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basic aims and purposes of the Institution's research programs. Increased funding will allow emphasis to be placed on defined parameters of watershed monitoring, productivity studies of the tropical forests, and on changes in marine indicators at the permanent stations. Over the planning period, monitoring at several nonpermanent sites may be completed and base resources would then be reapplied to new sites. Efforts will continue over the planning period on several environmental questions in the Llanos region of Venezuela, and continued efforts will be made to implement fully studies in the People's Republic of China. In addition, more intensive work will be undertaken on the biogeography of the Amazon region of Latin America. New studies in FY 1983 will focus on environmental aspects of Aldabra atoll in the Pacific atoll in the Pacific Ocean and on the reintroduction and subsequent monitoring of the highly endangered golden lion tamarin in the Poco d'Ante Reserve in southeastern Brazil. More resources will be sought over the period for data analyses, travel, publication, and support costs. 

[[underlined]]Museum Support Center Equipment and Operations[[/underlined]]. Equipment appropriations are expected to be $3,895,000 in FY 1984, $3,000,000 in FY 1985 and FY 1986, and then begin to decline following the initial move to the Center to a relatively stable level of approximately $2,500,000. Future year annual operating and program expenses are expected to grow to about $5,200,000 by FY 1987, about two-thirds of which will be required for plant operation and maintenance and repairs, utilities, protection services, and grounds maintenance. About one-third will be required to staff and operate the Conservation Training Center and the collections work associated with the Museums of Natural History and of American History. 

[[underlined]]Major Exhibitions[[/underlined]]. This program has supported the successful development of two large exhibitions, one commemorating the 250th anniversary of George Washington's birth (at the Museum of American History) and one focusing on cultural celebrations and collections of folklife materials drawn from all of our museums (at the Renwick Gallery), both of which opened in FY 1982. Forthcoming exhibitions include major reworkings of displays of American cultural history, science and technology at the Museum of American History; celebration of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum; a comprehensive retrospective of the ancient history of the Holy Land at the Museum of Natural History's Evans Gallery; and the presentation of folk crafts from India. Measured growth in the planning period will sustain an active and effective series of important displays which would otherwise be unavailable to the public. 

[[underlined]]Special Programs Resource Growth[[/underlined]]

Substantial growth in federal funding is required for Museum Support Center operations over the next few years, most of which is being sought in FY 1984. A decline is currently projected in future years from the high levels of Museum Support Center equipment appropriations needed during FY 1982-84. Some increases over the next few years are projected to continue to strengthen Folklife, International Environmental Science, and the Major Exhibitions Programs. Additional trust support is projected for the Fellowship, Collections Acquisition, Scholarly Studies, and Education Programs.