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OCT 17, 2023

Biocultural Conservation at NTBG

Defining our approach to restoring relationships between plants, people, and places.
By NTBG staff
OCT 17, 2023

Growing the Next Generation of Botanists at the ICTB at The Kampong

Among the many shortages the world faces today, one often overlooked is a lack of botanists. That’s where the ICTB at The Kampong comes in.
By Jon Letman
JUN 24, 2023

NTBG Internship Series: Rocío del Mar Rivera Ramos

Rocío del Mar Rivera Ramos grew up hearing her father’s experiences as an NTBG intern. Thirty years later, she followed in his footsteps.
By Jon Letman

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Recent Stories

Jul 17, 2023

NTBG Internship Series: Kassie Jensen
By Jon Letman
An eleven-month internship led to a lifelong passion, graduate school for Kupu member Kassie Jensen.
Jul 06, 2023

NTBG Internship Series: Emily Saling
By Jon Letman
Kupu member Emily Saling reflects on her experiences in NTBG’s seed bank and laboratory.
Jun 26, 2023

NTBG Internship Series: Barbara Herrera
By Jon Letman
Former intern Barbara Herrera reflects on her experience at The Kampong.

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Fall 2023

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Jul 06, 2023

Reviving a Traditional Landscape in Limahuli Valley
By Joshua Diem
In Limahuli Valley, the mountains rise above the clouds, as though tethered to earth by the roots and vines of a changing landscape, their black volcanic faces gazing out across the vast Pacific.
Jun 26, 2023

An Eye on Plants – Koʻokoʻolau (Bidens wailele)
By Jon Letman
Called koʻokoʻolau in Hawaiian, Bidens is considered a prime example of adaptive radiation in Hawaiʻi.

NTBG in the Media

Aug 30, 2023

Invasive species have created a cycle of wildfire in Hawaiʻi. Can Maui break it?
By Zoya Teirstein
Planting native flora could help prevent the island’s next wildfire
Jul 17, 2023

In Hawaiʻi, can breadfruit’s resurgence bring food security?
By Stephanie Hanes
The slow resurgence of breadfruit, a species that once served as a key food source across the Pacific but declined in use as local diets became more institutionalized, has big global implications…
Dec 10, 2022

The cutting edge
By Daisy Chung, Gloria Dickie, Simon Scarr and Sudev Kiyada
How new drone technology is helping scientists in the uphill battle against plant extinction

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Highlights

Jul 17, 2023

From Cliffhanger to Cultivation
By David Bryant
Rare plant cutting collected by drone has rooted, flowered, and seeded.
Jul 06, 2023

Welcome to Ulutopia
By Jon Letman
Breadfruit Institute inspires Kauaʻi Community College initiative.
Jun 26, 2023

The Fertile Soil of Memory
By David Bryant
Renewing the future for cherished plants by tending our past.

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“If I grow up”a word from ʻālula
October 19, 2023

I will make sure future generations of ʻālula are strong and healthy I will grow […]

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From Cliffhanger to Cultivation
October 11, 2023

Rare plant cutting collected by drone has rooted, flowered, and seeded By David Bryant, Director […]

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NTBG Internship Series: Emily Saling
October 11, 2023

Over half a century, NTBG has hosted hundreds of interns that have become leaders in […]

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NTBG Internship Series: Barbara Herrera
October 11, 2023

Over half a century, NTBG has hosted hundreds of interns that have become leaders in […]

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