{"id":582,"date":"2026-05-18T14:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/mata-ki-te-rangi-grant-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:12:47","slug":"mata-ki-te-rangi-grant-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/mata-ki-te-rangi-grant-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Grant Partnership \u2014 to Fundaci\u00f3n Mata ki te Rangi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Erity Teave Hey | President, Mana Rapa Nui Foundation \u00b7 Vice President, Parlamento Rapa Nui | 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, the Mana Rapa Nui Foundation provided a grant to the Fundaci\u00f3n Mata ki te Rangi \u2014 funding scientific research on Rapa Nui’s native plant species to support environmental knowledge, conservation efforts, and community education on Easter Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Fundaci\u00f3n Mata ki te Rangi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Fundaci\u00f3n Mata ki te Rangi conducts rigorous scientific research on the native and endemic plant species of Rapa Nui. Easter Island’s unique ecosystem \u2014 shaped by millennia of isolation in the South Pacific \u2014 contains plant species found nowhere else on Earth. This botanical heritage is under pressure from invasive species, climate change, and decades of land use change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation operates a botanical garden in the Zona Poniente of Easter Island and is developing an architectural vision for a permanent cultural and research center that will serve the community and scientific visitors for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the Grant Funded<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Mana Rapa Nui Foundation’s grant funded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Scientific botanical research on Rapa Nui’s native and endemic plant species<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Environmental knowledge documentation and conservation planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Community education programs connecting residents to the island’s natural heritage<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Development of the Mata ki te Rangi botanical garden and cultural center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Why This Partnership Matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Preserving the natural heritage of Rapa Nui is inseparable from preserving its people and its culture. The plants of Easter Island are not separate from the Rapa Nui people \u2014 they are part of the same story, the same identity, the same future. When we fund botanical research, we are funding the foundation of a sustainable Rapa Nui for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Fundaci\u00f3n Mata ki te Rangi represents exactly the kind of community-rooted scientific institution that Rapa Nui needs \u2014 and that the world’s philanthropic community has largely overlooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    “Preserving the natural heritage of Rapa Nui is inseparable from preserving its people and its culture.”<\/p>\nMana Rapa Nui Foundation<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    [Gallery photos will be added here once images are uploaded]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mana Rapa Nui Foundation \u00b7 501(c)(3) Nonprofit \u00b7 EIN: 33-4549354 \u00b7 manarapanuifoundation.org \u00b7 eteave@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    By Erity Teave Hey | President, Mana Rapa Nui Foundation \u00b7 Vice President, Parlamento Rapa Nui | 2025 In 2025, the Mana Rapa Nui Foundation provided a grant to the Fundaci\u00f3n Mata ki te Rangi \u2014 funding scientific research on Rapa Nui’s native plant species to support environmental knowledge, conservation efforts, and community education on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grant-partnerships"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manarapanuifoundation.org\/es_ES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}