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NREM Internships: Get hands-on experience in Hawaii's natural environment.

NREM student collects a water sample from Waimea Estuary, Northshore, O’ahu.

Alaʻe ʻula / Hawaiian moorhen (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis), endangered

In Hawaiian legend, the demi-god Maui stole fire from the ala'e 'ula. Photo: C. Lepczyk

Kawainui Marsh: Experience science within Hawaii's unique cultural heritage.

NREM offers classes in hydrology and wetland ecology. Photo: J. B. Friday

Wetlands Research: Dr. Greg Bruland samples marsh sediments on Hawaiʻi.

Many NREM classes focus on outdoor learning via field trips.

ʻAukuʻu / Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli)

Learn native plant conservation & wildlife management in Hawaii's unique ecosystems. Photo: C. Lepczyk

Vegetation Map for part of Makaha Valley

Learn to apply GIS for resource conservation and management. Image: T. Miura

Learn to apply economics to resource management decision-making.

NREM Economists research sustainable tourism, open space value, invasive species.

Aloha!

Welcome to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM). We are part of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Our students, faculty, and staff are involved in teaching, research, and extension in our community.


News and Events

NREM Receives Competitive USAID Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) Grant

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM) and the Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) were recently awarded a Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) grant entitled “Sustainable Management of Agroecological Resources for Tribal Societies (SMARTS)” for the period 2010 - 2015. The award amount is $1.38 million. The Co-PIs for the grant are: Travis Idol, Catherine Chan-Halbrendt, and Chittaranjan Ray.

NREM Receives Prestigious USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship (NNF) Grant

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) was recently awarded a Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship (NNF) Grant entitled “University of Hawai‘i Fellowships for Integrative Training in Sustainable Sciences (UH-FITSS)” for the period 2010 - 2015. The award amount is $156,000. The Co-PIs for the grant are: Catherine Chan-Halbrendt, Carl Evensen, Christopher Lepcyzk and Creighton M. Litton.


22nd Annual CTAHR Student Research Symposium
April 9-10 | Ag Sciences Building - UH Mānoa

  • The Symposium serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information. 
  • Open to graduate and undergraduate students conducting scholarly work under the supervision of faculty at UH CTAHR and UH Hilo's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management.
  • Deadline for submitting abstracts March 12, 2010.

FMI: Traci Sylva  tsylva@hawaii.edu, Charles Kinoshita kinoshitac@ctahr.hawaii.edu


CTAHR Research News

Dr. Creighton Litton's program is the featured story for CTAHR's most recent issue of CTAHR Research News. Read "Understanding and protecting Hawai‘i’s unique ecological heritage in the face of global change."


NREM Graduate Student Organization

Meets at Sherman 103 (Conference Room) the last Monday of each month at 4:30 pm (unless otherwise noted). Visit our webpage for more information.

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

1910 East-West Road

Sherman 101

Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: (808) 956-7530

Fax: (808) 956-6539

Email: nrem@ctahr.hawaii.edu

Department Chair

Dr. Catherine Chan-Halbrendt

Associate Chair

Dr. Richard Bowen

Graduate Chair

Dr. Ali Fares

Undergraduate Advisor

Dr. Carol Ferguson