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Environment
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934-001; IR 1.2CENTRAL OPERATING UNIT: Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade: Environment (EGAT/ENV)
PROGRAM TITLE: Natural Resource Protection; Forestry
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improved Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Principally Forests, Biodiversity, Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems, and Agricultural Lands, 934-001; IR 1.2. Improved Management of Natural Forest and Tree Systems
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,230,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,418,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2008Summary: USAID works with partners, local communities, and organizations to:
- reduce damage to forests by inappropriate wood harvesting techniques;
- promote rehabilitation of degraded land;
- increase local participation in forest and tree system management by devolving authority to communities;
- advance policy that lead to sustainable use of forests; and
- establish integrated monitoring and assessment of forest resources to conserve biodiversity and improve forest health.
Additionally, this office houses and administratively supports the Secretariat for the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Tropical Forest Conservation Act (Parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act). The EAI/TFCA program trades outstanding official debt owed to the U.S. in exchange for funding for endowed local foundations, which provide grants benefiting the environment, forest conservation, child survival and development, and civil society.
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will focus on forestry information, analysis and outreach, leadership, and partnerships to direct more support to missions on topics such as training of local foresters in techniques of reduced impact logging, forest certification, export markets, and economic growth. The office will develop a web-based information clearinghouse on forestry issues aimed at non-English speakers, and will host a workshop on mechanisms for monitoring illegal and destructive logging.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources requested in this Budget Justification to continue providing information, analysis and outreach, and technical support to missions and regions on forestry issues. In particular, the office will seek to expand partnerships with private entities, PVOs and other donors to leverage substantially more resources to promote training in reduced-impact logging, forest certification, and associated opportunities for increased sustainable economic growth. The office will also complete a review of USAID’s forest programs through a "lessons learned" analysis.
Since 1996, the Forestry Team has brought almost1.2 million hectares of natural forest and tree systems area under improved management and almost 60,000 hectares under effective management. Performance and Results: In FY 2001, the program supported sustainable harvesting practices in numerous countries including Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. The lessons learned and improved management techniques demonstrated in USAID project areas will be applied to other countries and regions. Farmers and forest managers profited from investments made by USAID research on agroforestry as an alternative to slash-and-burn agriculture. USAID, through an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service, provided technical assistance to national governments to better-forecast and combat forest fires. Following the catastrophic forest fires that raged across Indonesia and Brazil in the recent past, the office provided technical support in FY 2001 to government agencies and coordinated a response strategy that allowed local governments to take lead roles. Fire management training in Brazil helped reduce forest fires significantly between 1999 and 2000.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: The program is implemented through an inter-agency agreement with the U.S. Forest Service and a contract with Chemonics International, Inc.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
934-0012 Improved management of natural forest and tree system DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 4,016 Expenditures 3,169 Unliquidated 847 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 2,248 Expenditures 1,297 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 6,264 Expenditures 4,466 Unliquidated 1,798 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 39 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 2,230 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 2,269 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 2,418 Future Obligations 11,911 Est. Total Cost 22,862
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