Twentieth Meeting Kona, Hawaii, August 23-29, 2008
Presentations
Special Session: The Future of Coral Reef Conservation –Key Threats & Innovative Solutions
- Overfishing on Caribbean and Pacific Coral Reefs and Potential Solutions
- Addressing Climate Change, an Industry Perspective
Special Session: Hawaii’s Network of Marine Managed Areas
- Community Based Participation and Process
- Efficacy of MPAs in Hawaii
- Effectiveness of MPA Network to Manage the W. Hawaii Aquarium Fishery
Special Session: Sustainable Use of Watersheds and Aquifers for Kona’s Reefs
- North Kona: A Unique Climate and Troubled Watershed
- Submarine Groundwater Discharge West Hawaii
- Urban Development and Resource Protection at Kaloko-Honokohau NHP
International Year of the Reef Updates and Accomplishments
Member and Partner Initiative Updates
- Rapid Response to Coral Disease Outbreak in Dry Tortugas NP
- ICRS Outcomes
- The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems 2008
- 2 Samoas Environmental Collaboration Initiative
- Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium
- Micronesian Challenge
- Yap Manta Ray Sanctuary
- Guam Jurisdiction Update 2008
- All Islands Committee Update
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Update
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program “Roadmap for the Future”
Public Comment
- Rod Salm, The Nature Conservancy
- Dave Raney, Sierra Club
- Richard Appledorn, Caribbean Coral Reef Institute
- John Joyner, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Jay Nelson, Pew Environmental Group
- Linda Paul, NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Advisory Council
- Ellyn Tong, Hawaii Audubon Society
- Dave Raney, Citizen
- Keiko Bonk, Marine Conservation Biological Institute
Workshops
Bridging Communities and Government
Marine Recreation Stewardship Workshop
Introduction to Watershed Planning
Climate Change
Panel 1: Climate Change Impacts, Management, and Adaptation
- Hawaii's Rapid Response Contingency Plan for Unusual Events of Coral Bleaching or Disease
- Coastal Community Resilience and Climate Change
- A Managers Guide to Coral Bleaching...and Beyond
- Resilience in Practice: Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Climate Change Abuses our Natural Resources and Rights in the Pacific/Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- US Climate Change Science Program EPA
Panel 2: Renewable Energy
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Workshop Sharing Session