The Conference on Civil-Security Forces Environmental Cooperation in Central America and the Caribbean was held to share successful regional approaches to civil-security forces environmental cooperation, and to identify additional ways security forces and environmental and forestry authorities can work together to protect people from environmental threats to regional stability. Working groups on Training, Marine Resource Cooperation, and Terrestrial Resource Cooperation met and developed policy recommendations.

Opening and introduction ; Security forces in support to the environment. Environmental security in Central America / Marco A. Rosales -- Defense Network Information Exchange (DENIX) / Ahne Hall -- Belize case study: British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) / Steven Bowkett ; Defense of coastal and marine resources. Pollution prevention and response / Sandra Leon -- Watershed management / Matt Wilburn -- Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Systems project / Noel Jacobs ; Ideas for partnership. White Water to Blue Water Initiative / Kathy Bentley -- Training in environmental conservation and protection / Ronnie de Camino-Velozo -- Small Valleys Disaster Mitigation Project / Pedro Bastidas -- Natural disasters prevention / Maria Luisa Alfaro -- USAID's role in environmental security: opportunities for alliances to reduce environmental threats and promote regional stability / Carey Yeager ; Defense of terrestrial resources. Sustainable forestry resources / Oswaldo Sabido -- Prevention of illegal trafficking in wildlife / Yolanda Matamoros -- Dealing with invasive species / Claudine Sierra -- land use planning on a regional basis / Ovidio Ribero ; Military-civil interface. Environmental issues of the Law of the Sea Convention / Carmen Castro -- The non-governmental organization role / Diane Wade-Moore ; Workshop reports ; Appendix A: agenda -- Appendix B: participants list.