31 January 2020
Learning about Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Hawaiʻi
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About this episode
Language: English
Duration: 19mins 57secs
Partners: Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo
This podcast features Kevin Chang, Co-Director of Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA), a network that supports community-based natural resource management in Hawaiʻi by working together with government agencies and communities towards restoring Hawaiʻi communities’ traditional role as caretakers of their land.
About our guest
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Kevin Chang is an attorney and the co-director of Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA), an organization that supports community-based environmental stewardship networks through shared responsibility in Hawai’i. KUA was formed to serve as a network of rural and Native Hawaiian communities to support, connect, strengthen and accelerate the movement towards place-based stewardship initiatives. In coming together, this network is addressing local challenges through Community-based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). Kevin oversees all organizational fiscal, administrative and programmatic aims. He has a B.A. in Psychology and a J.D. from the University of Oregon. Prior to KUA he was a Land Manager for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and a Field Representative for the Trust for Public Lands’ Hawaiian Island Program. |
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