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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 65 — International Forestry Cooperation

§ 4502. Tropical deforestation assessment and assistance

Statutory text

In support of the Tropical Forestry Action Plan and to specifically address tropical deforestation and degradation, the Secretary may—

(1)

support and actively participate in global and regional meetings that seek to reform such Plan;

(2)

together with the United States Agency for International Development,1 and other Federal agencies, provide technical assistance to tropical countries for the formulation of national forestry sector development strategies; and

(3)

cooperate with tropical countries on research, training, and technical programs aimed at implementing national forestry sector development strategies.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–513 title VI § 603 · 104 Stat. 1979

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4502

    (Pub. L. 101–513, title VI, § 603, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2071.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–513, title VI, § 603, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2071.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 603. TROPICAL DEFORESTATION ASSESSMENT AND ASSISTANCE. In support of the Tropical Forestry Action Plan and to specifically address tropical deforestation and degradation, the Secretary may— (1) support and actively participate in global and regional meetings that seek to reform such Plan; (2) together with the United States Agency for International Development, and other Federal agencies, provide technical assistance to tropical countries for the formulation of national forestry sector development strategies; and (3) cooperate with tropical countries on research, training, and technical programs aimed at implementing national forestry sector development strategies.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–513, title VI, § 603, , 104 Stat. 2071.)

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