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Three Mountain Alliance You may have seen the Thursday May 29, 2008 Honolulu Advertiser article about the Three Mountain Alliance, a partnership to protect watersheds and natural resources across Mauna Loa, Kilauea and Hualalai on the Island of Hawaii. You can read more about the Three Mountain Alliance...

U.S. Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) has a new web site on Climate Change . “Climate change is the biggest conservation challenge facing the Forest Service in the 21st century and contributing to global efforts that help forests mitigate and adapt to climate change is a priority for...

Thanks, Travis. If others have ideas about other locations for experimental field sites, please respond. As a next step in the conversation, could we pick a few of these and begin to develop compelling cases for proposing some research in these areas. What do these places have in common (besides Hawaii...

Scientific American has recently published news article entitled " Combatting Climate Change: Farming Out Global Warming Solutions ." From the article: "Saving the trees could slow climate change, new research shows. Each year, nearly 33 million acres of forestland around the world is...

A couple of thoughts on ecosystem services in Hawaii, with particular reference to terrestrial, forestry-oriented systems. 1) There's a lot of emphasis on conservation of relatively pristine native forest habitat for wildlife in the conservation community. The larger value of these areas for ecosystem...