Today was the first day of the 20th Annual Hawaii Conservation Conference and it was a great day held by all.
Tomorrow the public is invited to attend for free from 3 pm – 8 pm where Anuhea Jenkins will be putting on a show later in the evening on the 4th floor of the Hawaii Convention Center.
Here are my Tweets from this afternoon (if you read them from the bottom up they are more chronological that way:
Check out the crowd at the symposium on New Developments for Managing Invasive Species! #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/8YFhboN6
Damon Tucker Sheri Mann talks about funding sources for acquisition of conservation lands. #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/3bPSkXzH
Forum: The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Marine Sanctuary – 20 years later. #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/WL2iodLd
Well look who I just bumped into! Its @footsea and @rtb808 at #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/K8ISxp4t
Darcy Oishi talks about two decades of Ginger. #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/5CuI7GCm
@rtb808 @swianecki @footesea lunch tomorrow would be better for me.
@swianecki @footesea @rtb808 I have to leave and then come back. Got to eat and check into hotel.
Can someone tell me what he is holding? #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/5W208DxD
Big Island Police Looking for Suspects in Puna Burglary and Fire http://wp.me/ph7YX-eh5
Cynthia King updates crowd on the State of #Hawaii Native Invertebrate database at #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/CpgL9NCB
Check out the impressive panel at #HCC2012 Forum ob Growing Green Jobs in #Hawaii pic.twitter.com/8ddtVz8V
J.B. Friday on Koa Forest Recovery over 33 years on Mauna Loa. #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/MffFnpO2
Kenneth Hayes on #Hawaiian Land Snail Biodiversity. #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/K5qWDpzU
University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood talks about institutung “Green Jobs” #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/Fsw1gysW
TNC in Hawaii #hcc2012 Raynor – Our job is to build capacity of local leaders in Micronesia. We think this is true in Hawaii too!
Naupaka Zimmerman Raynor: About forest loss in Pohnpei: “if you lose the forest, you lose the water, you lose the med plants, you lose everything” #HCC2012
Tara Zirker Learn more about the Conservation Conference Community Event tomorrow! Go #HCC2012 http://honolulu.about.com/od/Events/a/20th-Annual-Conservation-Conference-Hosts-Public-Community-Event.htm …
Standing Room Only as Paul Higashino talks about the last 20 years on Kaho’olawe #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/MFYrrsl9
Big Island resident & UHHilo student Jesse Eiben talks about the Wekiu Bug #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/qek29g9P
Chris Brosius talks about the West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/12fWlJNL
Check out the audience at Celebrating Success! #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/fiTU2gOK
Forum: Growing Green Jobs in #Hawaii #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/mB26Gloa
So nice to see a huge event like #HCC2012 without politicians trying to campaign! pic.twitter.com/YB6dOUw6
Heads up… Traffic light out at Kalakaua and Kapiolani intersection. pic.twitter.com/lXXMPpOI
Liz Foote Tundi Agardy: Ridges to Reef management & stewardship (Hawaii’s ahupua’a concept) is what will lead to effective conservation #HCC2012
Agardy: “By going very deep we forget to reach out to the side” problem of scientific hyper-specialization #HCC2012
Agardy: fishing+eutrophication+invasive spp= full ecosystem regime shifts; cannot be restored, there is a pt of no return #HCC2012
Symposiums and forums begin at 1:00 #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/Ql9QByz4
Shannon Wianecki With deep-belly chants, each island asks permission to enter the conference during the opening protocol of #HCC2012 #hawaiianstyle
Alexis Rudd Check out hashtag #HCC2012 for great updates on the Hawaii Conservation Conference! Thanks for keeping me in the loop, tweeps!
Great opening plenary at #HCC2012 To succeed: love what you do, stay curious, perservere, listen to others, treat ppl well (return calls)
panelist James Jacobi:Hawaii may not be a biodiversity hotspot, but it’s an evolutionary & conservation hotspot w/ fantastic biota #HCC2012
KanuHawaii Sam Gon, key to conservation success: know a little about a lot, appreciate wonders of this archipelago, & obsessiveness helps too! #HCC2012
Hashtag for attendees! RT @HCAFriends Welcome to the Hawaii Conservation Conference 2012 everyone! Let’s go: #HCC2012
The Gourd filled with gifts from the land. #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/8bOCGRAz
What Differene Does 20 Years Make? #HCC2012 #Hawaii pic.twitter.com/ZMSJ7flT
The Opening Plenary Panel #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/MdVIRIiX
I love free stuff! #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/b0JM5zTr
Maoli art in real time: Ma Ka Lihi (On the Edge) #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/68tN12Vr
Opening Plenary Panel: Tundy Agardy of Sound Seas & Bill Raynor of The Nature Conservancy #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/vQPP1rK7
Protocol to give a gift from your lands #HCC2012 pic.twitter.com/bHUiqUkD
The Hawaii Island contingency at #HCC2012 is huge! pic.twitter.com/VHoQWsPq
The 2012 Hawaii Conservation Concert is now beginning. #HCC2012 http://yfrog.us/fv4d2hxbqiziavoxddqiobiez …
Here are the pictures I took from today:
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Picture 109, labelled as Karl Magnacca, is actually Will Haines, the moderator giving an introduction to that session.