Project Grant D24AP00212

The federal Project Grant award D24AP00212, totaling $700,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center to the Hawaiian Church of Hawai'i NEI under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098). The goal of this 5-year grant is to enhance the ability of the Native Hawaiian community to cope with and adapt to the effects of climate change. Key activities to be funded include environmental restoration, species protection, community resilience initiatives, cultural preservation, sustainable agriculture, fishpond restoration, youth development, infrastructure protection, and climate adaptation planning. The grant will support a range of projects that integrate traditional Hawaiian knowledge with scientific approaches to address climate change impacts in Hawaii.