998 



MAJOR PROGRAM X ; 

 THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE RESOURCES 



X.6; Land-Use Planning and Terrestrial Resources 



Biennial (SOOO) Annual ($000) 



Regular program 



of which staff costs 



of which project costs 

 Regular program and overhead (64.3%) 

 Other sources 



Overall comment on X.S ; This area of acticity, directed towards applied 

 research on natural resources management and the dissemination of prac- 

 tical results, is the centerpiece of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) 

 Program. MAB includes many activities initiated by the U.S. scientific 

 community. The USMAB Secretariat and scientific advisory apparatus 

 should continue to provide intellectual and managerial guidance. There 

 are four levels of concern: (1) that the USMAB Secretariat and support 

 structure be on a sound footing; (2) that the international (UNESCO) 

 MAB Secretariat be provided managerial support and leadership from the 

 U.S. scientific community; (3) that quality projects within the current 

 program area be reinforced with U.S. funding as may be necessary due to 

 constraints on resources resulting from the withdrawal of U.S. overall 

 support of UNESCO beginning in 1985; and (4) that within the overall 

 MAB program, catalytic support be provided to innovative U.S. longer- 

 term initiatives to achieve MAB objectives. 



USMAB must be assured adequate support on a continuing basis as an 

 a priori condition for consideration of contributions to international 

 Man and the Biosphere activities. Resources are need to help ensure 

 participation and leadership of the U.S. scientific community in these 

 important global observational activities. A USMAB secretariat backed 

 up by adequate scientific advisory support is a requirement for 

 managing and overseeing the interim alternative mechanisms proposed in 

 this assessment. USMAB should also provide encouragement and support 

 to the development of innovative interdisciplinary contributions to new 

 programs such as the one on global change currently being considered by 

 ICSU. 



With respect to program X.6 activities, the current U.S. annual 

 contribution to program costs, including overhead, is approximately 

 $800,000/year. The U.S. share of project/staff costs without overhead 

 is about $500,000. This amount could be provided to UNESCO through 

 Funds-in-Trust, donations, etc. 



Alternative Option 1 ; Assuming that recent decisions within UNESCO to 

 significantly improve overall MAB management are successfully imple- 

 mented, the most efficient and effective means to support the program 

 would be through an annual contribution to UNESCO (Funds-in-Trust, 

 donations, etc.) of $500,000 including overhead. In addition, it is 



