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International
Did you know the USDA Forest
Service is working in 59 countries around the globe? |
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![Giraffe in Southern Africa](ip/images/giraffe.jpg)
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In fact, the Forest Service partners internationally
on a wide range of natural resource management, policy and research
issues. Many units of the Forest Service are engaged in this work
which advances sustainable forest management both overseas and in
the United States. |
All branches of the USDA Forest Service,
which include National Forests, Research Stations and the units that
assist private landowners have dynamic international exchanges, collaboration
and projects around the globe. Strong partnerships with land grant
universities, environmental NGO's and the private sector make this
work integrated and comprehensive. |
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Why is the Forest Service working internationally?
We work internationally to:
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- Improve management in some of the world's most threatened forests
including forests in the Amazon Basin, the Congo, Russia and Indonesia;
- Protect forests in the United States and other countries from
invasive species that are damaging or could damage our forests;
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![An image of a little bird being held on someones hand.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114021051im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/international/images/image2.jpg)
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- Work with other countries to protect declining bird species
that migrate across national borders;
- Recover the habitat of the world's endangered species--including
the Siberian Tiger, the Monarch butterfly and the Panda;
- Develop policies wordwide to promote forest sustainability;
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- Level the playing field in international trade by reducing the
amount of underpriced timber on the world market;
- Bring important research knowledge and technology gained overseas
back to the United States, and
- Provide humanitarian response support to disasters around the
world. Past responses include support to disasters in Kosovo,
the Rwanda genocide and current teams in Iraq.
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![An image of a man walking down a street in a third world country](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114021051im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/international/images/image1.jpg) |
Learn more about international
work |
![an image of a pine forest from Northwest Canada](images/image4.jpg)
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We invite you to learn more about the exciting international
work of the USDA Forest Service. Three offices focus on and promote
international activities. They are International
Programs, which coordinates the Agency's international work; the
Institute of International
Tropical Forestry, which works mainly in the Caribbean and Central
America, and the Institute
for Pacific Islands Forestry, which addresses natural resource
management issues throughout the Pacific Islands, Micronesia and the
Pacific Rim. |
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