The nonprofit National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) is partnering with other conservation organizations throughout the Hawaiian Islands to mitigate the spread of rapid ohia death (ROD), a fungal disease that continues to affect thousands of ohia trees on the island of Hawaii.
Through the E Mau Ana Ka Ohia (Perpetuating Ohia) program, NTBG is partnering with the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and its Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Lyon Arboretum, to collect and store millions of ohia lehua seeds. Working in conjunction with Hawaii Seed Bank Partnership organizations, the process includes reciprocating seeds of all four ohia species from each of the ten seed zones located on Kauai.
HTA is proud to support this partnership through its Aloha Aina Program.
