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Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
The mission of PIERC is to work with others to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources in the Pacific Basin. PIERC works with federal, state, local and private organizations to provide objective research, baseline information, and technical assistance relating to conservation and restoration of indigenous biological resources occurring within the cultural, sociological and political context of the States and Island Territories of Hawai'i, Guam, Truk, the Mariana Islands, American Samoa and others under U.S. jurisdiction in the Pacific Basin.