DEFORESTATION AND DEVELOPMENT

APPROXIMATELY 15 SUCH ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED DURING THE STUDY WHICH WILL BE USED BY AID TO DEVELOP A FORESTRY STRATEGY WHICH WILL NOT BE DUPLICATIVE. THE ASSEMBLED DATA WILL INCLUDE COMPILATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS OF OTHER DONOR ACTIVITIES, GAPS IN NEEDED RESEARCH, PILOT DEMONSTRATIONS, TRAINING, AND FIELD PROJECTS. BASE-LINE DATA WILL BE DEVELOPED IN FOUR CATEGORIES: 1)AN INVENTORY WILL BE CONDUCTED CONCERNING FORESTRY ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. THIS INVENTORY WILL INDICATE WHICH OF THE ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEED THE GREATEST ASSISTANCE. 2)AN ASSESSMENT WILL BE MADE CONCERNING THE CONSTRAINTS PLACED UPON VARIOUS OTHER DONORS IN DEALING WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRY"S PROBLEMS OF FORESTRY AND DEFORESTATION. 3)AN INVENTORY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY THE MOST CRITICAL INFORMATION GAPS CONCERNING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES" FORESTRY PROBLEMS. 4)SUCCESS STORIES WILL BE COMPILED ILLUSTRATING WHERE AND HOW VARIOUS LAND-USE PROBLEMS OR NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS RELATED TO DEFORESTATION HAVE BEEN CORRECTED IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED BY THE US FOREST SERVICE CONTAINING DATA, ANALYSES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE. THE US FOREST SERVICE WILL PROVIDE 500 COPIES OF THE REPORT TO AID FOR DISTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL BUREAUS, MISSIONS, OTHER DONORS, THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, AND OTHER US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.