Hawai`i is threatened by a tremendous loss of biological diversity, increasing air and water pollution, and overdevelopment. That`s why the Sierra Club is fighting to restore and protect this vital region for the next century and beyond -- through the Critical Ecoregions Program.



The Critical Ecoregions Program represents a fundamental change in the way we manage our region`s -- and our nation`s -- finite natural resources. While agencies divide the world into small, manageable parts, ecoregions demand attention as organic, living systems. Our challenge is to build ecosystem thinking into every policy step.



This is the essence of the Sierra Club strategy. In order to turn back the specific threats to the Hawai`i Ecoregion -- and to help meet the five global challenges identified by the Sierra Club -- regional grassroots activists have developed a comprehensive action plan for the next several years.