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The
Caribbean Center for Education and
Research (CCER) in Punta Cana, on the
eastern tip of the Dominican Republic,
provides a base for Virginia Tech
faculty to conduct research as well as
instruct students on biodiversity,
environmental and social sustainability,
global issues in natural resources, and
hotel and tourism
management.
Faculty
and students can take advantage of the
PUNTACANA Ecological Foundation to study
the natural resources of the area. PCEF maintains a 2,000-acre natural
forest reserve, 14 kilometers of
protected coral reef, freshwater lagoons
and coastal mangroves. Virginia Tech
has partnered with the
PUNTACANA
Ecological Foundation and the
PUNTACANA Resort and Club to set up the center.
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A
professor speaks on
biodiversity.
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Jake Kheel, Environmental
Director of the PUNTACANA
Foundation, describes the work
of the center. |
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