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Coastal Zone Management <strong>in</strong> the United States, Major
Oceanographic Research Projects
May-June 1983
Dr. Dirk Frankenberg, Mar<strong>in</strong>e Sciences Program,
University of North Carol<strong>in</strong>a
Lectures on coastal zone management at the National
Institute of Oceanology as well as the follow<strong>in</strong>g
universities: Diponegoro, Gadjah Mada, Pattimura,
Hasanudd<strong>in</strong>, and North Sumatra
Dr. Aprilani Soegiarto, National Institute of Oceanology
Tropical and Coral Reef Fisheries
May 1983
Dr. Nelson Marshall, University of Rhode Island
Lectures on tropical fisheries at the Department of
Fisheries, Jakarta; Bogor Agricultural University;
University of <strong>Indonesia</strong>; University of Sam Ratulangi,
Menado; and University of Brawijaya
Dr. Sumardi Sastrakusumah, Bogor Agricultural University
The objective of this exchange program was to <strong>in</strong>crease the knowledge
of and the contacts between the participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Indonesia</strong>n and U.S. mar<strong>in</strong>e
scientists, all of whom donated their time to this program. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the
course of the seven visits, U.s. mar<strong>in</strong>e scientists visited most of the
<strong>in</strong>stitutions <strong>in</strong> which mar<strong>in</strong>e science is currently conducted <strong>in</strong> <strong>Indonesia</strong>.
These visits and the discussions associated with them provided
<strong>in</strong>sight <strong>in</strong>to the importance of mar<strong>in</strong>e science to <strong>Indonesia</strong> and the
activities that might enable the <strong>Indonesia</strong>n government to meet its goal
of establish<strong>in</strong>g a mar<strong>in</strong>e science capability.
A report of this activity was prepared by Dr. Frankenberg, the
BOSTID consultant who arranged the project.
3. WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGY FOR INCREASING RURAL
PRODUCTIVITY IN INDONESIA
Background
The most serious problem confront<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Indonesia</strong> is its high rate of
population growth, which affects all aspects of life and all social
levels. In particular, this problem contributes heavily to the poverty
of rural populations that constitute over 60 percent of <strong>Indonesia</strong>'s
total population. Java, Madura, and Bali are the most densely populated
islands of the country. In efforts to solve or reduce problems caused
by overpopulation <strong>in</strong> these areas, the government has undertaken a number
of measures, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g development programs for the river bas<strong>in</strong>s of Java
and transmigration programs to relocate <strong>in</strong>habitants of Java.