After Dark in the Park: Agriculture and Sustainability in Hawaii 07/21/2009 at Volcanoes National Park

Hundreds of thousands of Hawaiians lived in these islands before Captain Cook`s visit here in 1778.

Within a well-defined social structure, Hawaiian planters used ingenious strategies in a wide variety of island ecosystems to nourish large populations.

Sustainability, the ability of biological systems to maintain balance and viability, is a topic of much discussion and concern today.

For people living on isolated islands in traditional times, sustainability was the key to survival.

Born and raised in Hawai`i, Stanford University biology professor Peter Vitousek has focused on the Hawaiian Islands as a model for research in the field of biological diversity and ecology.

Join Vitousek for a program on agriculture and sustainability in Hawai`i during the centuries prior to Western contact.

Program co-sponsored by Hawai`i Natural History Association. For information, call (808) 985-6011

Your $1.00 donation helps to support Park programs. Volcanoes National park Entrance Fees Apply.

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