page title: Projects

Biodiversity · GeoInformatics · Natural Resource Management

Hawai`i Gap Analysis Project
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The HI-GAP Project uses biological and stewardship geospatial data sets to conduct an analysis of the status of Hawaiian biodiversity conservation. This includes evaluating the conservation status of key species whose distributions have been mapped based on the recommendations of expert working groups. HI-GAP is also analyzing and reporting on the conservation status of land cover types relevant to the protection of Hawaiian biodiversity.

 

Marine Gap Analysis Program
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Marine Gap is an integrated approach to understand Hawai`i's ocean environment in relation to what is known and what needs to be learned. The aim is to create an integrated source of current scientific knowledge, local / Hawaiian cultural and biological knowledge as well as ocean user knowledge.

 

Internet Mapping · Metadata Catalog Service

Pacific Basin Information Node Interactive Mapping Site
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This interactive mapping site was was undertaken by the USGS Pacific Basin Information Node, the Hawai`i Biodiversity and Mapping Program and the National Mapping Division of USGS. It allows users to choose the information they wish to display on the map from a selection of data layers, as well as input their own notes to create a map that serves their unique needs.

 

Hawai`i IKONOS Consortium
***Site Under Construction***

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The Hawai`i IKONOS Consortium, formed by the Hawai`i Biodiversity and Mapping Program at the University of Hawai`i, amalgamates resources from a number of stakeholders to procure digital, orthorectified, multispectral and pan sharpened color IKONOS satellite imagery of the eight main islands of Hawai`i. Space Imaging has granted the Hawai`i IKONOS Consortium a unique, multi-agency license with unlimited partners - allowing federal, state, local governmental agencies as well as commercial organizations in Hawai`i to share costs and data once they meet purchase minimums.

 

Trust for Public Land Interactive Resource Map
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The TPL Interactive Resource Map attempts to represent significant biological, cultural and recreationally important areas in which conservation efforts should be focused. Efforts to prioritize parcels, and subsequently justify their acquisition to funders and others can be supported by the maps.

 

Metadata Catalog Service
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HBMP's Metadata Catalog Service is a web application that allows users to browse through HBMP's available GIS data.

 

Databases

Hawai`i Biodiversity and Mapping Program Database
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The HBMP database and GIS is the state's most comprehensive spatial database inventory of rare, endangered and threatened, plants, animals, and ecosystems. HBMP staff currently maintain detailed information on the status of more than 1000 native species and ecosystems in nearly 16,000 locations across the state.

The HBMP database provides guidance for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in determining which species should be listed endangered. The database also aids other agencies such as the National Park Service, State of Hawai`i Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Hawai`i Department of Agriculture, NatureServe, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai`i, and U.S. Army Garrison Hawai`i.

 

Invasive Species Committee Databases
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The Invasive Species Databases were created and continue to be maintained by HBMP staff. The databases are customized to meet the needs of each Invasive Species office on the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawai`i. The ISC databases track the location, condition and control efforts of targeted invasive species in Hawai`i.

 

US Army Environmental Office Database

The Army database was created and is maintained by HBMP staff for the U.S. Army Environmental office on the island of Oahu. The database tracks over 1200 endangered plan locations with over 4000 observations. The database primarily focuses on plant populations within the Waianae and Koolau Mountain Ranges. The database tracks the population structure, location, status and condition of rare plants. The database also tracks the parentage from wild collections, propagation within Army nurseries, and their subsequent reintroduction back into the wild.

 

Lyon Arboretum Micropropagation Database

The Lyon Arboretum Micropropagation Laboratory, currently harbors the largest germplasm collection of rare and endangered Hawaiian plant taxa in the world. The Micropropagation Database tracks the propagation of rare plant collections received by collaborating agencies. The database tracks the tests, results, and inventory which assists the the lab's goal in the rescue and recovery of rare plant species.

 

Lyon Arboretum Seedbank Database
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The Seed Conservation Laboratory database tracks deposits and withdrawals of seeds for the viability of long-term storage of seeds. The Seed Conservation Laboratory at the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is a facility dedicated to the preservation of seeds of native Hawaiian plants from all islands. The Laboratory is the only facility in Hawai`i that actively tests storage and germination traits of native species.

 

Island of Hawai`i Natural Areas Reserve Database (Division of Forestry and Wildlife, State of Hawai`i)
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The Big Island Natural Area Reserves (NARs) database tracks annual monitoring, weed control, and rare plant outplanting activities within the eight Natural Area Reserves on the island of Hawai`i. The NARs was created to preserve and protect "representative" samples of Hawaiian biological ecosystems and geological formations. The Big Island NARs system diverse areas range from marine and coastal environments to lava flows, tropical rainformest, and alpine desert.

 

Puukukui Maui Land and Pineapple Co.
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The Pu`u Kukui Watershed Preserve is the largest private preserve in the state of Hawai`i. The PKW Database was created by HBMP staff to assist in the monitoring and weed control within the preserve. Data maintenance is maintained by ML&P staff. Conservation management of the Preserve is currently accomplished by three full-time ML&P employees who work to prevent the introduction and establishment of alien species that threaten the integrity of the Preserve's sensitive vegetation and soils.

 

Volcano Rare Plant Facility
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Maintained by the University of Hawai`i, Center for Conservation Research and Training, the Volcano Rare Plant Facility encompasses several nursery and outplanting areas. The VRPF Nursery database tracks propagules such as plants, seeds, cuttings brought into the nursery to be grown for reintroduction back into the wild. The database tracks the growth, death, inventory, outplantings for collections and propagations on the Big Island.