Building capacity for implementing effective cooperative forestry wildlife and climate programs in the pacific islands

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, worth $2,800,000.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award is for the project "BUILDING CAPACITY FOR IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE COOPERATIVE FORESTRY WILDLIFE AND CLIMATE PROGRAMS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS" and will be performed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa from January 15, 2025 to January 31, 2029.

The project aims to build capacity for implementing effective cooperative forestry, wildlife, and climate programs in the Pacific Islands region. As a critical federal research partner, the University of Hawaii will provide a wide range of scientific research, technical services, and educational support across multiple disciplines to the USDA Forest Service to advance climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners. The award demonstrates the university's specialized expertise in areas such as astronomy, oceanography, planetary science, climate adaptation, marine ecology, and environmental studies, which will be leveraged to support the program's objectives.