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Eligible Activities under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA)

A wide range of activities can be funded under the TFCA. These include:

A forest path on the Blue and John Crow Mountains in Jamaica.

1. Establishment, restoration, protection and maintenance of parks, protected areas, and reserves. For example:
   
   
   • demarcation of protected forest areas and indigenous reserves
   • establishment and conservation of new or expanded protected forests areas
   • identification of unique or representative forest areas
   • watershed protection and management efforts
   • inventory and protection of species richness, levels of endemism
   • establishment of buffer zones around protected areas


2. Development and implementation of scientifically sound systems of natural resource management, including land and ecosystem management practices. For example:
   
   
   • forest inventory, assessment or monitoring activities
   • implementation of criteria and indicators
   • implementation of ecosystem management approaches
   • application of adaptive management techniques
   • testing of silvicultural techniques
   • forest policy development or reform


3. Training programs to increase the scientific, technical, and managerial capacities of individuals and organizations involved in conservation efforts. For example:
   
   
   • human resource development projects
   • development of extension services to communities
   • environmental education programs
   • public awareness programs
   • establishment/expansion of university curricula in forest management, conservation biology, etc.


4. Restoration, protection, or sustainable use of diverse animal and plant species. For example:
   
   
   • rehabilitation of degraded forest
   • sustainable hunting, fishing, iguana farming, etc.
   • improvement of forest health and vitality
   • assessing/addressing illegal logging


5. Research and identification of medicinal uses of tropical forest plant life to treat human diseases, illnesses, and health related concerns. For example:
   
   
   • ethnobotany studies
   • sample collection and analysis


6. Development and support of the livelihoods of individuals living in or near a tropical forest in a manner consistent with protecting such tropical forest.
   
   
   • development of community forest-based enterprises
   • development of non-wood forest products
   • development of women’s enterprises, including credit
   • use of low impact logging
   • development of multiple use tree species outside natural forests

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