NA24NOSX473C0112

Purpose: Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Project Description for Award # NA24NOSX473C0112

Title: ʻĀina Restoration Through Community Governance to Advance Climate Resilience in the Hawaiian Islands

Recipient: University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program

Project Type: Implementation of Resilience and Adaptation Actions (Track Two)

Funding Amount: $68,497,799

Congressional District: HI01 / HI02

The goal is a reinvigorated Moku system (a Native Hawaiian framework for traditional land tenure and contemporary biocultural stewardship) to build a resilient future for the Hawaiian Islands.

Actions include:

1) Conservation and restoration of watersheds: Invasive species removed and native forests established to reduce wildfire risk and decrease sediment loading downstream;

2) Community-based coastal stewardship: Natural infrastructure built to protect communities and habitat;

3) Restoring marine abundance: Restoring loko iʻa (Native Hawaiian fishponds), limu (seaweed), and coral reefs to reinvigorate habitat and support thriving cultural and subsistence practices;

4) Sharing knowledge and creating partnerships: Strengthening networks of indigenous and place-based organizations to engage in collective action and work towards common goals;

5) Reducing risk and improving disaster resilience: Establishing new green infrastructure projects and building capacity within at-risk communities; and

6) Advancing community governance and co-stewardship models.

University Of Hawaii

18 CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION 21 RESILIENT COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES

11.473 - Office for Coastal Management

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [DOC]

Honolulu, Hawaii 968222309 United States

Single Zip Code

Inflation Reduction Act: NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge (NOAA-NOS-OCM-2023-2008068)