An interdisciplinary group of researchers from the University of Hawaii teamed up with colleagues from other universities and several Native Hawaiian communities to compile conservation findings in a special issue of Sustainability that will be the largest collection of scientific publications made by Native Hawaiians. The group’s work focuses on biocultural restoration in Hawaii.

The work collectively highlights Hawaii as a global leader in the realm of biocultural restoration and aims to influence policy both locally and internationally.

Biocultural restoration is an approach that incorporates both humanity and its connections to nature in a larger effort to restore the health, function and resilience of both land- and seascapes. Articles in the special issue range in focus from the theoretical, to philosophical, to applied aspects of such an approach to restoration.

For more, go to UH News: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/11/largest-collection-of-scientific-publications-by-native-hawaiians/