Download Overview of US Forest Service International Programs

US FOREST SERVICE
international programs
PRESENATION OUTLINE
§  Overview of US Forest Service International
Programs
§  Highlights of US Forest Service International
Tourism Programs
§ Questions
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Main Staff Units
§  Technical Cooperation
§  Policy
§  Disaster Programs
§  Outreach and Partnerships
§  Director’s Office
§  Operations
THE FOREST SERVICE WORKS
INTERNATIONALLY TO:
§  Bring our expertise to bear on global
natural resource use and conservation
issues
§  Help countries respond to disasters
§  Learn from our partners, and bring
lessons and ideas back home
§  Internationalize the Forest Service
WHERE WE WORK
LATIN AMERICA
§  Mexico
§  Brazil
§  Central America
§  The Caribbean
§  Bolivia
§  Peru
§  Ecuador
§  Paraguay
AFRICA
§  Central Africa
§  Madagascar
§  Ethiopia
§  Kenya
§  Tanzania
§  Liberia
§  Guinea
ASIA
§  China
§  Indonesia
§  Vietnam
§  India
EUROPE & EURASIA
§  Russia
§  Albania
§  Georgia
§  Ukraine
Middle East
§  Israel
§  Jordan
§  Lebanon
§  Egypt
WHO WE WORK WITH
§  U.S. Agency for International Development,
Dept. State (80% of funding for FS activities)
§  Host-country governments
§  Multilateral organizations (FAO, UNDP)
§  Non-governmental organizations
§  Community groups
§  Universities, research institutes
§  Private sector companies
WHAT WE WORK ON
§  Improved forestry practices
§  Fire management
§  Invasive species
§  Migratory species
§  Forest planning and monitoring
§  Protected areas, ecotourism
§  Watershed management
§  Habitat management
§  Natural resource policies
§  Global disaster support
§  Climate change
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – NICARAGUA
§  Conservation and Ecotourism
Development in the communities
surrounding the Chacocente
Wildlife Refuge
§ Developed Community Tourist
Information Centre
§  Promoted Sea Tours and Local
Tourism Industry through
Cooperatives and Marketing
§  Sea Turtle Protection – Education;
Beach Clean-up; Turtle Nurseries
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – EGYPT
§  Wadi El Gemal National Park
includes 70 km of undeveloped
coastline along the Red Sea coast
§ Manage tourism activities along the
coast and plan for a projected increase
in use in the future
§  Landscape analysis and design
workshop identify management
scenarios that will maintain a healthy
ecosystem as tourism
§  Development of interpretive services
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – RUSSIA
§ Kamchatka
§  Ranger level training on trail building, safety,
and other skills
§ Lake Baikal
•  Training on trail building, volunteer programs,
safety, etc.
§ U.S – Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission
•  High level multi-agency exchanges (USFS,
NPS, and FWS)
§ Fire management in the habitat of endangered
species such as the Amur tiger and Far Eastern
leopard
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – VIETNAM
§ Watershed Conservation and
Recreation as Ecosystem
Services
§ Assessments, trainings and
technical exchanges looking
at payments to rural
communities for preserving
forests for watershed and
recreation services
§  Part of a larger effort to
conserve biodiversity corridors
in the Greater Mekong River
Basin
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – UGANDA
§ Sustainable Tourism in the
Albertine Rift
§ Developing model programs
for trail design and
interpretation within National
Parks and with Community
Tourism Enterprises
§  Solicitation of contract on
behalf of USAID for regional
tourism program
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Thank You
Matthew Edwardsen
[email protected]