This presentation is about Environmental Issues in Hawaii.

1. E N V I R O N M E N T A L I S S U E S I N
H A W A I IB Y : P O N O C U M M I N G S

2. • Topic #1: Problems caused by invasive species
• Topic #2: Threats to Hawaiiʻs Reef Ecosystem
• Topic #3: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and itʻs
effect on Hawaiiʻs beaches.

3. P R O B L E M S C A U S E D B Y
I N V A S I V E S P E C I E S

4. it crowds out native plant species, breaks up natural areas,
disrupts native animal communities, alters native ecosystem
processes like water production, and provides refuge for alien
fruit flies that are a major pest of Hawaiian agriculture.
the strawberry guava treeis one of Hawaii's worst invasive species.

5. The beetle feeds on honey, pollen, wax, honeybee eggs and larvae.
It tunnels through the honeycomb, damaging or destroying it.
the small hive beetle has been destroying bee hives and honey production throughout the islands

6. T H R E A T S T O
H A W A I I ʻ S R E E F
E C O S Y S T E M

7. Urban Development/Agriculture run-off
Sediment runoff is bad because it reduces sunlight penetration and smothers corals.
The reef then starves to death because it can't manufacture food from sunlight any longer.

8. Overfishing
Decades of overfishing have reduced the biodiversity on and around coral reefs, reducing their ecological inte

9. T H E G R E A T P A C I F I C G A R B A G E
P A T C H A N D I T S E F F E C T O N
H A W A I I ʻ S B E A C H E S

10. – C H A R L E S M O O R E , O C E A N O G R A P H E R
“It seemed unbelievable, but I never found a clear spot. In the
week it took to cross the subtropical high, no matter what time
of day I looked, plastic debris was floating everywhere: bottles,
bottle caps, wrappers, fragments.” (on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch)

11. Kamilio Beach, Big Island
(effected by Great Pacific Garbage Patch)

12. – A L I S O N T E A L , A L O C A L S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y A C T I V I S T
“If you were to dig up the sand through the rocks
and sift through it with your hands, you’ll find more
plastic than sand,”

13. S O U R C E S
Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species_in_Hawaii
Article: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/12427908/bee-parasite-the-latest-threat-to-hawaiis-honey-industry
Article: https://www.to-hawaii.com/troubles/hawaiian-coral-reef.php
Article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hawaiis-threatened-coral-reefs/
Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kamilo-beach-hawaii-dirtiest-beach-america_us_58e99a38e4b05413bfe3792d
Article: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/
Image: http://www.cookiesound.com/2011/08/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch
Image: http://www.b-e-a-c-h.org/achievement_images/kamilo_april5b.jpg
Image: http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/escape/7-beaches-to-avoid-776302/
Image: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d8/31/78/d83178c502bbfd116b87b42050be5584--strawberry-guava-guava-tree.jpg
Image: https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CSIRO_ScienceImage_1888_Small_Beetles_in_a_Hive.jpg
Image: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ir_fCEuY_Y/T7HRRn7laGI/AAAAAAAAABI/uzINxX9hyaw/s1600/overfishing.jpg
Image: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L3V7LKYPIUQ/maxresdefault.jpg
Image: https://ticker-joneskilmartingr.netdna-ssl.com/news/wp-content/uploads/reef.jpg