Posted at 1:31 a.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2007
State panel meets tonight, Monday
Advertiser Staff
A panel looking into the preservation of Hawai'i's natural and environmental resources in the face of scientific and modern research will hold its final community meetings on O'ahu tonight and next week.The state Temporary Advisory Commission on Bioprospecting will meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Windward Community College's Akoakoa Room 101.
The final meeting will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Multi-purpose Room of the Wai'anae District Park.
The meetings are intended to help the commission make recommendations for developing policy relating to the emerging field of bioprospecting, defined tentatively by the commission as "the collection of samples from plants, animals, and microorganisms to search for commercially valuable biochemical or genetic resources."
For more information, contact Project Manager Yuko Chiba in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs at 594-1820.
