The Forest for the Trees

Annotated Bibliography Entry #3

Yamanaka, Katie Young. “The Forest for the Trees.” Hana Hou!, Apr. 2020. https://hanahou.com/23.2/the-forest-for-the-trees

The article which appears on Hawaiian Airlines flights and online on its website poses the question, Can new technology help save Hawai‘i’s native ‘ōhi‘a? The article expresses the ‘Ōhi‘a Challenge that occurred as a global call to help solve ROD by developing a technology that could help scientists identify early warning signs of ROD to help manage the spread of the fungus. The article by Young identifies the global need to help solve an issue for the native trees in Hawaii. The article focuses also on the technologies that were developed such as tools for sampling the tree and drones developed to survey the area. This article is helpful for the overall argument of the paper to explore the importance of global efforts to solve ROD as well as the importance in emerging technologies to help protect native Hawaiian plants.