| | Nat' Academies Press, Exploration of the Seas: Voyage into the Unknown (2003) |
 | | Managing a large-scale, international ocean exploration program will require an organizational model that is sufficiently flexible to attract a diverse array of national and international participants while still providing adequate structure to ensure consistency in direction, information dissemination and management, and funding. |
 | | Assuming that there is agreement on scientific objectives of a specific international program, formal agreements are preferred to allow the sharing of operation costs for infrastructure; negotiation of specific funding at the national level; and the pooling of funds for implementation of common objectives. |
 | | Ocean exploration has the potential to engage many nations, both through establishing national programs focused on their own territorial waters and through participation in international cooperative efforts centered in regions or on topics of par- ticular interest. |
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