HI SR93

Urges the Governor, in coordination with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to establish and implement a tree planting program planting at least one million native trees per year over the next four years

Cites Hawaii's goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 under Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, and identifies multiple environmental benefits of tree planting including carbon sequestration, watershed filtration, flood control, and wildlife habitat preservation

Requests the State and City and County of Honolulu work in partnership to complete the "lei of green" from Diamond Head to Aloha Tower as a model for island- and state-wide expansion of interconnected green parks and tree-lined pedestrian paths

Notes that Hawaii has lost nearly half of its native forest cover since western contact and continues to face forest reduction from invasive species and wildfires

Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Director of the Office of Planning, and Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu