Posted on 04/08/2016 7:13:45 PM PDT by george76
Peruvian natural resource managers have questions about how to protect their country’s forests, and they came to Summit County for answers.
A U.S. Forest Service division called International Programs, which promotes sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation in foreign countries, brought top-level Peruvian officials for an educational tour that started Monday in Washington D.C. and ends Friday in Denver.
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In 2009, a U.S-Peru free trade agreement stipulated that Peru must curtail illegal logging, which undercuts the U.S. timber sector, and sustainably manage natural resources, said Erin Carey, who worked with the Forest Service International Programs for the last five years.
The U.S. set up a permanent office in Peru to help the country come into compliance with the agreement through passing natural resource laws and establishing the Peru’s forest service, which was launched last October.
Carey called the Peru initiative an opportunity to share expertise, expose U.S. workers to new issues and ideas, engage in collaboration research and promote diplomacy through environmental cooperation. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funds the initiative.
Holly Ferrette, who oversees the USAID environment program in Peru, said its goals are to help Peru preserve its biodiversity, reduce and adapt to impacts of climate change, draft environmental laws and regulations and consult with indigenous organizations.
“We’re really just trying to help them do right by their environment,” she said, and promote collaborations and partnerships in the culture.
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Fabiola Muñoz Dodero, director of the Peruvian forest and wildlife service, asked about the logistics of receiving funds and creating plans with so many entities, and Harper explained the basics of the agency’s methods through an interpreter.
“It’s really messy,” she said.
Dodero asked if the extra time and effort was valuable, and Susan Alden Weingardt, another Forest Service regional partnership coordinator, said absolutely.
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Kill the ranchers 101?
Erin Carey, USDA Forest Service-International Programs, Program Specialist, Latin America and Caribbean.
http://www.snre.umich.edu/career_services/international_development_careers/erin_carey
Training them in sniper hits, siege tactics, criminal framing and political assassinations, I suppose.
Yes.
and everything else.
Arsonists carry matches and gas cans on purpose.
Same with the EPA dumping toxic waste multiple times last year into different rivers, so as to gain money and power. They are not really concerned about clean water.
Holly Ferrette is a flaming liberal enviro wacko and Fabiola Muñoz Dodero is after all the money he can get for Peru, Dodero is a whole lot smarter then Ferrette.
99.9% of all forest service personel should be fired. They havent a clue on how to manage any resource.
From my observation, I’d say 99.99%.
As a former FS employee...I can testify to THAT!
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