Hawaiian Culture and Conservation in Hawaiʻi
This paper discusses the need to integrate and actively perpetuate Native Hawaiian approaches, values and knowledge systems with conventional conservation efforts for long-term sustainability.
Subject Tags
- Indigenous Peoples
- Ecosystem management
Summary
Effective conservation in Hawaiʻi requires integrating Native Hawaiian knowledge systems, cultural values, and worldviews with modern scientific approaches. Traditional perspectives—such as viewing native species as ancestral and sacred—are essential to a stewardship ethic that strengthens long-term sustainability and supports holistic, place-based resource management.
Citation
Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance. 2010. Hawaiian Culture and Conservation in Hawaiʻi. 3 pp.