SFS3022

Studying the use and conservation of marine and coastal natural resources requires scrutiny from many
different natural science and social science perspectives. We will focus on human interactions with local
natural systems, and vice versa. Understanding the roles that nature-society interactions such as
resource extraction, fishing, tourism, and associated development play in the protection of natural areas
from human disturbance is crucial to the present and the future of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).
Our primary goal is to discover how we may encourage sustainable human-environment relationships.
This course will help you comprehend the connections between theory and practice. It will also provide you with the on-the-ground
practical skills and tools necessary to critically analyze management of the human-environment
nexus. Because tourism, development, fishing, and conservation are simultaneously social, cultural,
economic, and ecological phenomena, holistic critical thinking can help to create more sustainable
programs that will benefit natural and social worlds.

Every Fall, Spring & Summer