Jon Letman

Author bio

Jon Letman is an independent journalist based in Hawai‘i. He covers plant conservation, politics, and how the military presence affects people and the environment in the Asia-Pacific region. He has written for Al Jazeera, Inter Press Service, Foreign Policy in Focus, and others.

Jon Letman’s Contributions:

Pacific waves collide against the wall of the Kaloko fishpond on the Island of Hawai‘i

Reawakening Kaloko

Volunteers resurrect a traditional fishpond on the Island of Hawai‘i, strengthening ties to their culture and land in the process.

Mar 12, 2019 | 1,500 words, about 7 minutes

Demonstrators at Camp Schwab, a US military base on the island of Okinawa, Japan, want the world superpower to back off their land. Photo by Hitoshi Maeshiro/epa/Corbis

Okinawa’s Elders Rage Against the Marines

The US military finds a surprising adversary on a small, strategic island in the East China Sea.

Apr 12, 2016 | 3,700 words, about 19 minutes

Hakai Magazine

Coastal science and societies