Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 9, 1 September 2010 — PAPAHĀNAUMIKUĀKEA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
PAPAHĀNAUMIKUĀKEA
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NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Papahānaumokuākea
īimeline PresidentTheodore o Roosevelt creates the ? Hawaiian lslands Reservation, whieh protects all dry lands and reefs from Nihoa to Kure, except Midway Atoll. President Franklin ® D. Roosevelt upgraded ? the reservation to the Hawaiian lslands Nahonal Wildlife Refuge. «Delegatesfrom hundreds ofcountriesadopted the ? Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The World S Heritage ? Committeeis ilV^I| established. oo The first sites are inscribed on the World LI/->rito(i/x I it>t
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OHA Chairperson Haunani Apoliona led 0HA's delegation to Brazil to push for its inscription, seated with U.S. Ambassador David T. Killion, NOAA Superintendent 'Aulani Wilhelm, and OHA Trustee Oswald Stender. - Photo courtesy of Kimo Kaloi
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Continued from page 21 around the world to identify World Heritage sites and assist in their protection for future generations. OHA INVOLVEMENT The Papahānaumokuākea
Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group is made up of academic scholars, teachers, cultural practitioners, community activists and resource managers with experienee in issues regarding the NWHI. The group advises on management questions about the Monument, is administered by OHA and was heavily involved in issues relating to the World Heritage inscription, with the majority of members supporting the nomination. 'Āina and culture are a vital part of our Hawaiian community, and with this in mind, "OHA staff consulted with the Hawaiian eommunity about whether or not they
supported applying for World Heritage inscription, and if so, if they wanted inscription as just a natural site, or also as a cultural site," said Heidi Guth, OHA's manager for Papahānaumokuākea. It was designated mixed, both natural and cultural, and is one of only 27 mixed sites -iiV?rifīrt*r--r- •>
the world. "OHA staff did the majority of the draftina of the hnal cultural
component of the applieahon, consulting regularly with the Hawaiian community, prominent historians, anthropologists and archaeologists, the Hawaiian voyaging community, and UH Hawaiian Studies programs in Mānoa and Hilo." "After the nominahon was accepted, OHA assisted in educating the evaluation group that was sent by UNESCO last summer to determine the status of the site and its management," said Guth. OHA staff also collaborated with the Monument's federal and state management partners to assure that the nomination went forward. "The significance of Papahānaumokuākea being on the World Heritage list is that Papahānaumokuākea now has international prominence and will be forever recognized and protected by all 180 countries throughout the world," said OHA Trustee Oswald Stender. "Protected for today's Hawaiians as well as our future generations of Hawaiians." For more information about the Marine National Monument visit http://papahanaumokuakea.gov. ■
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