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Your search found 2615 hits- 09/02/16 – DLNR & YOU – Protectors and Promoters Partner; DLNR/HTA Partnership To Help Spread Conservation Messages(HONOLULU) – As the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) was exploring ways to reach more visitors and kama‘āina with information about conserving and protecting natural and cultural resources, the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) was engaged in developing a five-year strategic plan. “Coincidentally, the stars were in alignment and what we were thinking turned out to be a perfect fit with the HTA’s strategic plan,” said DLNR Chair Suzanne Case.
- Global conservation summit sets the direction for post-2015 sustainability agenda For more information, please contact: Ewa Magiera, IUCN Media Relations, mobile +1 808 989 9601, +41 76 505 33 78, e-mail:[email protected] IUCN Congress Media Team, e-mail: [email protected] Global conservation summit sets the direction for post-2015 sustainability agenda Honolulu,… Read More »
- DLNR & YOU – IUCN World Conservation Congress Is Pau & Now The Work Begins(HONOLULU) – “Clearly Hawai‘i’s commitments to conservation and sustainability are aligned with the world’s priorities and with the strategic issues of importance to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),” observed Governor David Ige, on this last day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Hawai‘i 2016. Thousands of delegates and members from 192 member countries spent the last ten days in Hawai‘i at the planet’s most important and high-level conservation gathering. Governor Ige deemed it a tremendous success and thanked the countless state and federal agencies, elected officials, conservation organizations, and volunteers who consistently spread the message: “What is clear now, more than ever before, is that we are in this together – one canoe navigating Island Earth.”
- Nearly Three Million Dollars in State Funds Savings for 2016 World Conservation Congress(Honolulu) – Today, the Department of Land and Natural Resources delivered the Closing Report for the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress (Congress) to the Hawaii State Legislature. This follows closing of the accounting for the State’s hosting of the Congress as of March 31, 2017.
- 08/16/16 – DLNR & YOU – Web Portal Provides Information, Video & Photos; Established for IUCN World Conservation Congress(Honolulu) - The Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) has established a special website for information on the upcoming International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress Hawaii 2016, being held in Honolulu, Sept. 1-10, 2016.
- 08/23/16 – HAWAII’S NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM PROTECTS HAWAII’S MOST PRISTINE AND WILD PLACESDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY HAWAII’S NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM PROTECTS HAWAII’S MOST PRISTINE AND WILD PLACES WHAT: The statewide Natural Area Reserves System (NARS) was… Read More »
- 08/27/16 – DLNR & YOU – MALAMA THE NAPALI COAST STATE WILDERNESS PARK 2016; Efforts Beginning to Show Improvements at Iconic Kauai Park(Honolulu) – Maintaining and caring for (to malama) a remote wilderness park is a daunting, expensive, and labor-intensive task. When the leadership of the Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) elected this year to put renewed emphasis on the spectacular Napali Coast State Wilderness Park on Kaua’i, they knew that many years of unpermitted activity, an often-times unforgiving environment and unprepared or unwary visitors would continue to create a special set of challenges and opportunities.
- 08/29/16 – Human Impacts On Hawaii’s Wildlife ResourcesDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY HUMAN IMPACTS ON HAWAII’S WILDLIFE RESOURCES WHAT: The growing popularity of marine life encounters with turtles, dolphins, manta rays, seals… Read More »
- 08/29/16 – DLNR & YOU – Human Impacts On Hawaii’s Wildlife Resources Public & Private Partners Promote Responsible Viewing(Honolulu) - The popularity of self-guided or commercial tours that offer marine-life encounters with turtles, dolphins, whales, manta rays, and even sharks, brings large numbers of Hawai‘i visitors and residents into close proximity with wild creatures. Many people aren’t aware of how their behaviors could hurt them or wild animals, or impact the creatures habitats.
- 09/05/16 – DLNR & YOU – Islands Adapting To A Changing Climate — Hawaiʻi Efforts; Broad Cross-Section of Public & Private Interests Working on Plans(Honolulu) - Climate change is anticipated to have profound effects in the Hawaiian Islands. Key indicators of the changing climate include rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and upper-ocean heat content, changing ocean chemistry and increasing ocean acidity, changing rainfall patterns, decreasing base flow in streams, changing wind and wave patterns, changing extremes, and changing habitats and species distributions.