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A message from Dr. David Duffy, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU), University of Hawaii (posted 05 November 2012): Because of a lack of funds, HEAR (www.hear.org) may close as soon as December 15, although there may be enough funds to extend it until February 15. This will mean several things. The web site will be placed on a new server although it is not clear who will pay for the server or for transitioning the site. HEAR data will not be updated. The Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (http://www.hear.org/pier/abtproj.htm) site will also become frozen, as will numerous books, reports and papers (http://www.hear.org/). As software evolves we will likely lose the ability to access the data. The various list servers will need new owners, otherwise moderated lists will cease to function altogether, while other lists will not be able to add or delete members. The photo collection (http://www.hear.org/starr/images/?o=plants) will remain accessible, but only through a third party site that will charge for access. I should point out that we have already lost the original homes of both the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) and Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) although they have found temporary refuges. Together with HEAR, they represent the corporate memory both here in Hawaii and across the Pacific of efforts to sustain our natural ecosystems and agriculture against problems caused by species alien to the islands. HEAR also serves as the glue that holds the community together, providing information and facilitating communication. I just hope hindsight is kind to this decision.
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Native species demand rigorous inspection of imports (editorial)
Turning away insect-infested Christmas trees is a negligible price to pay when compared to the cost of fighting pests that could harm the ecosystem for years to come (Star Bulletin, 12/6/2007).
Christmas trees bring wasps to Hawaii
Vespula germanica, the German yellow jacket, found on shipments of Christmas trees, would be a damaging pest if allowed to establish in Hawaii.
Hawaii finds wasps in quarantined Christmas trees
Inspectors found dozens of insects inside two quarantined shipments of Christmas trees. including a German yellow-jacket wasp - a species that does not exist in Hawaii (Honolulu Advertiser 11/22/2007).
Hawaii finds bugs amid Christmas trees
Inspectors found dozens of insects inside one of four quarantined shipments of Christmas trees, including a worrisome German yellow-jacket wasp that does not exist in Hawaii (USA Today, 11/21/2007).
No wasps, please, for Christmas
Inspectors in Hawaii have foraged through thousands of newly arrived Christmas trees to shake out and kill any wasps, after putting 1,200 trees in quarantine when yellow jackets were found in shipping crates (The Oregonian, 11/21/2007).
Hawaii imports yield holiday surprise
The 2007 season's first large shipment of Christmas trees from the mainland came decorated - with yellow jackets (USA Today, 11/20/2007).
Shipment of Christmas trees quarantined
The Department of Agriculture inspected more than 50 containers carrying 300 trees each and found four containers with German yellowjacket wasps (KHON2 News, 11/19/2007).
Orchid trade complaint goes to court
"The Hawaii Orchid Growers Association wants to block a rule change that will allow the importation of phalaenopsis orchids in approved growing media from
Taiwan" (Pacific Business News, 06 January 2005).
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.
Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.
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