Arthur Medeiros
Dr. Arthur C. Medeiros he kanaka ʻepekema Hawaiʻi a he mea noiʻi ma ke keʻena USGS. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu a ua neʻe ʻo ia i Maui i kona wā ʻōpio. He loea ʻo ia ma ka mālama ʻana i nā ululāʻau maoli o Hawaiʻi, a he alakaʻi hoʻi o ka papahana Auwahi Forest Restoration Project.
Ka Moʻolelo
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ua hoʻomaka ka pilina o Medeiros me nā mea kanu maoli o Hawaiʻi ma ke ʻano he mea mahiʻai wale nō. Ma mua, ua makemake wale ʻo ia e aʻo i nā inoa Hawaiʻi o nā mea kanu. I ka wā i ʻike ai ʻo ia i ka nalowale ʻana o nā mea kanu maoli, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e noiʻi no ke kumu.[1]
Ua hana mua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea kōkua manawaleʻa ma Haleakalā National Park, e kūkulu ana i nā pā e pale aku i nā holoholona ʻē. Ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hana ma laila ma ke ʻano he mea noiʻi.[1]
I ka makahiki 1994, ua lilo ʻo ia i lālā o ka USGS i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center. I ka makahiki 2004, ua loaʻa iā ia kāna Ph.D. ma ka botany mai ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa.[2]
Auwahi Forest Restoration Project
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ka Hoʻokumu ʻAna (1997)
[E ho'opololei | edit source]I ka makahiki 1997, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Medeiros i ka Auwahi Forest Restoration Project, he papahana e hoʻihoʻi hou ai i ka ululāʻau maoli ma ka ʻāina o ʻUlupalakua Ranch. He papahana kēia e hui pū ai ka lehulehu me nā mea ʻepekema e mālama i nā ululāʻau maoli o Hawaiʻi.[3]
Ka Holomua (2012)
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua kōkua ma luna o 4,675 mau mea kōkua manawaleʻa, ua hāʻawi lākou i 34,000 mau hola o ka hana, a ua kanu lākou i 120,000 mau mea kanu maoli. Ma muli o ka holomua o kēia papahana, ua hoʻolilo ka ranch i 184 ʻeka no ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka ululāʻau.[2]
Ma hope o 15 makahiki o ka hana, ua piʻi ka nui o nā mea kanu maoli mai 10% a i 98%, a ua emi ka nui o nā mea kanu ʻē mai 87% a i 2%.[4]
TEDxMaui (2014)
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ma kāna haʻi ʻōlelo ma TEDxMaui, ua wehewehe ʻo Medeiros i kona manaʻo no ka mālama ʻāina. Wahi āna, i ka wā e aʻo ai kākou i nā inoa o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona o ka ululāʻau Hawaiʻi, loaʻa pū mai ka ʻike ē, aia nā mea a pau i ka pōpilikia. Mai ia manawa mai, ua lilo ka mālama ʻana i kuleana no kākou.[5]
Ola Ka Honua (2024)
[E ho'opololei | edit source]I ka makahiki 2024, ua hana pū ʻo Medeiros me Jilli Rose e hana i kekahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e kapa ʻia ʻo Ola Ka Honua. He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni 19 minuke kēia e wehewehe ana i ka nalowale ʻana o nā ululāʻau ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ma Hawaiʻi. Wehewehe pū ʻia ka pilina o ka lehulehu i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka ululāʻau ma Maui.[4]
Nā Papahana ʻĒ Aʻe
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻo Medeiros i ʻelua papahana ʻē aʻe ma Maui:
- Leeward Haleakalā Watershed Restoration Partnership
- Puʻu-o-kali Wiliwili Reserve[4]
Nā Kūmole
[E ho'opololei | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sprugel, Doug. "Art Medeiros." Ecological Society of America, July 9, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Outstanding Leadership Award: Art Medeiros." ACM, 2024.
- ↑ "Who We Are." Auwahi Forest Restoration Project, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Members in Action: Arthur (Art) Medeiros." Society for Ecological Restoration, August 21, 2024.
- ↑ "Dr. Arthur Medeiros." TEDxMaui, 2024.