In this June 2025 Pacific RISCC webinar, Chanel Yee will present on her investigation of federal, state, county, and moku-level plans that relate to urban expansion and conservation and how they consider wildfire risk as well as any conflicts or synergies between strategies, actions, or goals in relation to wildfire risk mitigation.
Adaptation and management
In this May 2025 Pacific RISCC webinar, Dr. Ann Marie Gawel presents on the results of her research into perceptions of environmental issues, especially invasive species, amongst residents of Guåhan (Guam). Although the most infamous invasive species from the island is the brown treesnake, residents are concerned with a variety of invasive species and environmental issues and are eager to engage in solutions to these problems.
In this talk, Dr. Michala Phillips (USGS) and Liat Portner (UH Mānoa) discuss how climate change is increasing the challenges for managers conducing restoration in Hawaiʻi, and the results of a climate-ready restoration workshop that was held at the 2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference.
The Slice of PI-CASC season ends with a May seminar by Dr. Ashley McGuigan, sharing her agroforestry work on the connections between plant traits and nutrients in food production, to inform land management decision making.
In this talk, Dr. Deah Lieurance will talk about how climate change alters the pathways of invasion into protected areas, and how we can enact climate-smart biosecurity.
Slice of PI-CASC continues in April with a presentation from faculty across the University of Hawaiʻi looking at how UH scientists are playing a vital role in addressing wildfire challenges in Hawaiʻi.
The February Slice of PI-CASC seminar has been canceled.
Slice of PI-CASC continues in January with a presentation by Dr. Aurora Kagawa-Viviani explores the uncertainty of islands’ future water with the combined challenges of climate change and urbanization.
In this talk, Lilly Thomey and Chad Wilhite will discuss the threats faced by kāhuli, native Hawaiian land snails, and how to optimize a network of climate resilient kīpuka kāhuli to help secure the future of these extremely rare species in the face of climate change and invasive species.
PI: Kathryn Besio , Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences, UH Hilo
MCC Graduate Scholar: Kaʻiniʻpuʻuwai Keliʻihoʻomalu-Holz , TCBES, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2024