strategies for preserving island biodiversity
We’ll try to stay on top of the world-class science underway in the islands that is focused on our rainforests and other land areas where native species (somehow) persist.
One fascinating line of inquiry concerns the prospects for island reforestation with Koa trees as part of a new island carbon sequestration strategy.
I recently presented a paper at the annual conference of the Hawai`i Conservation Alliance suggesting that these prospects (carbon credits) are now shifting island corporations and communities onto a converging path (based in part on my sustainability work with David Cole‘s Maui Land & Pineapple, Inc.). Restoration of island ecosystems is in everyone’s interest.
I shared the platform with Josh Goldstein (a bright young leader in “Vitousek’s army“), who presented his research on the economics of koa reforestation (with a special focus on the role of volunteer labor…one of my favorite prospects).
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