UH researchers help restore agroforest in Windward Oʻahu | University of Hawaiʻi System News

The project at Puʻulani has important potential to inform restoration beyond Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi and Heʻeia.

March 15, 2023 UH News Reading time: 3 minutes Puʻulani community work day (Photo courtesy: Leah Bremer) Just five years ago on Oʻahu , 100% of the trees at Puʻulani (heavenly ridge)—an area that sits above the loʻi kalo (taro patches) in Heʻeia —were non-native species. Since then, a partnership between an interdisciplinary research team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and community based organization Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi has worked with thousands of community members to transition Puʻulani to a biodiverse and culturally valuable ag

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