Scaling up the Hawai‘i Drought Knowledge Exchange

Collaborations among scientists and managers is needed to effectively address drought in Hawai‘i. The Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Hawai‘i Drought Knowledge Exchange (HDKE) project piloted three sets of formal collaborative knowledge exchange between researchers and managers to co-produce customized, site specific drought data products to meet the needs of each partner. This project will expand the HDKE project to include additional stakeholders and collaborations to meet the needs of a larger number of resource managers across the state. Objectives include: (1) streamlining the process of drought knowledge co-production and exchange to support an expanded group of stakeholders; (2) continuing to demonstrate good aspects of a knowledge exchange (e.g., easier access to drought and climate information and data sources; better and more comprehensive information; improved technical assistance; and more collaborative information transfer); and (3) co-produce site-specific climate syntheses. This project will improve the capacity of managers to learn from each other in planning for climate change, variability, and drought.