Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project

The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is a government-funded project created to provide technology, methods, and information to decision-makers, resource managers, and the general public to help support effective science-based management of harmful non-native species (invasive species) in Hawaii and the Pacific Rim.

Origin and history

HEAR originated at the Haleakala Field Station [ [http://www.hear.org/usgs-brd-pierc-hfs/ Haleakala Field Station] ] (Maui, Hawaii) of the Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC) of the USGS's Biological Resources Division (formerly the National Biological Service) through the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PSCU) based at the University of Hawaii Department of Botany. [ [http://www.hear.org/articles/cip_summer2002v3n3_hear.pdf More details] about HEAR's creation and history are available in an article published in "Conservation In Practice"]

Funding

As of 2007, the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project is funded by the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) through the Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center of the USGS, with support from the Hawaii Conservation Studies Unit (HCSU), University of Hawaii at Hilo. Historically, HEAR has also received funding and/or support from the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit based at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Haleakala National Park.

Partnerships

The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) functions by working collaboratively as a partnership with other organizations, including (but not limited to):

• [http://www.nbii.gov/pbin/ Pacific Basin Information Node] ( [http://www.nbii.gov/ NBII] )
• [http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/ Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center] ( [http://www.usgs.gov/ USGS] )
• Global Invasive Species Information Network

References

External links

* [http://www.hear.org/ Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project official website (www.hear.org)]
* [http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/ Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center]
* [http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/PCSU.htm Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit]
* [http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/ University of Hawaii Department of Botany]
* [http://pbin.nbii.gov/ Pacific Basin Information Node]
* [http://www.nbii.gov/ National Biological Information Infrastructure]