§ 6706. — Institutes of Tropical Forestry.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6706]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 96--GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Sec. 6706. Institutes of Tropical Forestry
The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish an Institute
of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico and an Institute of Pacific Islands
Forestry (hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Institutes'').
The Institutes shall conduct research on forest management and natural
resources that shall include--
(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.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XXIV, Sec. 2407, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4060.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 16 section 4503d.
