Summarize results from: USFS-CAREC technical cooperation USFS-CAREC workshop on PES
Identify challenges and recommendations for developing PES schemes in Central Asia
Facilitate technical exchange and cooperation between US Forest Service and international partners
Examination of Payment for Ecosystem Services in the U.S.
Technical assistance on natural resource management
Study tours to U.S. on specific natural resource management topics
Dialogue and exchange through international seminars and meetings
Continued information and idea exchange
Visit of Central Asian delegation to examine payment for ecosystem services in U.S.
Tour of Willamette Partnership in U.S. Pacific Northwest
Visit of U.S. Experts to Central Asia to assist in planning and implementation of specific natural resource management activities Range management plans Fire management and fuels treatment Invasive species management Road construction
Range management planning 1 or 2-person technical team from U.S.
for 2 weeks Assessment of grazing and water quality
issues in watershed Working sessions with key stakeholders
on development of range or grazing management plan
Visit of Central Asian delegation to U.S. to examine natural resource management approaches and techniques Example of study tour topic: Fire
management
U.S. Forest Service International Seminars Watershed Management Global Climate Change Protected Area Management
Annual Meeting of Society for Range Management Meeting of range and grazing experts New and innovative research and
management practices Networking
US Forest Service can share: Examples of US range management
plans Best practices for road construction Information on fire management and
fuels treatment Publications on riparian restoration and
sustainable agriculture
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