{"id":53650,"date":"2016-11-30T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T01:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=53650"},"modified":"2019-02-25T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T00:45:00","slug":"state-holds-first-rapid-ohia-death-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/11\/30\/state-holds-first-rapid-ohia-death-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"State holds first Rapid \u02bb\u014chi\u02bba Death Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hilo-rapid-ohia-death.jpg\" alt=\"Symptoms of Rapid Ohia Death, caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata, include rapid browning of affected tree crowns. Photo from C T A H R.\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hilo-rapid-ohia-death.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hilo-rapid-ohia-death-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">Lead scientists joined Governor David Ige and other top policy makers for the first Rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> Death Summit on November 30. State and federal experts, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> researcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/BennettG\/\"><strong>Gordon Bennett<\/strong><\/a>, provided situation reports on the disease and presented the recently completed, strategic response plan which will guide the statewide response to this dire threat to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s most iconic tree species. <\/p>\n<p>The fungal disease has devastated more than 50,000 acres of native <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span>, one of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s most prized and culturally important forest trees. Understanding the disease and how to prevent or slow further spread is a top priority. Gov. Ige said, &ldquo;Rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death has prompted the mobilization of several state and federal agencies and is a top priority for leading researchers who are learning more about this disease as they work to stop it from spreading.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learn more<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/rod\/Home.aspx\">Rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death informational website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bennett, an assistant researcher in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a>, is collaboratively investigating the linkage between non-native beetles and the spread of rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death. He explained that these wood boring beetles are attracted to unhealthy trees and set up homes (galleries) in them. Currently he and other researchers are looking at pest control and scientific management strategies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;re just starting in this area. It&#8217;s a new challenge,&rdquo; said Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s presenters were a few of the front-line researchers, forest managers and policy makers, who&#8217;ve been working since late 2014 to try and identify the cause of the disease and how it spreads. Their findings prompted a strict state Department of Agriculture quarantine which restricts movement of all <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> wood, soil and <em>Metrosideros<\/em> species plants and plant parts from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island to the other islands. The state also has publicized and distributed protocols to inform the general public and forest users about steps they can take to further prevent the spread of this disease. <\/p>\n<p>For more about the summit and the presenters, go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/dlnr.hawaii.gov\/blog\/2016\/11\/30\/16-247\/\">Department of Land and Natural Resources website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>From a <a href=\"http:\/\/dlnr.hawaii.gov\/blog\/2016\/11\/30\/16-247\/\">Department of Land and Natural Resources news release<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> News video: <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> researchers making advances in battle against rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOeluisDFWk?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> researchers say ambrosia beetles, which are only a few millimeters long, may be partly responsible for the spread of rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more about rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death in <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/27\/campaign-to-conserve-ohia-trees-finds-roots-in-community\/\">Campaign to conserve <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> trees finds roots in community<\/a>, April 27, 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/07\/seeding-the-future-of-the-ohia-tree\/\">Seeding the future of the <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> tree<\/a>, February 7, 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/26\/scientists-recognized-in-fight-against-rapid-ohia-death\/\">Scientists recognized in fight against rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death<\/a>, February 26, 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/12\/11\/researchers-hard-at-work-to-understand-and-stop-rapid-ohia-death\/\">Understanding and stoppping rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> death<\/a>, December 11, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summit provided situation reports on the disease and presented the recently completed strategic response plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[212,1018,9],"class_list":["post-53650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-rapid-ohia-death","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53650"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79798,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53650\/revisions\/79798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}