You may select one of the topics below for your papers, or you may select your own in consultation with the professor.
Aquaculture (e.g. shrimp farming)
Organic farming
Genetically modified organisms
Ecological effects of conventional farming
Large scale animal confinements (e.g. hog farming)
Debt-for-nature swaps
Population growth in a specific country
Waste incineration
The collapse of a specific fishery (e.g. anchovies in California,
Atlantic cod, etc.)
The Wise Use movement
Earth First!
Regulatory reform (e.g. requiring cost-benefit analysis for new
regulations)
Recent changes in Clean Air Act regulation
Nuclear power
The future prospects of a specific alternative energy (e.g. solar,
wind, biomass)
The Kyoto Protocol
Changing the Endangered Species Act
Efforts to make conservation profitable (e.g. sustainable use of
tropical forests)
Oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Smart Growth (responses to urban sprawl)
Environmental consequences of war in Iraq
New source review (air pollution)
The "Clear Skies" initiative
The "Healthy Forests" intitiative