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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 www.fs.fed.us/global Thank You Matthew Edwardsen [email protected]