Education and Outreach
Join our 2008 Educators Expedition–visit their blog!
(you will be re-directed
to a non-NOAA server)
The
remoteness of this vast ocean region presents special challenges for
educational opportunities. The Monument's educational initiatives
consist of distance learning via the web and other remote access technologies
and opening of a NWHI Discovery Center in Hilo, Hawai`i. Monument staff
also participate in and hold community events, give public presentations,
and conduct educational programs with partner agencies involved in
managing the NWHI. The Monument's educational effort centers around
increasing understanding of ecosystem management, and emphasizes the
necessity of
protecting this area as possibly the last large-scale predator-dominated
coral reef ecosystem on Earth. All educational activities stress the
importance of conservation and seek to actively engage the public in
management of the Monument.
In
2002 a multi-agency web site was constructed to highlight the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands. Click here to visit the site. (you will be re-directed
to a non-NOAA server) |