White Water to Blue Water

A special set of MyCOE activities focus on sustainable development, water and coastal management in the US, Latin America & Caribbean region.

MyCOE partners are teaming up with the White Water to Blue Water partnership (WW2BW), a program designed to promote integrated watershed and marine ecosystem-based management. This approach supports sustainable development in the wider Caribbean, from the white waters of the mountain regions, to the blue waters of the ocean.

We are now developing MyCOE activities that have:

• Encouraged students in the region to develop local projects around water and coastal management and agriculture themes
• Supplemented the MyCOE mentor network to recruit scientists and experts in the region
• Created an inventory of selected key existing resources in region of interest for water issues (highlighting those using GIS), including relevant university-to-university linkages and sister city projects
• Partner with regional organizations with shared objectives, such as the International Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) in Panama
• Designed, created, and staffed an exhibit, seminar, training institute, and related activities for the WW2BW Conference in Miami