EcoCARE Pacific Trust - Research
Research (Postdoctoral and Postgraduate)
EcoCARE has established a network of academics and researchers from numerous departments who want to participate in collaborative projects that investigate issues in Tonga and to develop local capacity by offering postgraduate and postdoctoral research projects to Tongan students.
UC groups
College of Engineering
- 8 from Forestry and SCION
- 3 from Civil
- 3 from Electrical
College of Science
- 12 from School of Biological Sciences
- 3 from Chemistry
- 3 from Geography
Project Areas
Alternative Energies
- tidal generation
- wave generation
- solar photovoltaic and thermal
- wind generation
- hydrogen conversion
- bio diesel
- bio-digestion
Environment Management (freshwater, marine and terrestrial)
- bio-security
- biodiversity
- conservation
- commercialization
- waste management
- resource management
Fisheries
- sustainable fisheries
- fisheries management (benthic and pelagic)
- inshore and deep sea fisheries
Mangrove restoration
- biodiversity
- storm mitigation
- water purification
- forest management
Domestic Fees for PI Students
Currently, students from Pacific Island nations who are sitting for undergraduate degrees or Maters degrees are required to pay international fees when attending NZ tertiary institutions. EcoCARE Pacific Trust is involved with negotiations through the UC to lobby the New Zealand government to offer students from Pacific Island nations the opportunity to pay domestic fees instead of the international fees that they are currently required to pay.
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