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ANE Regional Programs
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498-024USAID PROGRAM: Asia and the Near East Regional
PROGRAM TITLE: Environmental Management (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Manage the Environment for Sustainability and Prosperity, 498-024
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3,500,000 ESF
PRIOR YEAR UNOBLIGATED FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $500,000 DA, $4,680,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: None.
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2001 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: ContinuingSummary: The ANE environment program focuses on implementation of the East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative (EAPEI). The goal of EAPEI is to promote environmental quality in the East Asia and the Pacific by increasing environmental capacity and knowledge through joint Department of State-USAID and partner efforts in areas such as—
- improved forestry management;
- forest fire detection, suppression, and management; and
- halting destructive fishing practices.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: EAPEI will continue to provide technical assistance to support the reform management policies and management systems that enable communities to play a more formal role in the management of coastal and forest lands. For example, through assistance to Community Forestry International/Asia Forest Network, EAPEI will facilitate exchange of information on innovative community forestry policies, development strategies and best practices; and link community forestry activities around Southeast Asia. The goal of this activity is to accelerate the development and implementation of national and local policies and operational procedures that enable local communities to engage formally in management of forests under governmental jurisdiction. EAPEI will focus on assisting governments and civil society in effectively managing the decentralization of the management of natural resources, both marine and terrestrial. Activities will focus on increasing knowledge and building capacity through technical assistance.
FY 2003 Program: No funding is requested in FY 2003.
Performance and Results: EAPEI activities have improved understanding of the root causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia; improved local, national, and regional fire detection, suppression, and management activities; improved environmental planning and management; and helped combat destructive fishing and coral harvest practices in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
The program has supported improvements in fire management and response in Indonesia. Technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service has raised the technical quality of the work of the ASEAN Haze Coordination and Support Unit and helped to maintain information flows about other donors’ fire suppression activities. Other forest policy activities supported under EAPEI, particularly in analyzing the sources and impacts of fires and identification of alternatives to slash-and-burn agriculture, have proven valuable in identifying policy reform opportunities and promoting decentralization, governance, and equity objectives of the new Indonesian government.
EAPEI supported work by the International Marine Life Alliance and the World Resources Institute in Southeast Asia, and the Nature Conservancy in the Pacific to halt destructive fishing practices such as cyanide and dynamite fishing and over harvesting. Notable progress was made documenting and combating the spread of these practices in the region.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Implementing partners include 1) U.S. Government agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USDA Forest Service, Department of Interior, Office of Surface Mining and the National Park Service; 2) U.S. nongovernmental organizations such as Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and the World Resources Institute; 3) international agricultural research centers such as the International Center for Research on Agroforestry and the Center for International Forestry Research; 4) the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Center; and 5) international organizations such as the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
498-024 Manage the Environment for Sustainability and Prosperity DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 500 4,680 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 3,500 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 500 8,180 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 Future Obligations 0 0 Est. Total Cost 500 8,180
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