PERL NETWORK

PERL Network offers environmental research and conservation internships to local youth-experiential opportunities that do not currently exist in many regions. Educators and college students based at the field stations are available for presentations in local primary schools. Field trips and station-based programs are also possible. PERL Network is establishing a marine science scholarship fund to help local youth, the region's future reef and fisheries managers, to obtain higher education at the University of the South Pacific and other partner institutions. PERL also sponsors dive certification and other workshops for local community members... PERL Network supports multi-faceted climate resilience research in fields such as marine sciences, sociology, anthropology, agriculture, geology and weather... By developing regional field stations at small-scale eco-tourist accommodations, PERL Network offers a local base of operations for multi-disciplinary research and conservation..