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One of HISCB's goals is to bridge the gap between science and public understanding. We believe that the more the public knows, the more they will be inclined to get involved in creating solutions.
Get involved and become an environmental reporter with HISCB through Our Sci Comm Committee! |
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HISCB Media Partnerships
Ka Leo O Hawai'i is the campus newspaper of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa with the circulation of approx. 10,000 plus online content. The Society for Conservation Biology Hawai'i Chapter has been partnering with Ka Leo since 2017 to bring science and sustainability focused articles to the student driven beat.
HISCB Contributing Writers & Articles
Maxwell Bendes
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Maxwell Bendes is a Masters candidate studying high diversity agriculture in the Indigenous Cropping Systems Laboratory at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research focuses on the competitive dynamics of Polynesian-introduced and Hawaiian endemic species in agricultural ecosystems.
Max is also the Chair for the Science Communications Committee with HISCB! |
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Feb 2019 | Picking up the pieces: New technology makes a positive impact on Hawai‘i beaches | Ka Leo O Newspaper
Nov 2018 | Regenerative agriculture for a better future | Ka Leo O Newspaper Sept 2018 | The importance of imports: Hawaii’s reliance on imported food could cause food shortages in the wake of natural disasters | Ka Leo O Newspaper April 2018 | The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Breadfruit. | Green Magazine |
Haley Cremer
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Haley Cremer is an NREM major with a background in Geology. She is interested in pursuing a career in climate science communication.
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Scott Van De Verg
Valentina Alvarez
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Valentina Alvarez is a graduate student in the Zoology program with interests in conservation, invasion ecology, and the preservation of biodiversity through the utilization of cutting-edge genomics methods. She is also an active volunteer of Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii.
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Daniela Casillas
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Paul Riley
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Kelsey Loenhorst
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Sarah J. Tucker
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Sarah Tucker has a passion for marine science and conservation that stems from an innate childhood curiosity about the sea. Her research interests are centered in marine ecology and evolution and she is currently exploring them in the field of marine microbiology. As a PhD student in the Marine Biology Graduate Program based in Michael Rappé’s lab at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, her dissertation research is focused on examining the dynamics of marine microbial metabolisms in Kāne‘ohe Bay across different spatial and temporal scales.
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Stacey Torigoe
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Biologist and MS student at UH Mānoa working with rare Hawaiian plants, restoration ecology, and plant ecology. Stacey is a founding board member of HISCB.
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Dec 2017 | Saving Wiliwili
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Shannon Noelle Rivera
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Shannon Noelle Rivera is a conservation scientist, environmental consultant, and international wildlife host largely focused on the importance of intersections within conservation practice. Shannon is the founding president of HISCB.
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ARTICLES
Rivera, S.N. 2018. Good Things Come in Trees. Green Magazine Hawaiʻi Volume 10:1 pp. 45. 2018 Spring Issue.
Rivera, S.N. 2018. Conservation: In Layman’s Terms. Green Magazine Hawaiʻi Volume 10:1 pp. 48. 2018 Spring Issue. Nov 2017 |10 Things you Should Know about the Society for Conservation Biology and its Hawai‘i Chapter (Download PDF) Nov 2017 | Hawai‘i, a Vacation or Conservation Destination (Download PDF) Nov 2017 | Celebrate Arbor Day (Download PDF) |
Green is the only quarterly magazine dedicated to topics in sustainability in Hawaii. HISCB member articles have been featured in Green Magazine since 2017.
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