This is the report of a workshop held to explore the issue of use and impact on the world's water resources by the world's militaries. The workshop explored how militaries can accomplish their mission while lessening their impact on the environmental quality of water resources and the use of regular operations in risk management.

"July 2000"--T.p.

Presentation and discussion of the strategy for the role of militaries in protecting the environmental quality of the world's bodies of water/ UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the potential benefits of IOC-DOD cooperation / Contributing to environmental quality: reducing the military's impact on the environment. Executive summary -- Introduction and purpose -- Background -- Geographic setting -- Annual AAV "Mud Ops" maneuvers for wildlife: turning swords into plowshares -- "Grass roots" efforts at alien vegetation removal -- Erosion control with native Hawaiian help -- Lessons learned from examples -- Conclusions / Environmental quality assessment on the continental shelves and in large bodies of water: current state of the art. Introduction -- Assessments -- Problem areas -- Categories of threat / Risk assessment and management issues in the continental shelves and large bodies of water. Introduction -- Risk assessment -- Priority areas -- Resources -- Unknown effects -- Appropriate structures and frameworks for monitoring -- Questions and answers / Maintaining environmental security and military readiness: the success of tandem thrust. Introduction / Warships and the world's ocean environment. Introduction -- A negligible impact -- Legal and political requirements -- Navy policy -- Environmentally sound ships -- Ship design, integration, and space allocation -- Constraints on warships -- Methods to achieve environmentally sound ships -- Liaison with other organizations -- Military impact on the oceans -- The GIS concept / Military CINC engagement activities: a potential resource. Introduction -- What is a CINC? -- Theater engagement plans -- Meeting peacetime objectives through engagement -- Environment as a tool of engagement -- Engagement planning in the future -- Questions and answers / Discussion and recommendations for action by Working Group I. How do we proceed from here? -- Why should they care about these types of activities? / Charting the course: plans for future actions reports by Working Group II. Discussion / Appendix A: workshop agenda -- Appendix B: list of participants -- Appendix C: other CSL environmental security activities.