Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 10, 1 October 2014 — PREPARING FOR THE WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PREPARING FOR THE WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS

OHA welcomed organizers from the lnternational Union for Conservation of Nature ahead of the World Conservation Congress, whieh will convene in Hawai'i for the first time in 201 6. The meeting among the members of the Executive Planning Committee for the 201 6 Congress aimed to discuss ways to further incorporate indigenous cultures into the Congress, whieh meets every fouryears. From leftare: June Matsumoto, 201 6 IUCN WCC Hawai'i Com- i mittee; Chipper Wiehman, director and f CE0, Nahonal Tropical Botanical Gardens; William Aila, chair, state Depart- f ment of Land and Natural Resources; Enrique Lahmann, global director, Union Development Group and Congress director; Pamela Grasemann, Congress manager; Lisa Hadway, administrator, DLNR Forestry and Wildlife Division; Kamana'opono M. Crabbe, OHA Ka Pouhana, chief executive officer; and Randall Tanaka, 2016 IUCN WCC Hawai'i Committee. - Photo: Heison Gaspar

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