2014-10-27 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes —October 27, 2014 1992. So globally-wise, what is sustainable land management? The use of land resources including soil, water, animals and plants for the production of goods to meet changing human needs, while simultaneously insuring the long term productive potential of their resources and then maintenance of their environmental function. So they have to realize that places like Africa and all where, hey, we've got to feed people, we've got to protect the environment, we've got to figure out how to do all of this. So the world has been looking at this stuff for a while. So here in Hawaii the key to our survival is our animals and is the management of these animals and the most important thing is the human resource — sustainable land management recognizes that people — the human resource —which you never hear, ever, OK? And the natural resources which they depend directly or indirectly, are inextricably linked. Rather than treating each other in isolation, all ecosystem elements are considered together in order to obtain multiple ecological and social economic benefits. This stuff is all there. I'm not making this stuff up. You know the world is looking at this stuff and we seem to be out of that loop. So wildlife conservation model is an existing principals — Hawaii is the only state that does not follow these principals and as the North American model of wildlife conservation. And, of course, they're gonna say that our animals here are invasive or introduced so they don't, can't fall under this, whatever, yeah, so a Supreme Court decision that decried that wildlife belongs to the people and not government corporations and individuals. OK further directs how these natural resources to be used and managed under sustainable guidelines for the betterment of wildlife and the people. So this stuff is there already. The model is guided by seven principals. The biggest number one is the public trust, there's a public trust doctrine: wildlife belongs to the people and managed in trust for the people by the government. Public trust doctrine is considered a pillar of North American model of wildlife conservation. So that public trust doctrine — I read that— it's actually very good and it kinda helps with state land managers and things like that and how they're supposed to follow. So in essence the PTD holds that certain natural resources such as water, fish and wildlife, are held in trust by the government for the benefit of the people. The second one is the prohibition of commerce of dead wildlife. I think as Ryan mentioned back at the turn of the century— people were selling — so they would come down from the cities and kill all the elk and deer and everything and take that back for profit. And that's what started the — a lot of this conservation because people that relied on these animals for food in their area —the animals were going extinct— so that was kinda the basis of that—what that means. OK, then allocation of wildlife is by law. Laws developed by the people and enforced by government. The laws should be by the people and enforced by the government. I don't see that happening too often. Opportunity for all! Teddy Roosevelt believed strongly in wise use conservation and fought aggressively against preservationists or non-use proposals. So it's — you don't believe in 19