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2. What are the issues of importance to collaborative efforts between 

 the US military and organizations working in coastal ecosystems? 



• tracking human population growth and human activities within the 

 coastal region 



• anthropogenic coastal ecosystem changes at all scales 



• declining or collapse of nearshore fisheries 



• mounting user conflicts 



• inabiUty of governmental organizations to avoid predictable adverse 

 effects or mediate among conflicting groups 



3. What types of activities could a partnership between the US military 

 and such organizations as the CRC investigate? 



• US leadership could provide an expanded scope of training both US and 

 internationally, to include coastal management topics (i.e., monitoring 

 of uses -fishing, tourism development, resource extraction, civil peace 

 keeping, etc.,). In many developing countries (Ecuador as example) the 

 Navy plays a central role in the monitoring, administration, and public 

 pohcy aspects of coastal management. 



US leadership could provide technical capabilities and expertise in the 

 training of the use of monitoring, and mapping to bodi the US and 

 international coastal management programs. Coastal management 

 programs in the US and internationally could utiUze military resources and 

 technologies for activities including productivity patterns, global trends, 

 date collection and analyzation including cause and effect (i.e.. El Nino) 

 and detailed mapping capabilities of coastal land-uses 



For Example: 



• A collaborative effort/partoership with US military technologies such as 

 remote sensing, mapping could benefit a program such as the IOC 

 Global Monitoring Program. This could be a potential partnership 

 opportunity. 



4. There are a number of partnerships that exist which could be 

 nourished by collaborative efforts with the military (mapping capabilities, 

 remote sensing, etc.,). The current partnership (with the US government, 

 foreign governments, academic institutions and non governmental 

 organizations) A Ust can be provided upon request. 



