• Topics
• Individual Goals

Topics

• management
  • past/present management
    • of the parks
    • problems and successes
    • also of other parks
  • budget
    • where to get funding
    • take into acct the economics of the locals
    • how much will it cost
  • stores/restaurants
    • economic aspects
    • where to put them
    • for tourists
• Gov't
  • military
    • current bases
  • internat'l law
  • work with scientists (i.e. Darwin Assn.)
    • get funding from them
    • study current consesrvation efforts in general
      • problems and successes
• Environment
  • endangered
  • how to protect
  • keep out the invasive species
    • domestic animals
    • what to do to them
    • how do they effect the environment
    • also plants
    • study other places (case studies)
  • what other kinds of species
• Demographics
  • culture
    • attitudes towards the scientists and parks
    • their possible reactions (already had a coup)
  • poor ppl
  • pollution
    • i.e. pipes
  • food
    • hunting
    • water
    • they need to use the resources too
  • education of the ppl
    • mostly literate already
• Tourists
  • where they can go/see
  • where to stay
  • travel/transportation
  • what they do
  • where will they buy food and souveniers
• Research
  • where to research
    • already built stations
  • when
  • equipment to use
    • study current ones and adapt for us
  • how to use
  • work with other organizations
  • how other researchers come and see and study
• specific islands
  • has research station on it
  • iguana rehab facility
  • geology
  • geography
    • 6 islands
  • people (demographics)
  • climate
  • these islands in worse shape comparable to other galapagos islands
• strategy
  • must have immediate and long term plans

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Individual Goals

• Amanda- Culture/Demographics
  • attitudes towards research
  • feelings about environment
    • religion
  • nationalities/race
    • immigrants
  • how the natives impact the environment
• Juan- Management & Economics
  • budget and where to get the money
• Sean- Research Associations
  • current policies
  • likes to contact
• Bin- Internat'l Law
  • nations
• Jill- Environment
  • Natural Resources
    • threats
    • uses
  • native species
• Harrison- Environment
  • species relation
  • impact
• Ji Ho- Tourism
• Noel- Oceanography
• Stephen- Individual Islands
  • geology
  • climate

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This web page created by Jill A. Rowehl

Email the author at ig3@mit.edu

Last Edited on Friday, 01-Oct-2004