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SUMMARY:Free Presentation by Dr. Craig Downs and Hawaii Senator Mike Gabbard: “Education vs. Enforcement: Next Steps Beyond the Enactment of Hawaii's Sunscreen Law”
DESCRIPTION:Hawaii’s ban on sunscreens containing the reef-harming chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate went into effect on January 1\, but is the law effective in protecting our local coral reefs and marine animals as intended? Is the ban being enforced? What’s the latest scientific evidence about the chemicals that are replacing these two ingredients in some brands of sunscreen? Are new laws needed? \nGet the answers to these important questions on Wednesday\, July 7 at 5:30 p.m. via a free Zoom presentation featuring special guest speakers: Dr. Craig Downs\, whose groundbreaking research educated the world about sunscreen chemicals and their role in coral reef decline; and Hawaii Senator Mike Gabbard\, who authored the legislation that resulted in Hawaii’s ban on the sale of sunscreens that contain the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate. \nThe presentation titled “Education vs. Enforcement: Next Steps Beyond the Enactment of Hawaii’s Sunscreen Law” is sponsored by the County of Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development and hosted by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council as part of the organization’s “Know Your Ocean Speaker Series.” \nThis event is free\, but advanced reservations are required. To reserve your spot\, please visit https://bit.ly/SunscreenWebinar. \nDowns graduated from Hiram College with a B.A. in philosophy and biology\, received his M.Sc. from Syracuse University\, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii in cell and molecular biology. He has published over 50 scientific papers and a number of book chapters in scientific textbooks\, and is the co-editor of the CRC press veterinary book\, Diseases of Corals\, as well as founded a number of companies and nonprofits relating anywhere from animal welfare to environmental conservation and exploration. \nDowns has held positions as research professor at University of Hawaii’s School of Medicine and Sweet Briar College. He is currently an invited professor at Sorbonne University (France) and is the Executive Director of Haereticus Environmental Laboratory\, a non-profit scientific organization dedicated to increasing the scientific\, social and economic knowledge of natural environmental habitats in order to better conserve and restore threatened environmental habitats and resources. \nGabbard\, who has represented District 20 since 2006\, which includes Kapolei\, Makakilo\, and portions of Kalaeloa\, Waipahu\, and Ewa\, has authored 54 bills that became law relating to energy efficiency\, renewable energy\, endangered species protection\, industrial hemp\, the environment\, public safety\, and more. \nOne of those bills that became law in 2018\, SB 2571\, is the ban of sale or distribution in the state of any sunscreen that contains oxybenzone or octinoxate\, or both. Last session\, Gabbard introduced SB 366\, which would ban the sale\, offer of sale\, or distribution in Hawaii of any sunscreen that contains two more chemicals\, avobenzone or octocrylene. \nThe speakers plan to address whether or not sunscreen pollution is a symptom of unsustainable tourism and coastal development\, how we get visitors and residents to comply with the new sunscreen law\, and who is responsible for enforcing it. \nThis panel will also provide information and tips on how you can help to protect the marine environment. \nMaui Nui Marine Resource Council’s “Know Your Ocean Speaker Series” events are held monthly via Zoom. Support for these events is provided by the County of Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development. \nThe virtual event’s emcee will be Darla Palmer-Ellingson\, local radio show host of the public affairs program\, Island Environment 360 Maui’s only commercially broadcast public affairs show on environmental and related Hawaiian cultural topics\, aired on the stations of H-Hawaii Media. \nTo reserve your spot at this free Zoom webinar\, please visit https://bit.ly/SunscreenWebinar.
URL:https://www.mauireefs.org/event/free-presentation-dr-craig-downs-hawaii-senator-mike-gabbard-education-vs-enforcement-next-steps-beyond-enactment-hawaiis-sunscreen-law/
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SUMMARY:Free Presentation on “Growing Up Fast: A Land-Based Coral Nursery for Restoring Hawaii’s Reefs” Offered During Earth Week
DESCRIPTION:  \nKIHEI\, HI— In honor of Earth Day and Earth Week\, the public is invited to a free presentation on “Growing Up Fast: A Land-Based Coral Nursery for Restoring Hawaii’s Reefs” on Zoom on Wednesday\, April 21 at 5:30 pm. \nThe presenter will be coral specialist Christina Jayne of the Dept. of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources Hawaii Coral Restoration Nursery. The talk is hosted by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council\, as part of its monthly “Know Your Ocean Speaker Series.” \nCoral reef restoration is the process of raising new corals — often from fragments of coral salvaged from the wild — in a protected\, nurturing environment\, then transplanting them out into the ocean to grow and form new reefs. When combined with efforts to improve coral reef habitat\, it is viewed as a way to help coral reefs survive the stresses of climate change and warming ocean waters. \nFor the past two years\, Jayne has worked for the Dept. of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources as a coral restoration specialist at the Hawaii Coral Restoration Nursery on Oahu with director David Gulko. Before moving to Honolulu\, she earned her bachelor’s in Marine Biology from the University of California San Diego and her masters from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.“Hawaii’s reefs are extremely unique and Hawaiian corals have some of the slowest growth rates in the world\, which is why the State has taken an innovative\, land-based approach to coral restoration\,” notes Jayne. \nHawaii’s first state coral nursery\, which is managed by DAR\, opened in 2016 at the Anuenue Fisheries Research Center on Oahu. \nCorals are brought to the Coral Restoration Nursery and are rapidly grown using a series of aquarium-based techniques that help them to generate large coral colony modules in a fraction of the time it would take naturally\, which can be out-planted back on the reef. \nThe nursery typically uses corals for out-planting from harbors because of their lower ecological value compared to corals from natural areas\, says DAR\, and they may also be more resilient to any challenges and environmental changes. \nUniversity of Hawaii Sea Grant researchers are also conducting experiments at the Anuenue facility to understand different environmental conditions\, like light and water movement\, that are useful for growing corals quickly. Creating the best environment for the corals to grow rapidly will help to restore local reefs after disturbance events such as bleaching or physical damage. \nMaui Nui Marine Resource Council’s “Know Your Ocean Speaker Series” events are held monthly via Zoom. Support for these events is provided by the County of Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development. \nThe virtual event’s emcee will be Darla Palmer-Ellingson\, local radio show host of the public affairs program\, Island Environment 360 Maui’s only commercially broadcast public affairs show on environmental and related Hawaiian cultural topics\, aired on the stations of H-Hawaii Media. \nTo reserve your spot at this free Zoom webinar\, please visit https://bit.ly/coralnurserywebinar
URL:https://www.mauireefs.org/event/free-presentation-growing-fast-land-based-coral-nursery-restoring-hawaiis-reefs-offered-earth-week/
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