The Environmental Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa was dedicated to the advancement of environmental management through education, research and service. Established in 1970, it facilitated access to interdisciplinary expertise within the university to enhance understanding of environmental problems and to identify effective solutions. A unit of the university’s Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) the EC provided a unique and crucial source of objective information to contribute to balanced, rational environmental management in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific.
As of 2016, the functions of the Environmental Center were folded into other units at the University of Hawaii, and it is no longer in existence.