Agroforestry and Forest Ecosystem Managment

该项目正在开发、实施和传播一项为期两年的强化课程，旨在获得夏威夷社区学院农林业和森林生态系统管理技术员（A.S.）证书。夏威夷需要具有两年农林业和森林生态系统管理技术员证书的工人。这些工作包括政府机构、私营企业和小型林业和农业混合经营的工作。课程的重点是夏威夷，但可以转移到热带太平洋的其他地区。产品包括在全州和全国范围内传播的可出版的课程材料。证书课程的重要组成部分是与政府机构和私营企业的合作伙伴一起实习。妇女、夏威夷人和其他少数民族学生在入学人数中占很大比例，目前正在通过高中招生和针对目标人群的宣传，做出具体努力，吸引这些学生加入该计划。该项目与夏威夷州林业和社区倡议、州劳动和劳资关系部门劳动力发展委员会、夏威夷学校到工作项目、夏威夷大学希洛农业、林业和自然资源管理学院、夏威夷大学希洛生态和进化项目以及夏威夷大学农业和人力资源学院在檀香山的马诺阿校区合作。该项目正在与西北可持续资源中心协同工作，在材料方面进行合作，共享信息并在全国范围内传播成果。

This project is developing, implementing, and disseminating an enhanced two-year curriculum leading to a Certificate in Agroforestry and Forest Ecosystem Management Technician (A.S.) at Hawaii Community College. A need exists in Hawaii for workers with a two-year Technician Certificate in agroforestry and forest ecosystem management. These include jobs with government agencies, private industry and small mixed forestry and agricultural operations. The curriculum is focusing on Hawaii, but is transferable to other areas in the tropical Pacific. Products include publishable course materials that are being disseminated statewide and nationally. A significant part of the Certificate program is internships with partners in government agencies and the private industry. Women, Hawaiians and other minority students make up a significant proportion of the enrollment, and specific efforts are being made to attract these students into the program through high school recruitment and publicity aimed at the target population. The program collaborates with the State of Hawaii's Forestry and Communities Initiative, the Workforce Development Council of the State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii School-to-Work Program, University of Hawaii Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, the University of Hawaii Hilo Ecology and Evolution program, and University of Hawaii College of Agriculture and Human Resources at the Manoa campus in Honolulu. The project is working in synergy with the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources to collaborate on materials, share information and disseminate results nationally.