Restoring critical Windward Oʻahu agroforest | University of Hawaiʻi System News

A UH and Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi partnership has transformed the area into an agroforest.

July 16, 2023 UH News Reading time: 4 minutes Puʻulani Community Work Day on July 15 (Photo courtesy: Leah Bremer) The slopes of Heʻeia in Windward Oʻahu are becoming a biodiverse and culturally valuable agroforest once again, something that the area hasn’t seen for more than 200 years, thanks to the work of an interdisciplinary research team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi , the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve and thousands of volunteers. Just five years ago, 100% of the trees at Puʻulani (heavenly ridge)—an ar

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