suggest that community dependence on
wetlands tends to increase with physical proximity. Therefore rural
village communities in closest proximity to each respective wetland
area were selected for the study. These were Cacandee village
on the southern edge of the Caroni wetlands and Cascadoux/Kernahan
villages in the southern part of the Nariva wetlands. Prior to
the survey, a reconnaissance tour of each village was conducted
in order to design an appropriate sampling approach