Resources
Heʻeia NERR Management Plan 2023 – 2028
The Heʻeia NERR Management Plan is updated every 5 years to reflect the goals and objectives of the Reserve, our co-management partners, and our communities.
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Nā Kilo Honua O He‘eia
http://www.nakilohonuaoheeia.org/
Smart Coastlines / Glazer Lab
https://grogdata.soest.hawaii.edu
Media
Native Hawaiians turn to ancient traditions to save their reefs
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Why Hawaii is burning its massive mangrove trees
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He’eia Fishpond Restoration
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Videos
Hanauma Talks Series: Heʻeia NERR staff and researchers gave three public talks as part of the Hanauma Talks series. Each covered several aspects of research being conducted in the Reserve.
Hanauma Talks Part 1:
“Changing Oceans, Resilient Communities” presented by Zena Grecni (Sustained Climate Assessment Specialist, Pacific RISA)
“Heʻeia: Past, Present, and Future” presented by Fred Reppun (Heʻeia NERR Education Coordinator)
“A Breathing Shoreline: How Watershed Management Affects Coastal Chemistry” presented by Evan Lechner (M.S. graduate student, UH Mānoa Oceanography)
Hanauma Talks Part 2:
“‘O‘opu and ‘ae‘o and ‘ama‘ama, oh my! Dreaming of native species abundance” presented by Shimi Rii (Research Coordinator, Heʻeia NERR)
“E hinu auaneʻi nā nuku, He pōmaikaʻi ko laila.
Where the mouths are shiny with fat, prosperity is there.” presented by Aka Beebe (M.S. graduate student, UH Mānoa Oceanography)
“From land to sea with loko iʻa in-between: understanding phytoplankton communities along a steep environmental gradient ” presented by Sarah Tucker (Ph.D. graduate student, UH Mānoa, HIMB)
Hanauma Talks Part 3:
“Characterizing the ahupuaʻa of Heʻeia during the early 1800s” presented by Matt Kahoʻohanohano (M.S. graduate student, UH Mānoa, Botany)
“Deep in the Weeds: Restoring Heʻeia Wetlands” presented by Melissa Mau (TNC Marine Fellow)
“Changing Management Changes Water” presented by Alishia Orloff (M.S. graduate student, Yale School of the Environment)
Peer Reviewed Articles
We have compiled over 400 peer reviewed journal articles relating to the restoration taking place within the He‘eia NERR, and the latest research into indigenous resource management in Hawaiʻi. Please email us to receive a complete bibliography. See below for a selection of key articles in these areas.
Bahr, K. D., Jokiel, P. L., & Toonen, R. J. (2015). The unnatural history of Kāne‘ohe Bay: coral reef resilience in the face of centuries of anthropogenic impacts. PeerJ, 3, e950. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.950
Möhlenkamp, P., Beebe, C., McManus, M., Kawelo, A., Kotubetey, K., Lopez-Guzman, M., et al. (2019). Kū Hou Kuapā: Cultural Restoration Improves Water Budget and Water Quality Dynamics in Heʻeia Fishpond. Sustainability, 11(1), 161–25. http://doi.org/10.3390/su11010161
Bremer, L., Falinski, K., Ching, C., Wada, C., Burnett, K., Kukea-Shultz, K., Reppun, N., Chun, G., Oleson, K. Ticktin, T. (2018). Biocultural Restoration of Traditional Agriculture: Cultural, Environmental, and Economic Outcomes of Lo‘i Kalo Restoration in He‘eia, O‘ahu. Sustainability, 10(12), 4502. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124502
McCoy, D., McManus, M. A., Kotubetey, K., Kawelo, A., Young, C., D’Andrea, B., Ruttenberg, K., Alegado, R. A. (2017). Large-scale climatic effects on traditional Hawaiian fishpond aquaculture. PLoS ONE, 12(11), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187951
Chang, K., K.B. Winter, and N.K. Lincoln. 2019. Hawaiʻi in focus: navigating pathways in global biocultural leadership. Sustainability, special issue on Biocultural Restoration in Hawaiʻi (eds. K.B. Winter, K. Chang, N.K. Lincoln). Sustainability 11(1):283
Winter, K.B., K. Beamer, M. Vaughan, A.M. Friedlander, M.H. Kido, M.K.H. Akutagawa, N. Kurashima, M.P. Lucas, and B. Nyberg. 2018. The Moku System: Managing biocultural resources for abundance within social-ecological regions in Hawaiʻi. Sustainability, special issue on Biocultural Restoration in Hawaiʻi (eds. K.B. Winter, K. Chang, N.K. Lincoln) 10(10), 3554; doi:10.3390/su10103554.
Winter, K.B., N.K. Lincoln, F. Berkes. 2018. The Social-Ecological Keystone Concept: A metaphor for understanding the structure and function of a biocultural system. Sustainability, special issue on Biocultural Restoration in Hawaiʻi (eds. K.B. Winter, K. Chang, N.K. Lincoln) 10(9):3294; doi:10.3390/su10093294
