Republic of Burundi: Technical Assistance to the U.S. Government Mission in Burundi on Natural Resource Management and Land Use Policy. Mission Dates: September 9 - 22, 2008

摘要

The US Forest Service International Program's office (USFS IP) has a long history of promoting sustainable natural resource management throughout Africa. USFS IP provides targeted technical assistance by working in collaboration with host-country government forest and natural resource management institutions, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and US State Department, as well as local and international NGOs. By linking the skills of its 35,000 employees with partners overseas, the USFS, through the International Program's office, provides its partners with access to the wealth and diversity of skills that the agency possesses. USFS technical experts are able to apply sound natural resources management principles and lessons learned from over 100 years of forest and grassland management in the USA, to similar issues faced by partners overseas, and help them address critical resource issues and concerns. The USFS administers approximately 78 million hectares (193 million acres) of National Forests and Grasslands in the United States, employing a multiple-use approach to land management, and has developed systems to plan for, implement, and monitor impacts of a variety of land uses, including logging, recreation, mining, biodiversity and habitat conservation, watershed management, and grazing, among others, on national forest lands.