Our Mission

We empower our clients to preserve native and culturally important plants through seed conservation, using experience and science-based practices to maximize seed quality and storage life.

Our Services

We provide a variety of consulting services related to seed collection, storage, and propagation, as well as native ecosystem restoration, biodiversity, and conservation. Feel free to contact us if you have questions.

One of our main projects is the Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Seed Banking Initiative - learn more about how you can get involved in this collaborative community effort.

About Kalehua

Kalehua Seed Conservation Consulting was established by Dr. Marian M. Chau in 2019. Marian is the founder and Co-Chair (2016-2024) of the IUCN Seed Conservation Specialist Group, a collaboration of over 100 specialists worldwide that provides expertise to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. She currently serves as Associate Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy, Hawaiʻi and Palmyra Chapter. She previously served as Head of Restoration Ecology for Terraformation, supporting global partners in carbon projects focused on biodiversity and native forest restoration, and was lead author on The Global Seed Bank Index and coauthor on a companion call to action in Science Letters.…

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