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Hawai‘i and Palmyra

Sunset over a beach in Hawai'i.
Sunset on the beach at Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii. © Toni Parras/TNC

Make a Difference in Hawai‘i and Palmyra

In Hawaiʻi, it’s in our nature to protect what matters. The Nature Conservancy works with people like you to care for Hawaiʻi’s and Palmyra’s spectacular diversity of life. Together, we can ensure a bright future for the plants and wildlife that share our world and support our well-being. Join us.

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This is a Split shot photograph from a residential area in Maui, Hawaii called Wailea. The Green sea Turtle are swimming in the ocean. She leaves side by side with humans.
Side by Side This is a Split shot photograph from a residential area in Maui, Hawaii called Wailea. The Green sea turtle are swimming in the ocean. She lives side by side with humans. © Gilney Lima/TNC Photo Contest 2019

The Mālama Capital of the World

Hawai‘i has been known as the extinction capital of the world, with an eye-popping 44% of the nation’s endangered and threatened plant species. At TNC, we see tremendous opportunity to transform Hawai‘i into the mālama capital of the world.  To mālama Hawaiʻi encompasses the ideas of taking care of, saving, tending and protecting this special place. We see a future where restoration of natural systems—rooted in Indigenous worldviews and science—creates a new, flourishing Hawaiʻi. And we’re well on our way.    

How We Work

Our work is focused in three broad categories: ʻāina (that which feeds, land and sea), pilina (relationship, union, connection) and climate. These categories are designed to lead us to a future where nature in Hawaiʻi and Palmyra is thriving, native plants and animals flourish, Indigenous leadership and stewardship is supported, and communities are empowered to responsibly care for all that nature provides.  

Aerial view of Palmyra Atoll
Palmyra Aerial view of Palmyra Atoll © USGS
One Future. Together, we Mālama Hawai‘i (1:28) In Hawai‘i, our community is bound by a shared dream—one future where people and nature thrive together. From mauka to makai, The Nature Conservancy and our community partners are working to restore abundance and connection.

Our Kuleana: In Hawaiʻi, It’s in Our Nature

Conservation is our nature and nature is our kuleana (responsibility, privilege, right). Working with our partners—from communities to government agencies to businesses and donors—we mālama 14 preserves and help protect other sites across the Hawaiian Islands. Learn more about our work at these locations.

Our Stories

A person reaches over the edge of a boat and hands a large coral to another person in scuba gear who is in water next to the boat, while another person in scuba gear floats nearby.

Hawai‘i’s Coral Reef Insurance Policy Renewed for 2025

TNC purchased the policy in 2022, the first in the U.S., to fund rapid coral reef repair and restoration following hurricane or storm damage.

Trail leading through forest on a sunny day.

Kona Hema Preserve: The Need for Trees

How can we encourage native forest birds to remain at higher elevations, where they are safer from mosquitoes?

An Akeke'e—a Hawaiian honeycreeper bird—on a branch.

Nā Manu Nahele: Hawaiʻi’s Forest Birds

Hawaiʻi’s melodious and beautiful honeycreepers evolved with the Hawaiian Islands over millions of years, but we could lose them in our lifetime. See how you can support Hawaiʻi's forest birds.

A male Guam kingfisher sits on a branch in a netted enclosure.

The Sihek (Guam Kingfisher) finds Hope on Palmyra Atoll

Located 1,000 miles south of Hawai‘i, the atoll is the only fully protected habitat for birds in the equatorial Pacific.

Cover of the 2024 TNC Hawaii and Palmyra Impact Report.
2024 Impact Report 2024 Impact Report for The Nature Conservancy in Hawaiʻi and Palmyra © TNC

2024 Impact Report

Read about the latest successes you helped us achieve.

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Hawaiian green sea turtle swims in the Hawaii waters.
Green Sea Turtle Hawaiian green sea turtle (Honu) swimming in the shallow waters of Kahalu'u Beach, Big Island, Hawaiʻi. © Bo Pardau

See the Places We Help Protect

Working with our partners—from communities to government agencies to businesses and donors—we manage 14 preserves and help protect other sites across the Hawaiian Islands and at Palmyra Atoll.

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Resources

Read more about our work in Hawai'i and Palmyra