Tetiaroa Society has attracted some of the world's leading scholars on Pacific/Island/Ocean issues and they guide our research programs which vary from island and coral reef ecology to digital science, and oceanography to archaeology. Central themes for research on Tetiaroa are sustainability and the conservation of this island, and other islands, and the ocean that surrounds us.
Almost all of the research being done on Tetiaroa now falls under the umbrella of the Tetiaroa Atoll Restoration Program (TARP). Technically this would include any research that is recording the response to our conservation actions which remove invasive species. These include changes in population dynamics and behavior of organisms, changes in the physical and chemical environment, and the arrival of new breeding species.
The Conservation and Sustainable Use Plan provides the rationale for the science programs.