{"id":221207,"date":"2025-09-02T15:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=221207"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:06:08","slug":"conservation-program-management-intensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/02\/conservation-program-management-intensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation leadership, program management pilot program launched at 糖心视频<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Participants at Paepae o Heʻeia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> marked the success of a first-of-its-kind pilot program designed to strengthen the next generation of conservation leaders in Hawaiʻi<\/span> by blending academic training with hands-on professional development.<\/p>\n

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Participants at Kākoʻo<\/span> ʻŌiwi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The inaugural Conservation Program Management Intensive over two weeks in August 2025, collaboratively offered by the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa Outreach College<\/a> and College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a>\u2019s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management<\/a> (NREM<\/abbr>), with support from the 糖心视频<\/abbr> System Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation<\/a> and 糖心视频<\/abbr> Sea Grant<\/a>, brought together 22 participants: seven 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa conservation-focused graduate students and 15 conservation professionals, many from the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Department of Land and Natural Resources\u2019 (DLNR<\/abbr>) Divisions of Aquatic Resources and Forestry and Wildlife, one from The Nature Conservancy and several from across the 糖心视频<\/abbr> System. Students represented all four counties in Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Participants learned directly from more than two dozen expert instructors and professionals representing agencies and organizations across the Hawaiʻi<\/span> conservation landscape, including 糖心视频<\/abbr> Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo, 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa NREM<\/abbr>, Hālau ʻŌhiʻa<\/span>, Heʻeia<\/span> Ahupuaʻa<\/span> Kākoʻo<\/span> ʻŌiwi<\/span>, Paepae o Heʻeia<\/span> and National Estuarine Research Reserve, The Nature Conservancy, DLNR<\/abbr> Chair\u2019s Office and the Divisions of Aquatic Resources, Forestry and Wildlife, and Conservation and Resources Enforcement, the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Attorney General\u2019s Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Congressman Ed Case, Kupu, and 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s Lyon Arboretum, among others.<\/p>\n

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Participants at Lyon Arboretum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The course covered a wide range of topics essential to conservation program leadership and management, including:<\/p>\n