The Community-based Conservation program centers the reciprocal relationships between humans and the environment in its work to support sustainable coastal stewardship and fisheries management efforts in Hawaiʻi. The Community-based Conservation program collaborates with government, industry, and communities of place and practice to inform sound decision-making and is committed to perpetuating and elevating Indigenous voices and practices in marine resource stewardship in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region.
The Director of Indigenous and Community-based Ocean Governance will lead the Community-based Conservation program in Hawaiʻi, serving as a key organizational leader responsible for achieving transformational conservation outcomes. The Director will guide the vision, strategy, and implementation of integrated, place-based approaches that advance conservation priorities in Hawaiʻi, while ensuring strong alignment and reciprocal learning with regional and global initiatives of the Center for Oceans and other divisions at CI. Leveraging place-based learning emerging from Hawaiʻi, the Director will help lead strategy development, in collaboration with partners and colleagues, towards a global Indigenous Ocean Governance strategy, lending technical support and oversight across the organization.
The Director joins a growing Blue Communities team in CI’s Center for Oceans and will work closely with a range of partners and divisions at CI, including the Pacific Field Divisions and the Global Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Center.