Growth and Retention of Hawaiʻi’s Local Workforce for Biocultural Resources Conservation
This position paper discusses the need to invest in building a locally rooted, culturally grounded workforce for effective conservation and enduring biocultural resources stewardship.
Subject Tags
- Indigenous Peoples
- Ecosystem management
Summary
Local workforce development is critical to sustaining long-term, culturally grounded conservation across Hawaiʻi. Investing in and retaining a locally rooted conservation workforce requires integration of cultural knowledge and community capacity.
Citation
Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance. 2024. Making the Case for Community-Based Adaptive Collaborative Management in Hawaiʻi. 9 pp.