Thread by @akkagawa

While I'm at it... If #moversandshakas were actually all about #kamaainacomehome, there would have been a fundamentally different strategy.

An ecology analogy: Territorial era foresters in Hawaii saw the native flora as "depauperate,"

and subsequently introduced hundreds of species from around the world to revegetate cattle-overrun hillslopes to slow erosion. Granted, it worked for that specific purpose.

Lyon Arboretum in the back of Manoa is a hotspot of tree species we now call "invasive" including albizia

And the concern now is that invasive trees, especially early (secondary) successional species (that thrive following disturbance), are negatively impacting biogeochemical, hydrological, and ecological processes to the demise of even previously undisturbed, intact forest.

The last thing I want is to stoke xenophobia, BUT we should consider the ways in which actions, in a certain geopolitical and local context, produce system-level effects that shape long-term trajectories. Implementation is *everything* but the ad to WFHawaii has been blown

which may just accelerate gentrification. Folks like me that DID come home can't compete with 6-figure salaries in an already difficult housing/rental market. I hope not, but I'm certainly worried.