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Feds visit, launch attack on invasive species
(Note: Language deception, including emotion-arousing but nebulous phrases such as I have "bolded" below. Please be aware that noxious species -- that is, native but aggressive species, such as poison ivy -- are not mentioned. Rather, the public psyche is directed toward words and phrases that 'strike fear' and suggest that a 'nationwide' -- actually, a global -- 'management strategy' is what the citizenry need and must have in order to deal with this 'growing threat'. Control is not protection. It is very important that you study the scope of this -- how 'forest 'management' is made interdependent upon 'fire regimes' and 'capacity building' -- and how it is global in its reach and intent. Employees of the U.S. Forest Service are globetrotting and reinventing government at the highest levels, using consensus -- conned senses -- and language deception to implement global policy that wipes its feet on America's Constitution and Bill of Rights.)
November 1, 2004 From Bend.com news sources Bend Bulletin Bend, Oregon To submit a Letter to the Editor: bulletin@bendbulletin.com Prineville, Oregon -October 28, 2004 - The U.S. Forest Service chose the town of Prineville Thursday to unveil a national effort to prevent and control the growing threat of invasive species and non-native plants spreading quickly across the country. The step is part of the president's Healthy Forests Initiative to restore forest and rangeland health and protect communities from wildland fire and supports his executive order promoting cooperative conservation. "Millions of acres of public and private lands are at risk from non-native species," said Mark Rey, Department of Agriculture undersecretary for natural resources and environment. "Each year, the United States loses 1.7 million acres to the spread of these invasives, in addition to spending billions of dollars on control measures." Prineville was picked for the announcement because it's the site of the Forest Service's new threat assessment center, slated to open early next year, which will develop user-friendly technology and cutting-edge research on invasive species. "This national strategy will help to prevent, find and contain the spread while working to rehabilitate and restore ecosystems," Rey said. It was the second Central Oregon visit in 16 days for Rey, who also joined other Bush administration officials at an event in the forest [located] west of Bend to mark the 1-year anniversary of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. http://www.bend.com/AR-18635 On Thursday, Rey visited the Ochoco National forest to tour two sites in the Mill Creek drainage. One was the largest knapweed infestation site on the forest, while the other is being invaded by bark beetles. The National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species Management http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/issuepapers/issuepaper_invasives pecies_update_9_04_.pdf [see below article for full text of this 1-page .pdf file] focuses on four key elements: preventing invasive species before they arrive; finding new infestations before they spread and become established; containing and reducing existing infestations; and rehabilitating and restoring native habitats and ecosystems. The plan will use one of the new tools developed under the Healthy Forests Initiative -- an early warning system to help land managers detect new invasives. Title VI of the 2004 Healthy Forests Restoration Act called for the Forest Service to develop such a system to improve its detection and response abilities to ecological disturbances across the nation.
Crook County official seeks more aid The Forest Service is establishing two environmental threat assessment centers to cover both the eastern and western United States; the western center is located here in Prineville. The cornerstone of the strategy is cooperative conservation: working with public and private organizations though partnerships. For example, the Forest Service recently signed an agreement with The American Chestnut Foundation to restore the beloved American chestnut tree, which was once one of the dominant tree species in the eastern U.S. forests "We are not keeping up with the problem, and additional federal resources would be most welcome." - Scott Cooper, Crook County judge. An estimated 70 million acres of public and private lands are at serious risk from 26 different insects and diseases nationwide, most of which are non-native. An invasive species is defined as a species that is non-native to the ecosystem under consideration, and whose introduction causes, or is likely to cause, economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. They take advantage of their new surroundings to crowd out or kill off native species, destroying habitat for native wildlife. They can also cause significant tree mortality creating an increased risk of catastrophic wildfire to communities. Crook County Judge Scott Cooper, among the local officials on hand for the tour and announcement, said the county was excited about the plans for the Western Wildfire Environmental Threat Assessment Center. “The addition of six to eight top-flight scientists dedicated to protecting forest health in the West will benefit citizens of our community, of our state and of the nation,” Cooper said. “The history of Prineville and Crook County is entwined with the health of natural resources. This seems like a fitting place to carry on that tradition.” Many Central Oregonians are unaware of the threat posed by the often-pretty weeds growing along their roads and in their fields, the county official said “Noxious weeds is a matter of concern to all citizens, whether they realize it or not,” he said. “We are not keeping up with the problem, and additional federal resources would be most welcome. At this point, eradication is out of the question, but control and maintenance is still within our grasp -- provided we receive the necessary support. The administration’s interest in this critically important natural resource management issue is very timely.” Cooper said he understands the administration plans to back a bill offered by Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, to provide some ongoing weed-control funding. The Forest Service's Forest Health Protection and Research and Development programs work to minimize the spread of established invasive species and lessening the damages caused by native and non-native insects, pathogens and plants. By working with other federal, state and private organizations, the agency protects and improves America's forests using cutting-edge technology to rapidly respond to forest health threats. To learn more about the Forest Service's National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species Management, visit www.fs.fed.us For more information, visit www.invasivespecies.gov the gateway to Federal efforts concerning invasive species. Reference Code: AR-19059 http://www.bend.com/news/ar_view%5E3Far_id%5E3D19059.htm
Additional researched information: Global Issues: An Electronic
Journal of the U.S. Department of State April 2002 Volume 7, Number 1 Achieving Sustainable Development 43-page .pdf file (very important
reading) http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english/journals/itgic/0402/ijge/ijge0402.pdf ===== USDA Forest Service Update -
SUBJECT: Invasive Species Program September 2004 SUMMARY:
The USDA Forest Service has raised its emphasis on addressing
the invasive species problem across all landscapes and ownerships
and has recently completed an aggressive National Strategy and
Implementation Plan for Invasive Species Management. This document will be released by
early August 2004 and will guide Forest Service invasive species
management, partnership, and research operations and activities
nationwide. BACKGROUND: Invasive
plants, insects, mammals, fish, pathogens, other terrestrial and aquatic
invasive species, pose a long-term threat to the health and
productivity of the Nation’s natural and managed ecosystems, degrading
fish and wildlife habitat, impacting threatened and endangered species,
reducing the sustainable production of natural resource-based goods and
services, and increasing the susceptibility of ecosystems to other
disturbances such as fire and flood. Economic impacts of
invasive species in the United States have been estimated
in the hundreds of billions of dollars annually. To address this increasing threat to
our native ecosystems, the economy, and human health, the USDA Forest
Service National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive
Species Management will guide work within 4 program elements: 1)
Prevention, 2) Early Detection and Rapid Response, 3) Control and
Management, and 4) Restoration and Rehabilitation. The long-term vision
for the invasive species program is to interrupt the increasing trend,
and begin to reduce the impacts and spread of invasive species across
the National Forest System and other public and private lands and waters
using a number of integrated techniques. USDA Forest Service Invasive
Species Program activities will target invasive plants (including
noxious weeds), invasive vertebrates, invasive invertebrates, and
invasive pathogens in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems throughout the
country in partnership with other federal agencies, the States, Tribes,
and other local government and private organizations and stakeholders. Current Forest Service activities
against invasive species range widely and include programs to address
invasive plants, insects, pathogens crustaceans, snails, mammals,
fishes, earthworms, amphibians, and other insidious invaders. The
increasing number of high risk species such as Asian Long-horned Beetle,
Emerald Ash Borer, Sudden Oak Death pathogen, plants such as Yellow-starthistle,
and a host of other aquatic and terrestrial species are examples of why
we need stronger preventative, and early detection and rapid response,
efforts. The Forest Service is expanding its partnership activities to
work in multiple jurisdictions and address problems in a holistic,
ecosystem-based manner across the landscape. A key component of these
efforts is stronger partnerships between fish and wildlife management
organizations and agencies as well as with volunteer organizations and
the corporate sector. In addition, the Forest Service will be planning a
national invasive species conference in the future and will invite its
many partners to help raise the awareness and increase action against
the invasive species threat. CONTACT: Mike Ielmini, National Invasive Species Program Manager, mielmini@fs.fed.us
or 202-205-1049. http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/issuepapers/issuepaper_ invasivespecies_update_9_04_.pdf
Extensive language deception links page: NBSAP (The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (UNDP/GEF/NBSAP) http://www.biodiversity.ir/english/links/b0012.htm A search at Google.com for "NBSAP" "English pages" garnered 6,040 results. A more detailed search at Google.com for "fs.fed.us" and "NBSAP" garnered the following eleven results (in English): NBSAP
Links [PDF]
"Southern
Pine Beetle Claus"- in Belize aeft)and [PDF]
CONVENTION
ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY SECRETARIAT [PDF]
CBD
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 01-06-cop-07-inf-22-pdf-en.asp
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CBNRM Net: India, RUPFOR, INFORM, vol 2 no 1 (April-June 2002) [PDF]
First
international conference on Mountain Biodiversity 7.-10. ... File
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selected mountainous countries to answer the ... Research
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Synthesis File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View
as HTML ... by the Parties to the CBD for
strengthening national capacity to prepare and implement National
Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) in compliance ... [XLS]
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Format: Microsoft Excel 2000 - View
as HTML ... 131, 2. Forestry. Sequoia. Boole
Tree. http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/heritage/095.HTM
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National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (UNDP/GEF/NBSAP) Home>NBSAP
http://www.biodiversity.ir/en_page02.htm Introduction http://www.biodiversity.ir/english/introduction.htm
Steering
Committee http://www.biodiversity.ir/english/scommittee.htm
Persian
Site http://www.irandoe.org/nbsap NBSAP http://www.irandoe.org/nbsap The Enabling Activity
Project Known as “The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action
Plan” (NBSAP), is running since December 1998 in
collaboration with United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Global
Environmental Facility (GEF) and World Conservation Union (ICUN)
and on the basis of the obligations restored due to the joining of
Islamic Republic of Iran to the Convention of Biological
Diversity. The Project has a credit of 350 thousand
US dollars and according to the approved text, it is currently
in its final stage. The initiation phase is already finished, and the
foretold activities for identification of the natural resources of the
country has led to the preparation of a series of 28 reports. These
reports, prepared through consultations with national and international
consultants, and each assessed by special questionnaires distributed
among the members of the Steering Committee, are as follows:
Interim report, Country status
and Proposed strategies. Besides preparation of the
conservation strategy drafts and “The Country Report” in English
were completed. During the second half of the year 2000, these draft
reports were submitted to scientific institutes and specialization
research organizations for correction and justification. It is necessary to point out that
in the project reports, the proposed strategies emphasize the creation
of systematic link between the project findings and the planning bodies
of the country, and specially inclusion of the strategies in the Third
Five-Year Development Plan (2000-2004), with the aim to place the
biodiversity conservation mechanisms and the National Action Plan, which
are seriously taken into consideration in explaining the strategies. According to the approval of both
the steering Committee in 7 February 2001 and the National Committee on
Sustainable Development in 15 May 2001; the four strategies are ratified
as follows:
Also, in order to enable and
create the bed for the best use of human resources and technical
expertise in Iran, several measures are taken for strengthening the
information exchange possibilities and scientific resources needed by
the researchers and experts on several fields of biodiversity, e.g.
purchasing books and scientific and technical resources from local or
international publishers, translation, compilation of technical texts,
and this process is still going on. Up to now, five books, two CD-ROMs,
and a brochure were published and two other books are under print. During this period, the following
workshops were held:
The following programs are under consideration by the Steering
Committee:
http://www.biodiversity.ir/english/nbsap.htm
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Acronyms you may find helpful: AHTEG – Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (UN) CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity (UN) COP - Conference Of the Parties (UN) DOC - Department Of Conservation (UN - New Zealand) IABIN - The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network http://www.iabin.net and http://www.iabin.net/binary_docs/tors/sub-regional/subregion5_phase2 ITTC - The International Tropical Timber Council IUFRO - The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (UN) NBSAP - The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (UNDP/GEF/NBSAP) SBSTTA - The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (UN) Source: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/notifications/2002/ntf-2002-034-for-en.pdf
Definitions you may find helpful:
Capacity Building - " ... use the term capacity building to mean three things: human resources development, organizational development, and institutional innovation...." "... capacity building is a more complex theme than is usually portrayed ..." "... the systems of governance must be strengthened for societies to function effectively...." "...capacity building ... is developing a formal education process..." Source: Page 18 http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english/journals/itgic/0402/ijge/ijge0402.pdf "Agenda 21, the core agreement that emerged from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, emphasizes the importance of capacity building for sustainable development." Source: Page 24 http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english/journals/itgic/0402/ijge/ijge0402.pdf Finding a common language. Source: http://www.forrex.org/publications/Filereports/fr99-6.pdf Capacity Building is also referenced in this .pdf file called the "Partnership Guide" http://www.natlforests.org/pdf/nff_partnership_guidebook_hi.pdf -- which is apparently geared toward younger readers -- and many, many more related to the Forest Service and language deception.
From the Convention on Biodiversity Secretariat (excerpted from pages 8-11): Program Element 1.
Goal 2. Objective 1 – Activity (b); Objective 2 – Activity (a);
Objective 4 – Activity (b); Objective 5 – Activity (a); Objective 6
– Activity (d). Goal 3. Objective 1 – Activity (c). 2. Using criteria very similar to
those proposed by the Secretariat in UNEP/CBD/COP/6/17/Add.1 (para. 18),
I have used a priority rating system (0 to 3) to evaluate the specific
activities in the expanded work programme. Items receiving higher rating
are viewed as those likely to make a significant positive impact on the
problems being addressed at the national, subnational and, most
importantly, local levels. Many items receiving lower ratings
(0-1) were in most cases not seen as unimportant but rather activities
that could be performed at the international and national level by
international and local experts through mechanisms discussed above and
therefore done cheaply and not requiring significant international
funding support. 3. Prioritization: Although COP 6
should consider the full proposed work programme, clearly some
prioritization is needed, particularly for Activities requiring
international support. The stratification of priorities into national
and international categories would be very useful. In our view the
following areas of work are considered to be of the highest priority:
(rated 2-3). Activities with highest priority
(ratings 2-3): Element 1: Objective
Activities. G1 – Application of ecosystem approach 1
e, g-i; G2 – Reduce threatening processes and factors….
4 d-h; 6 b-c. G3 – Protect, recover and restore FBD 1 a=b. 3 all
(a-f). G4 – Promote sustainable use 1 all (a-h). 2 all (a-d). 3 all
(a-f). 4 all (a-h). Element 2: G1 – Enhance
institutional enabling environment. 1 c. 2 all (a-i); 3 all
(a-h); 4 all (a-f). G2 – Address socioeconomic failures 1 all (a-i);
G3 – Public education, participation 1 all (a-g). Element
3. G4 – improve infrastructure for data and
information management. 1 a. 1. Implementation: in the
document describing the “who”, “when”, “Performance
measures” and “timeframe”, IUFRO is included as an “actor” in
a number of activities. We welcome the opportunity to contribute our
skills and knowledge towards accomplishing the objectives of these
activities at the international, regional and national levels. IUFRO’s
existing networks of scientists and member institutions are presently
focused on many of these activities – we are also in a good position
to recommend individual scientists from IUFRO member organizations
(research institutes, university forest science departments,
international research and development organizations…) to assist
countries in carrying out their work on CBD priority areas. Thank you
for this opportunity to comment on behalf of IUFRO – if you need
further information, input or clarification please let me know. - Dr.
John Parrotta, Coordinator – IUFRO Division 1; National Program
Leader, International Science Issues; USDA Forest Service, Research and
Development. E-mail: jparrotta@fs.fed.us Source: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/notifications/2002/ntf-2002-034-for-en.pdf |