SeaTrust Institute has a focus of protecting the environment through research and education. Tourism acts to educate people to see the wonder of the world without destroying them.
Visiting scholar Dr. Diane Lee from Murdoch University in Perth, Australia is working with us throughout the year with developing a program in nature based tourism and indigenous interpretation. Diane and our CEO Dr. Lynn Wilson are delivering a presentation in May, 2011 at the Second International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC2) in Victoria, British Columbia on the developing plan SeaTrust Institute and partners from tribes, universities and the private sector are jointly developing to interweave western science, indigenous knowledge and marine tourism.