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2. U.S.-INDONESIA MARINE SCIENCE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, 1982-1983
Background
<strong>Indonesia</strong>'s m<strong>in</strong>ister of state for research and technology, Dr. B. J.
Habibie, has given high priority to develop<strong>in</strong>g a mar<strong>in</strong>e science capability
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Indonesia</strong> because of the large role that mar<strong>in</strong>e resources
(petroleum, metals, fisheries, tourism, etc.) play <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Indonesia</strong>n
economy and life-style. This role will expand even further as <strong>Indonesia</strong>
exploits its new 200-mile exclusive economic zone. This zone adds the
resources of over 6 million square kilometers of ocean to that already
under <strong>Indonesia</strong>n control.
In January 1982 the National Science Foundation sponsored a workshop
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Indonesia</strong> on potential U.S.-<strong>Indonesia</strong>n cooperative mar<strong>in</strong>e science
research. One of the jo<strong>in</strong>t recommendations of that workshop was the
desirability of a mar<strong>in</strong>e science exchange program. At the request of
the M<strong>in</strong>istry of State for Research and Technology, BOSTID agreed to
undertake this activity. As a first step, they asked Dr. Dirk Frankenberg,
director of the Mar<strong>in</strong>e Science Program at the University of North
Carol<strong>in</strong>a and chairman of the NSF-sponsored activity to visit <strong>Indonesia</strong>
<strong>in</strong> May 1982 to consult with the appropriate <strong>Indonesia</strong>n officials on
academic areas best suited for exchange and to seek advice on which
<strong>Indonesia</strong>n <strong>in</strong>stitutions should be visited by U.S. participants. These
consultations and subsequent negotiations with potential U.S. participants
led to the U.S.-<strong>Indonesia</strong> Mar<strong>in</strong>e Science Exchange Program.
Activity Summary
From June 1982 to June 1983, BOSTID sponsored a U.S.-<strong>Indonesia</strong> exchange
program that provided support for visits by seven U.S. mar<strong>in</strong>e scientists
to <strong>Indonesia</strong>. These scientists presented lectures on topics of <strong>in</strong>terest
to <strong>Indonesia</strong>ns, ga<strong>in</strong>ed a better <strong>in</strong>sight <strong>in</strong>to the scientific phenomena
of <strong>Indonesia</strong>n waters, and discussed projects that could aid development
of the mar<strong>in</strong>e sciences <strong>in</strong> <strong>Indonesia</strong>. An outl<strong>in</strong>e of their activities <strong>in</strong>
<strong>Indonesia</strong> follows.
Lecturer 1
Topic:
Date of Visit:
Lecturer:
Plan:
Contact:
Primary Production Resource Limitation:
Research Needs vs. Current Technology
September 1982
Dr. Hans W. Paerl, Institute of Mar<strong>in</strong>e Sciences,
University of North Carol<strong>in</strong>a
Lectures on coastal productivity at the National
Institute of Oceanology, University of Brawijaya,
Gadjah Mada University, and Hasanudd<strong>in</strong> University
Professor Sumardi Sastrakusumah, Bogor Agricultural
University