Decolonizing Conservation Through Biocultural Restoration: Hawaiʻi as an Example

In that regard, he wears various hats in the spheres of research, policy, and resource management. Dr. Winter is currently the Director of the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve on the island of Oʻahu with a tenure track position at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, and a graduate faculty positions in both Botany and Natural Resources & Environmental Management, as well as an Affiliate Researcher position with the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Prior to that, he was the Director of Limahuli Garden and Preserve on the island of Kauaʻi, where he led landscape-scale biocultural restoration efforts for more than a decade. He also holds seats on the State’s Endangered Species Recovery Committee, NOAA’s Hawaiian Humpback Whale Sanctuary Advisory Council, and the Hawai`i Conservation All.