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Welcome to my thesis project webpage. I am a graduate student in pursuit of a Masters degree at the University of the Virgin Islands, located in the US Virgin Islands. For more information about this program, you can find a link to the Master of Marine and Environmental Science (MMES) website listed on the right side of this page.
Because our everyday choices directly affect the condition of our natural resources, we need information about the people that live, work and play in this particular Virgin Islands environment. This thesis project aims to provide information about what residents of the Virgin Islands know about coastal ecosystems and how they behave with respect to this knowledge. With the results of this thesis project, we can implement targeted management strategies that include people as well as our terrestrial and marine environments.
A survey is one way to gather this information. My survey is for residents of the Virgin Islands, and all information provided by these residents is completely anonymous and confidential. If you are not a resident of the US Virgin Isalnds you are still welcome to participate, however be sure to indicate where you reside when the survey prompts you, and please be aware that your information may not be included in this particular project. Participants have the option to meet me and my team of scientists for a personal interview instead of completing the web-based survey, and they also have the option to terminate the survey at any time. The results of this thesis project will be made available to the public at a later date.
Thank you for your particpation! Your contribution to this project not only helps me in my educational endeavors, but it helps us all understand ourselves as well as our environment so that we may reach our conservation goals.