MALU Initiative

$250,000  

The project aims to expand native tree canopy and agroforestry, increase community awareness and engagement, and provide career and workforce development in CNMI.   

$249,999  

This project will build local workforce capacity through on-the-job training with current watershed restoration efforts in the Ugum Watershed in southern Guam.

$250,000

Ka Maha ʻUlu o Koholālele is a catalytic community-led initiative to transform approximately 100 acres of abandoned sugar plantation lands in the lowlands of Koholālele, Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi into Hawaiʻi’s largest regenerative ʻulu (breadfruit) agroforest. 

$146,597

The project aims to restore Puuwaawaa's biocultural integrity through community-based stewardship, transforming degraded range lands into a thriving dryland forest of culturally significant species. 

$132,796  

The project aims to restore Waipā's watershed and strengthen the resilience of both ʻāina and kānaka in Haleleʻa, Kauaʻi. 

$149,999  

The project aims to build capacity for residential landscape assistance, and increase native tree canopy on Maui.   

$150,000  

The project aims to expand plantings of loulu and niu at Holani Hana's 5-acre coastal 'aina in Papa'auhau, Hana, Maui.  

$67,760

Through workforce development and community engagement, this project will expand niu cultivation at Mahele Farm

$241,799  

The project aims to reforest a denuded upper watershed as a pilot project and demonstration for a future larger effort. Restoring the watershed for important habitats critical for maintaining water quality and healthy nearshore marine ecosystem. 

$249,976

MAʻO ʻĀina Hoʻomalu aims to expand tree canopies, educate communities, and develop leaders. Partnering with four ʻāina-based organizations, the project will plant 2,000 trees and train 32 leaders. 

$170,336

The Ulu a Lana ʻĀina Regeneration Initiative aims to restore the ecological and cultural health of Kailua’s landscapes by planting 200 trees, engaging the community in stewardship, and fostering a new generation of ʻāina leaders. 

$200,000  

In the spirit of Hāloa, this project seeks to restore harmony and abundance to Kalihi by revitalizing its ecosystems, reconnecting the community to ancestral knowledge, and empowering a new generation of environmental stewards.

$175,719  

The Mālama Learning Center (MLC) will launch He Malu, He Ola to increase Leeward Oʻahu's urban tree canopy, improving community health and well-being in underserved neighborhoods.

$248,662

The Hāpai Kua Program tackles Hawai‘i’s ecological challenges by blending Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), skilled arts, and modern forestry practices. It focuses on restoration and workforce development. 

$165,556  

The project aims to replant and protect native forests, trees and shrubs, in Waimea Valley Oahu. 

$150,000

The project aims to build nursery capacity, tree resources, and outreach to support the distribution of native and Polynesian introduced trees, with an emphasis on breadfruit.