Nicholas School of the Environment
Master's projects by Nicholas School of the Environment students, including the Duke Marine Laboratory.
The masters project is done in partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the professional Master of Environmental Management or the Master of Forestry degree. While the MP may include original laboratory or field research, it may also take the form of management plans, handbooks, educational curricula, or other such products. Each student is advised by a faculty member who reviews and approves the project prior to completion.
A masters projects that is original research should not be as large as a masters thesis although it should be of publishable quality but not necessarily comprehensive enough to stand alone as a publication. A masters projects that does not follow the usual format for scientific research should follow a framework that is considered good practice in an appropriate field.
Duke migrated to an electronic-only system for masters projects between 2006 and 2010. As such, projects completed between 2006 and 2010 may not be part of this system, and those created before 2006 are not hosted here except for a small number that have been digitized.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Recent Submissions
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Carbon Offsetting in Agroforestry Systems
(2020-04-24)Agroforestry is a land management system that intentionally integrates agriculture with trees to create resilient and productive landscapes that support biodiversity, soil health, and carbon sequestration. Financing a transition ... -
Evaluating Upstream Scope 3 Emissions and Setting Science-Based Targets for Cree Inc.
(2020-04-24)Cree Inc. is a manufacturing company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina that produces LED, power and radio frequency products. Using data provided by Cree and an emissions calculation tool based on input-output LCA ... -
Effectively Communicating with Subsistence Fish Consumers to Reduce Exposure to Contaminants
(2020-04-24)Economic factors and cultural values influence individual choices to catch local fish as an important supplement to their diet. This practice is commonly referred to as subsistence fishing. We believe the term “fishing for ... -
Carbon Markets and Biogas Strategy in Indonesia
(2020-04-24)In Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populated country, over 40% of the population continue to lack access to reliable energy sources. These ca. 28 million households then rely on the harvest and combustion of firewood to ... -
Flows of Water and Wildlife in KAZA
(2020-04-24)The Okavango Delta is the largest inland delta in the world and is an important region for southern African wildlife and biodiversity, and also a major source of regional tourism. The headwaters of the basin and the majority ... -
Financial Analysis of Drinking Water Systems in Shrinking Cities
(2020-04-24)Cities around the country have declined in population over recent decades, creating numerous challenges in providing safe drinking water to their residents. In shrinking cities, fewer, poorer residents are left to pay for ... -
Analyzing Household Drivers of Residential Electricity Consumption in Mexico
(2020-04-24)In this study, we analyze the drivers of household appliance saturation in Mexico in order to support the ongoing development of a computer-based model for long-term projections of residential electricity consumption. Our ... -
Integrating the use of Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) into Coastal Land Management Strategies on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
(2020-04-24)Unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) stand to dramatically improve the way coastal managers understand and plan for climate change, yet the tool has been underutilized for this purpose. The Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing ... -
Sea Level Rise in North Carolina – Strategies for Mitigating Flood Risk
(2020-04-24)Accelerated sea level rise (SLR) is threatening most all coastal communities (especially those in North Carolina), yet most are responding with inadequate mitigation efforts. To assist these efforts, this study set out to ... -
Inclusive Conservation: Improving Collaboration with Tribes in the United States
(2020-04-24)Collaborative landscape-scale conservation is a multi-jurisdictional approach that embraces community collaboration and ecosystem-scale practices. With over 95 million acres of land under Tribal management in the United ... -
Cost Barriers Analysis for Public and Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
(2020-04-24)Shifting vehicular transportation from gas to electric is crucial for reducing climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from tailpipes. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is one of several ... -
Designing A Biological Corridor in Oaxaca, Mexico
(2020-04-24)Situated in the biodiversity hotspot of Oaxaca, San Juan Lachao and San Pedro Juchatengo boast an impressive collection of faunal species. Protecting these animals is critical to both prevent extinction and support ... -
Assessing Fishing Pressure in a Small-Scale Fishery in St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
(2020-04-24)World fisheries are an important source of food and income for millions of people around the world, and represents a billion dollar industry (FAO, 2018). As a result, research on fisheries has mainly focused on large, commercial ... -
Mapping Tourism Pressure in the Sunda-Banda Seascape (Indonesia) MPA Network and Implications for MPA Management
(2020-04-24)In the Indonesian archipelago – an epicenter of marine tropical biodiversity – local communities rely on marine resources to provide food and support livelihoods. The government has implemented an extensive network of Marine ... -
HOG AND POULTRY CAFOS IN NC AND GEOSPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH INFANT BIRTH OUTCOMES
(2020-04-24)Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) facilities can emit air- and water-borne contaminants to adjacent environments. Recently there has been increasing concern that these facilities may cause adverse health effects ... -
Embedding Climate Change in Strategic Investment Decision-Making: Developing a Global Timber Resource Constraint Under Climate Scenarios
(2020-04-24)Climate change is a growing risk to the private sector. Research has shown that today’s financial assets at risk from climate change total between US$2.5 trillion and $24.2 trillion by 2100 . To mitigate this, our client, ... -
Piloting Leave No Trace Programming with People Experiencing Homelessness on Public Land in Austin Texas
(2020-04-24)This Master's Report explores the use of Leave No TraceTM (LNTTM) programming with people experiencing homelessness (LNTPEH) on public land in Austin, Texas and a close analysis of the systems impacting innovative change. ... -
Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Pre- vs. Post-Bioremediation
(2020-04-24)Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants implicated in negative human and ecosystem health outcomes, including but not limited to carcinogenicity and teratogenicity. Bioremediation ... -
North American tree migration paced by fecundity and recruitment through contrasting mechanisms east and west
(2020-04-24)Global forest diebacks are the beginnings of change that will be controlled by tree migration, which combines two uncertain processes, tree fecundity and recruitment. Knowledge of how, and where, tree migration can proceed ...
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