Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[Obie]

In the meantime they believe the ohia deaths are caused by a fungus.

Next they need to find out what is causing the fungus.

"These and other questions will be the focus of research for years to come, Friday said."
“I think, in the long term, we’re going to be working on this project for the next 20 years,” he said. “It’s like we’ve opened up this big box, this huge, complicated problem.”

Could be the fungus is caused by man's mismanagement of the rain-forest.We have allowed invasive plants and species to crowd out the native ohias.Perhaps Leilani shouldn't have been built in a rain-forest .Could be Gypsy's cesspool that's the cause.

Maybe even marijuana smoke is killing the ohia.