Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§6706 Institutes of Tropical Forestry
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 96— - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE › § 6706
Summary
The Secretary must create two research institutes, one in Puerto Rico and one for the Pacific Islands, to study tropical forests. They must study eight areas: management; climate links; threatened and endangered species; recreation; sustained-yield use; health monitoring; regeneration/restoration; and how deforestation affects biodiversity, global climate, wildlife, soils, and water.
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Title 7, §6706
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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.
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7 U.S.C. § 6706
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73