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1 .i Create incentives for landowners to retain and re-establish forest cover in upland watershed areas <br /> with an emphasis on native forest species. <br /> 1.j Identify partners and support a public awareness and education campaign to elevate recognition <br /> of the value of urban trees as essential infrastructure. <br /> 1.k Amend the landscape standards in Rule or Code to require the use of native plants for screening <br /> or landscaping. <br /> 1.1 Amend the Code to incentivize the establishment of threatened and endangered endemic plant <br /> species within their habitable ranges during development approvals. <br /> 1.m Review the Code and consider amendments to encourage site clustering of development in order <br /> to avoid critical environmental areas and assets. l - (y 'v'1na 1).c: ll.-c4 :3i-\14 41 CC.cv <br /> 1.n Develop and establish Open Space Network Overlay for natural landscape features, such as <br /> beaches and dunes, forests, streams, floodplains, wetlands, estuaries, or recharge areas that have <br /> the inherent capacity to avoid, minimize, or mitigate the impacts of climate change. <br /> 1 .o Study, develop, and establish Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zones, either separately or as an overlay <br /> district, to guide development within native forests through regulatory measures and economic <br /> incentives. <br /> 1.p Maintain a program for acquiring and/or restoring wetlands, estuaries, and anchialine pools. <br /> 1.q Develop comprehensive programs and policies and provide resources for enhancing urban <br /> forestry canopy cover. <br /> 1.r Improve urban and community forest management, maintenance, and arboricultural practices. <br /> 1.s Increase funding and grants for urban and community forestry. <br /> 1.t Support programs to prevent harmful invasive species from becoming established. <br /> 1.0 Partner with government, private and nonprofit agencies, communities, and other stakeholders to <br /> develop a program for the identification and protection of plant species of special status, including <br /> plants significant for cultural practitioners. <br /> 1.v Support seedbanks of native and endemic plant species, especially species that are threatened or <br /> endangered. <br /> 1 .w Partner with community groups to apply for funding to restore native habitats including marine, <br /> wetland, shoreline, and native upland systems on County-owned or managed lands. <br /> 1.x Prioritize removal of invasive species during maintenance of County-owned or maintained <br /> properties. <br /> 1.y Assess and prioritize County-owned areas for restoration in collaboration with government, private <br /> and nonprofit agencies, communities, and other stakeholders. <br /> 1.z Review and update the exceptional tree code and inventory to support the protection of native <br /> species and habitats. <br /> 2.0 Collaborative Biocultural Stewardship I County of Hawaii General Plan 43 <br />