Master's Project Directory

Projections of Future Cropland Abandonment: Impacts to Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration

Group Members: Lucas Boyd, Michelle Geldin, Shayan Kaveh, Nickolas (Nick) McManus, Max Settineri

Faculty Advisors: Ashley Larsen

Clients: Conservation International

Evaluating Synergies and Tradeoffs Among Agricultural Productivity, Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing in Rwanda

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: Conservation International

Biological and Social Tradeoffs of Implementing Fair Trade USA in Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study of Costa Rican Snapper

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Conservation International

Exploring Innovative Management for the Red Spiny Lobster Fishery in the Galápagos Islands

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Conservation International

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Adaptations to Climate Change: Comparing Feasbility of Ecosystem-based (EbA) Methods for Climate Change Adaptation with Engineered Approaches

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Conservation International

Pathway to Self-Funding: A Case Study on the California Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association

Potential Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Sulfides: A Case Study in Papua New Guinea

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: Nautilus Minerals Ltd., Conservation International, GSI

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: An Environmental and Economics Analysis

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: American Motor Honda Company