Eligible Activities under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA)
A wide range of activities can be funded under the TFCA. These include:
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A forest path on the Blue and John Crow Mountains in
Jamaica.
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- Establishment, restoration, protection and maintenance of parks, protected areas, and reserves. For example:
- demarcation of protected forest areas and indigenous reserves
- establishment and conservation of new or expanded protected forests areas
- identification of unique or representative forest areas
- watershed protection and management efforts
- inventory and protection of species richness, levels of endemism
- establishment of buffer zones around protected areas
- Development and implementation of scientifically sound systems of natural resource management, including land and ecosystem management practices. For example:
- forest inventory, assessment or monitoring activities
- implementation of criteria and indicators
- implementation of ecosystem management approaches
- application of adaptive management techniques
- testing of silvicultural techniques
- forest policy development or reform
- Training programs to increase the scientific, technical, and managerial capacities of individuals and organizations involved in conservation efforts. For example:
- human resource development projects
- development of extension services to communities
- environmental education programs
- public awareness programs
- establishment/expansion of university curricula in forest management, conservation biology, etc.
- Restoration, protection, or sustainable use of diverse animal and plant species. For example:
- rehabilitation of degraded forest
- sustainable hunting, fishing, iguana farming, etc.
- improvement of forest health and vitality
- assessing/addressing illegal logging
- Research and identification of medicinal uses of tropical forest plant life to treat human diseases, illnesses, and health related concerns. For example:
- ethnobotany studies
- sample collection and analysis
- Development and support of the livelihoods of individuals living in or near a tropical forest in a manner consistent with protecting such tropical forest.
- development of community forest-based enterprises
- development of non-wood forest products
- development of women’s enterprises, including credit
- use of low impact logging
- development of multiple use tree species outside natural forests
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