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[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 sections 4503c, 4503d.
