(1) management and development of tropical forests;
(2) the relationship between climate change and tropical forests;
(3) threatened and endangered species;
(4) recreation and tourism;
(5) development of tropical forest resources on a sustained yield basis;
(6) techniques to monitor the health and productivity of tropical forests;
(7) tropical forest regeneration and restoration; and
(8) the effects of tropical deforestation on biodiversity, global climate, wildlife, soils, and water.
Structure US Code
CHAPTER 96— GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
§ 6701. Global Climate Change Program
§ 6702. Study of global climate change, agriculture, and forestry
§ 6704. Office of International Forestry
§ 6706. Institutes of Tropical Forestry
§ 6707. Urban forestry demonstration projects
§ 6709. Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth
§ 6710. Authorization of appropriations
§ 6712. Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program