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... Method, impact, and programmatics and cost to achieve this suggestion: • Funding Agencies and Funding Institutions -- Method: The panel suggests that specific focus on reducing the carbon footprint be included in environmental assessments and mitigation plans in proposals for new facility construction, maintenance, and operation.233 Further, facility operators and institutions participating in large collaborations could consider both a carbon offset plan and an assessment of the carbon footprint associated with travel. -- Impact: Assessment, quantification, and mitigation of environmental impact by the Profession.
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... , but on order of 10 hold Ph.D.s in physics and astronomy, https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/native-americanpopulation, accessed August 2020.
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... A true partnership as defined above would redirect effort to identify stakeholders and assess their needs, values, and activities, especially in relation to the Kanaka Maoli.241 Method, impact, and programmatics and cost to achieve this suggestion: • State of Hawai'i and TMT Institutions, Held Accountable by Funding Agencies -- Method: The panel strongly suggests that any new or continued construction on the summit of Maunakea be contingent upon having proactively established a pathway forward using a community based approach that is based on consent and mutual agreement.242 To ensure said pathway, the panel suggests, in addition to following guidelines developed in Goal 1, Suggestion 2, and Goal 6, 238  H Kaluna, M
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... The construction of TMT, the means by which it is realized, and its impact on Kanaka Maoli have to be recognized within the larger context of Hawaiian history.b,c,d Failure to do soe,f,g has led to several iterations of major delays,h,i arrests,j.k.l rulings,m,n,o and governor-issued directivesp since the groundbreaking ceremony was disruptedq in 2014.r New construction on Maunakea has seen falling public support.s As of December 2019, Governor Ige of Hawai'i has withdrawn state law enforcement owing to the $15 million cost surrounding safe access to the summitt simultaneously met by halted construction of TMT.u Furthermore, continued access to observatories in current operation at the summit is intermittently obstructed.v All investments to date are at risk if these issues are not resolved with a long-term plan in place. Instead, the value of these investments and the integrity of the Profession is realized should the Profession work in collaboration with Kanaka Maoli.
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... Neilson, 2020, "A Native Hawaiian-Led Summary of the Current Impact of Constructing the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea," community input from submission, January 9, https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2001/2001.00970.pdf. h TMT construction delayed -- 11 Apr 2015, khon2, http://khon2.com/2015/04/11/thirty-meter-telescope-construction-delayed, accessed August 24, 2020.
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... • TIO, Held Accountable by Funding Agencies -- Method: Fund initiative(s) for stakeholders who have an interest in Maunakea, including Kanaka Maoli cultural knowledge holders, to open a respectful and continuous dialogue around informed consent, where Kanaka Maoli are included in the TMT/TIO leadership.
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