Common Sense Conservation
A Legislative issue briefing book compiled by: Conservation Council of Hawai`i, Life of the Land, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Rocky Mountain Institute, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Hawai`i Clean Elections, KAHEA, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, and the Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter.
Listen to the Feb 2 KHPR/KIPO 89.3 FM news story on the legislative package (MP3 format)
Common Sense Conservation 2005 (1.5 MB PDF)
- Legacy Lands Act
- Funding the Natural Area Reserves
- Cruise ship pollution prevention
- Shoreline Certification Process
- Repealing Automatic Approval
- Invasive Species Control and Prevention
- Publicly Funded Elections
- Biodiversity Prospecting
- Genetically Modified Organism Safety
- Stopping Muddy Runoff
- Clean Energy
- Funding the Water Commission
- Protecting existing environmental law, such as the land use law, water code, bottle law, and public harbors
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Copyright 2005 Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter