Paepae O Heeia

KUPAA HEEIA CALLS FOR HEEIA TO STAND FIRM. THIS SLOGAN WAS COINED BY HEEIA NATIVE HAUNANI KAY TRASK AND USED IN THE EARLY 1990S TO FIGHT AGAINST A PROPOSED GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEEIA MEADOWLANDS (HEEIA ULI). THROUGH KPAA HEEIA, PAEPAE O HEEIA AND KKOO IWI, TWO HEEIA AHUPUAA- BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROPOSE TO EMPLOY INDIGENOUS HAWAIIAN AQUACULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED CHALLENGES. WHILE WESTERN SCIENCE MODEL-BASED PROJECTIONS INFORM MOST CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, OUR TWENTY-THREE YEARS AS ACTIVE STEWARDS IN HEEIA EMPLOY INA-BASED SOLUTIONS GROUNDED IN IKE HAWAII. OUR PROPOSED KAPAPAHULIAU CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS WILL ADDRESS PROGRAM PRIORITIES 1. COPING WITH PAST AND PRESENT CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED IMPACTS (COPING RESPONSE) AND 2. ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE (ADAPTATION). WHILE THE CLIMATE-RELATED ISSUES ARE NUMEROUS WHEN TRYING TO RESTORE AND ENTIRE AHUPUAA (WATERSHED), OUR PROPOSED HEEIA AHUPUAA KAPAPAHULIAU AUWAA PROJECTS WILL ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS 1. FLOOD MITIGATION THROUGH THE CLEARING OF INVASIVE VEGETATION 2. GROUNDWATER RECHARGE THROUGH THE PLANTING OF NATIVE PLANTS AND POLYNESIAN-INTRODUCED VEGETATION AND AGRICULTURAL FOOD CROPS AND 3. COASTAL EROSION AND SHORELINE BUFFERING DUE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF INVASIVE MANGROVE AND FISHPOND WALL RESTORATION.

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HUI MALAMA LOKO I`A: ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY