No nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua Ka Hui Nahele o ka Honua (WFI) ua hāʻawi aku i kahi papahana International Fellowship Program i nā ʻoihana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe-e like me nā nahele, nā mea hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni, nā luna ʻāina, nā limahana NGO a me nā mea noiʻi-e hana i kahi papahana noiʻi kūpono ma ka World Forestry Center ma Portland, Oregon, USA. Ma waho aʻe o kā lākou papahana noiʻi kikoʻī, komo nā Fellows i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule, nā nīnauele a me nā kipa pūnaewele i nā hui ulu lāʻau o Northwest, mokuʻāina, kūloko a me nā paka aupuni, nā kulanui, nā ʻāina lāʻau aupuni a me nā pilikino, nā hui kālepa, nā wili, a me nā hui. He manawa kūʻokoʻa ka Fellowship e aʻo ai e pili ana i ka ululāʻau hoʻomau mai ka ʻāpana ulu lāʻau o ka Pākīpika Northwest, a e hana pū me nā hoa hana mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua.
Loaʻa nā WFI Fellows mai:
- Ka launa pū ʻana me ka lehulehu o nā mea pili i ka ulu lāʻau—mai nā hale wili a i nā keʻena aupuni a i ka ʻāpana waiwai ʻole—ma ka Pākīpika Northwest
- Loaʻa ka ʻike honua i nā pilikia he nui e kū nei iā mākou ma ka ulu lāʻau
- ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā ʻano nona ka nahele i ka ʻāpana ulu lāʻau
He ala maikaʻi loa ka WFI Fellowship e hoʻomau i ke aʻo ʻana, e ʻimi i nā ala ʻoihana ma ka ʻāpana waiwai kūlohelohe, a hoʻomohala i nā pilina ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ke komo ʻana ma luna o 80 Fellows mai 25 mau ʻāina. Ua wehe ʻia ka papahana i nā mea noi mai kekahi ʻāina a aia kahi haʻawina like mai ka Harry A. Merlo Foundation. ʻAe ʻia nā noi a puni ka makahiki. No nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka papahana, ka pono, a me nā koina pili, e kaomi maanei.
He papahana ʻo WFI o ka World Forestry Center, nāna e mālama i ka hale hōʻikeʻike, nā hale hana hanana, nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao a me nā māla lāʻau hōʻike. He hui hoʻonaʻauao 501(c)(3) ka World Forestry Center.