Hawaii will receive $3.1 million in federal funding to fight invasive species thanks to a recent allocation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. ADVERTISING Hawaii will receive $3.1 million in federal funding to fight
Hawaii will receive $3.1 million in federal funding to fight invasive species thanks to a recent allocation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Projects will be funded throughout the state, with many applying specifically to the Big Island, including $120,000 for response to rapid ohia death.
According to APHIS, projects will be carried out by a variety of partners at the state and federal levels as well as nongovernmental, nonprofit and university groups.
The University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, for example, will receive $125,000 for coffee berry borer management.
Other projects include:
• $87,771 for emerging diseases, viral spillover and the risk to agricultural pollinators (academia).
• $265,811 for the USDA compendium of fruit fly host information (academia).
• $27,600 for the national survey of honeybee pests and diseases in Hawaii (state government).
• $148,000 for the Palm Commodity Survey (academia).
• $165,500 for Hawaii pre-clearance X-ray support (APHIS).
• $260,000 for genomic approaches to fruit fly exclusion and pathway analysis (year 3) (academia).
• $303,000 for genomic approaches to fruit fly exclusion and pathway analysis (year 3) (non-APHIS federal).
• $42,090 for little fire ant education for nursery supply stores (academia).
• $40,995 for an integrated and sustainable approach to manage new invasive pests of ficus trees in Hawaii’s urban landscapes (year 2) (academia).
• $41,000 for activators and attractants for giant African snail (academia).
• $100,000 for a systems approach for the management of coffee berry borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with emphasis on biological control (state government).
• $115,000 for a systems approach for the management of coffee berry borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with emphasis on biological control (non-APHIS federal).
• $975,000 for response to coconut rhinoceros beetle in Hawaii (academia).
• $250,000 for response to coconut rhinoceros beetle in Hawaii (state government).
