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Understanding Hawai'i resource users' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of coral reefs in South Kohala
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2016
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Description:"Historically, coral reefs have always been important to the islands' visitors and residents. Coral reef resources provided food, medicines, and building materials for Native Hawaiians, as well as played an important role in social and cultural customs and traditions (Titcomb, 1972; Kirch, 1982). The traditional Native Hawaiian resource management system utilized in-depth knowledge of ocean resources to reduce waste and ensure long-term resource use. Over the last two centuries, however, economic, cultural, and political changes have altered and broken down traditional Native Hawaiian land and water use and management systems (Friedlander, 2004; Jokiel et al., 2011). Wide-scale degradation of nearshore resources likely began 100 to 200 years ago with the settlement of Western populations. Agriculture and livestock grazing became the primary land uses on Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lanaʻi, which contributed to erosion and sedimentation on nearshore reefs (Gulko et al., 2002). Dredging and the filling in of nearshore reefs for residential, commercial, and military expansion led to continued reef degradation, especially in the last 100 years. Other changes include stream channelization and increased paving of land, which has reduced sediment erosion but increased runoff"--Conclusions. [doi:10.7289/V5F769K5 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5F769K5)]
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