(BIVN) – The fourth and final workshop of the Western Governors’ Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative was held at the Fairmont Orchid on Monday, the day before the Western Governors’ Association 2018 Winter Meeting got underway.

The Initiative is the central policy effort of Hawaiʻi Governor David Ige during his year as Western Governors’ Association Chair. A series of panel discussions focused “on the impacts that nuisance species, pests and pathogens have on ecosystems, forests, rangelands, watersheds, and infrastructure in the West.”

The workshops, held in the Fairmont Orchid’s Promenade Ballroom, were livestreamed on YouTube. Some of them can be watched below.

The WGA 2018 Winter Meeting will be held from December 11-13 at the Fairmont Orchid. According to the organizers: