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A Kona ethnobotanical garden preserving Hawaiian and Polynesian-introduced plants and the cultural knowledge tied to them.

Hawaiʻi’s state museum of natural and cultural history, holding one of the world’s largest Pacific plant specimen collections.

The Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, aligning agencies against the invasive threats that endanger native plants.

Manages public lands and botanical gardens on Oʻahu that conserve and display native Hawaiian flora.

A national network safeguarding imperiled native plants; works with Laukahi to inform statewide ex situ collection strategy.

The state Division of Forestry and Wildlife — at the front lines of forest management, rare-plant recovery, and seed banking.

Unites the voluntary watershed partnerships that protect Hawaiʻi’s forested watersheds — the source of native plant habitat.

A cooperative of conservation leaders coordinating science, policy, and action across the Hawaiian Islands.

The Hawaiʻi Island Seed Bank in Kona — a primary repository for seed collected across Hawaiʻi Island.

Supports conservation education and native habitat plantings that connect the public to Hawaiʻi’s living heritage.

The global standard for extinction-risk assessment, guiding how Hawaiʻi’s threatened plants are prioritized.

A private landowner stewarding thousands of windward Oʻahu acres, supporting native restoration and watershed care.

Trains young people in conservation and land stewardship, building Hawaiʻi’s next generation of plant caretakers.

Home to the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program’s Seed Conservation Lab — the primary repository and research center for banked seed.

Kew’s global seed-banking partnership, supporting backup storage of Hawaiian collections and Pacific capacity-building.

Protects and restores Molokaʻi’s natural and cultural resources, including rare coastal and dryland plant habitat.

The primary seed repository for Maui Nui and a living collection of native and Polynesian-introduced plants.

One of Hawaiʻi’s primary seed banks and gardens; with DOFAW, leads seed-zone strategy for Kauaʻi.

Manages rare plants and habitat on Army training lands across Oʻahu, collecting and banking seed from those areas.

A public-private partnership advancing native plant conservation across the United States.

A campaign rallying public awareness and action against Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death.

The Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit at UH Mānoa, administering many of Hawaiʻi’s field conservation programs.

The Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, providing the climate science behind resilient restoration.

The Pacific Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change network, linking managers on intersecting threats to native plants.

The Plant Extinction Prevention Program, working to save Hawaiʻi’s rarest plants — those with fewer than 50 individuals left.

West Maui’s private watershed preserve, protecting some of Hawaiʻi’s wettest and most intact native forest.

Protects and manages large native forest preserves across the islands, safeguarding watershed and plant diversity.

A native Hawaiian plant seed farm and nursery on Maui expanding restoration capacity; a Laukahi and Seed Bank Partnership member.

The state university system — home to the botanical research, herbaria, and programs underpinning plant conservation.

Supports forest health research and ROD response, developing seed-storage capacity at its Hilo institute.

The federal agency administering the Endangered Species Act for Hawaiʻi’s listed plants and their recovery.

Restores one of Hawaiʻi Island’s last lowland dry forests — among the most endangered ecosystems in the islands.

A North Shore Oʻahu cultural and botanical preserve holding extensive collections of native and Polynesian plants.