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Restoring Lo‘i May Help Birds
“We know that lo‘i, or wetland taro fields, provide habitat for all of our endan- gered waterbirds, including
“Lo‘i are really important
The research findings were published in Anthro- pocene.
Friends of Sherwood Forest received the 2020/21 Donald and Astrid Monson Award from the League of Women Voters Honolulu Education Fund. The group was awarded $2,500 for its work to protect Hawai‘i’s natural environment. Pictured are (from left) Archibald Kaululo, Jody Green, Mitch Werth, Karin O’Mahony and Maureen Harnisch PHOTO COURTESY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF HONOLULU EDUCATION FUND
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Recent findings reported by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Kamehameha Schools state that the expanded resto- ration of indigenous prac- tices will more than com- pensate for projected losses of endangered waterbird habitats.
Restoration of wetland taro fields, or lo‘i, may help the endangered ae‘o’s population numbers. PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA
ae‘o,” explains Kawika Winter, co-author of the pa- per and an ecologist at UH Mānoa’s Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, which is located on Coconut Island in Kāneʻohe Bay. He added that breeding success in lo‘i are the same as in wetlands managed purely for wildlife conservation.
The paper’s lead author, Kristen Harmon, stated that the ae‘o’s (Hawaiian stilt) main nesting areas, which are key to increasing pop- ulation numbers, are threat- ened by sea-level rise. It’s projected that all of these habitats will be gone by 2100.
systems in Hawai‘i,” Win- ter states. “They’re import- ant culturally because they produce food but they’re also important environmen- tally because it provides habitat for our endangered species, in particular our endangered waterbirds.”
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