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FINDINGS TO BE PRESENTED ON TOXICITY TESTING OF MARINE DEBRIS 

            HONOLULU – Dr. Magnus Engwall, Professor of Ecotoxicology at Örebro University, Sweden and currently a guest researcher at U.C. Davis Department of Environmental Toxicology, will be in Honolulu on Monday 29th April, 2013 to present a lecture on “Assessing the Toxicity of Plastic Marine Debris and Harm to Marine Life”.  This free event which is open to the public will start at 6:30pm and will take place at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Architecture auditorium.  This is the final lecture in the “POPs, Plastic and Hawaiʻi’s Marine Life”, Earth Month lecture series being presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaiʻi (B.E.A.C.H.).

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HONOLULU – Dr. Brenda Jensen will be speaking about whales and dolphins at a free, public lecture on Earth Day, Monday 22nd April, 2013. Her lecture titled "POPs and Marine Debris in Hawai`i's Whales and Dolphins" starts at 6:30pm at the UHM Architecture auditorium.

Dr. Jensen will discuss the diversity and unique ecology of the whales and dolphins found in Hawai`i.  Dr. Jensen will present her team's recent findings and ongoing research measuring persistant organic pollutants and marine debris in marine mammals as well as evidence for impacts of contaminants on whale and dolphin health.

HONOLULU - The Detroit-based Kresge Foundation has awarded $460,000 to Lamakū Na‘auao (Knowledge Torch), a new University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa program that will build the capacity of the Native Hawaiian community to participate in decision-making in critical environmental and social issues.

Participants in the Lamakū Na‘auao project will receive training and policy tools designed to help them contribute to decisions involving island food security, renewable energy research, cultural practices, and the impacts of climate change.

The project is spearheaded by Loli Aniau, Maka‘ala Aniau (LAMA), a new program housed within the Hawai'inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge and the William S. Richardson School of Law.

The core idea is that the Hawaiian community has a deep reservoir of knowledge that can benefit not only its own members but also the larger community.