International Capacity Building for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coasts

PI要求国家科学基金会提供部分资金，以提供一项国家科学院的研究，该研究将审查各国，特别是发展中国家在有效保护和管理海洋和沿海环境方面的基本科学、技术和体制需要。委员会将审查人力资源开发（例如培训和教育）、建立适当的机构和基础设施以及创造有利的政策环境。还将探讨有效管理的障碍。这项研究将讨论过去没有得到充分重视的能力建设的关键因素，以期确定如何将这些因素纳入有效的海洋保护和管理战略。这项研究将探讨美国如何与更广泛的国际社会合作，帮助建立和加强全球海洋能力建设。更广泛的影响这项研究将提高专家、决策者和公众对健康的海洋和沿海生态系统对美国和更广泛的国际社会的环境、经济和安全利益的重要性的认识和理解。除了委员会收集资料外，还将召开一次国际讲习班，以利用能力建设界更广泛的专门知识。

The PI requests partial funding from NSF to provide a National Academy study that will examine the basic scientific, technical and institutional needs of countries, especially in the developing world, for the effective protection and management of ocean and coastal environments. The committee will examine human resource development (e.g., training and education), the establishment of appropriate institutions and infrastructure, and the creation of favorable policy environments. Barriers to effective management will also be explored. The study will address critical elements of capacity building that have not received adequate attention in the past with a view to identifying ways in which such elements can be integrated into effective marine protection and management strategies. The study will examine how the United States, working in partnership with the wider international community, can help create and strengthen marine capacity building worldwide. Broader ImpactsThe study will promote greater awareness and understanding by experts, policy makers and the general public of the importance of healthy marine and coastal ecosystems for the environmental, economic and security interests of the U.S. and the wider international community. In addition to the information gathering by the committee, an international workshop will be convened to draw on the broader expertise of the capacity building community.