a special effort to couple current science...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through its National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research , through its Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment has released a new report: The State of the Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United...

Dr. Ali Fares and Dr. Aly I. El-Kadi of the Departments of Natural Resource and Environmental Management and Geology and Geophysics have published a book entitled "Coastal Watershed Management" published by WITpress.com as part of the International Series on Progress in Water Resoruces. Not...

The USDA U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station has a new publication, Repelling Invaders , about the use of the Brazilian scale as an control measure for strawberry guava. It also includes other information about invasive species control being done by US Forest Service. In spite of impassioned...

The Hawaii Conservation Conference will be held on July 29-31, 2008 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. Keynote Speaker is Dr. Sylvia Earle and the two plenary speakers are Dr. Elliot Norse and Dr. Peter Vitousek . Registration information is can be downloaded. Information is available about...

The World Resources Institute has released a new paper entitled " Coastal Caribbean: Economic Valuation of the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean ." Using the islands of Tobago and St. Lucia, WRI has developed models for determining the economic valuation of the coral reefs. The three main factors...

I want to bring to your attention a report initially found on June 15, 2008 on the " Green Car Congress " blog. The Green Car Congress is a web site that provides information about "green" technologies, with the goals of 1) providing timely and accurate reporting and analysis of relevant...