Helen Altonn
Source: The Star Bulletin [1]
February 1, 2010

Honolulu, HI - A $1 million-a-year grant has been awarded to the University of Hawaii Kewalo Marine Laboratory for five years by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to work with Pacific islanders on land-sea interactions and damage to coral reefs, recreational and fishery resources. 

Robert Richmond, a world-renowned coral reef conservationist and principal investigator for the project, said the funding continues an earlier grant dealing with watershed issues at the community level throughout islands in Micronesia.

"It will have a huge impact," he said.

The researchers will work on Pohnpei and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia and Guam and Palau.

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