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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3508 

To strengthen the capacity of the United States to lead the international 

community in reversing renewable natural resource degradation trends 

around the world that threaten to undermine global prosperity and security and eliminate the diversity of life on Earth, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 17, 2010 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. BROWNBACK) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To strengthen the capacity of the United States to lead 

the international community in reversing renewable natural resource degradation trends around the world that 

threaten to undermine global prosperity and security and 

eliminate the diversity of life on Earth, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Conservation 

5 Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Five hundred million people in developing 

4 countries depend on fresh water from natural areas 

5 that are under threat of degradation. 

6 (2) Two billion people depend on rapidly dimin7 ishing fish stocks for a significant source of their 

8 daily protein. 

9 (3) Wild species provide more than 

10 $300,000,000,000 in benefits to world agriculture 

from natural pest control and the pollination of 2 11 ⁄3

12 of the crop species that feed the world. 

13 (4) Plant breeding programs involving genetic 

14 enhancements from the wild relatives of agricultural 

15 crops have helped feed billions of people around the 

16 world and are valued at $115,000,000,000 per year. 

17 (5) Human degradation of and encroachment 

18 into natural ecosystems such as rainforests increases 

19 opportunities for the outbreak and spread of animal20 borne infectious diseases—such as SARS, avian flu, 

21 malaria, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, and yellow 

22 fever—that could cause high levels of mortality and 

23 affect major global industries including travel, trade, 

24 tourism, food production, and finance. 

25 (6) Forests prevent catastrophic flooding and 

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1 duce the impact of large storms on coastal popu2 lations, saving $9,000,000,000 in damages each year 

3 and reducing outlays for disaster assistance. 

4 (7) The destruction of forests, mostly in devel5 oping countries, releases more greenhouse gases 

6 than the entire world transportation sector. As one 

7 of the most cost effective ways to reduce greenhouse 

8 gas emissions, a global forest conservation program 

9 could help reduce the cost to the United States of 

10 efforts to reduce emissions. 

11 (8) More than half of the most prescribed medi12 cines in the United States are derived directly from 

13 natural compounds or patterned after them. Due to 

14 the loss of natural areas and compounds from wild 

15 species, one marketable prescription drug is esti16 mated to be lost every 2 years. 

17 (9) The United States National Intelligence 

18 Council expects demographic trends and natural re19 source scarcities relating to water, food, arable land, 

20 and energy sources to lead to instabilities and con21 flict in the years ahead. 

22 (10) Illegal logging, fishing, and mining in de23 veloping countries flood the international market 

24 with low-cost products that undercut the competi25 tiveness of responsible companies in the United 


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1 States. In the absence of competition from illegal 

2 producers, the United States would be able to in3 crease wood product exports by $460,000,000 a 

4 year. 

5 (11) Sound natural resource management, 

6 healthy levels of species diversity, and functioning 

7 natural ecosystems are vital to alleviating poverty 

8 for many communities in developing countries that 

9 depend on those resources for food, medicine, hous10 ing material, and other necessities. 

11 (12) Women are especially vulnerable to the 

12 threat of natural resource degradation because they 

13 produce most of the food and collect most of the 

14 firewood in many regions, comprise a large portion 

15 of small landholders and small-scale producers, face 

16 heightened food insecurity, have fewer rights to land 

17 and other natural resources, and have less access to 

18 credit and resource management assistance. 

19 (13) Species are becoming extinct at a rate 100 

20 to 1,000 times faster than the natural rate of extinction and 3 21 ⁄4 of the world’s terrestrial species are in 

22 developing countries that are rapidly destroying their 

23 natural areas and habitats. 

24 (14) The United States does not have a strat25 egy for reversing any of the major renewable natural 


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1 resource depletion trends around the world or the 

2 threats they pose to the Nation’s health, security, or 

3 economy. 

4 (15) Several executive branch agencies are en5 gaged in some aspect of international conservation, 

6 yet their efforts are not coordinated in a manner 

7 that maximizes the effectiveness of the overall inter8 national conservation efforts of the United States. 

9 (16) Participation by the United States in mul10 tilateral efforts to conserve natural resources, such 

11 as through the World Bank and the Global Environ12 ment Facility, leverages financial commitments by 

13 other countries by as much as 14 to 1. 

14 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

15 The purpose of this Act is to strengthen the leader16 ship and effectiveness of the United States in responding 

17 to the worldwide crisis relating to the depletion of natural 

18 resources and biodiversity under existing statutory author19 ity governing United States international assistance for 

20 conservation by— 

21 (1) establishing a comprehensive global strategy 

22 for providing assistance with respect to the conserva23 tion of natural resources and biodiversity in devel24 oping countries that includes a plan for— 


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1 (A) addressing major trends in natural re2 source degradation that relate to human well3 being and environmental sustainability, such as 

4 loss of soils, watersheds, wilderness, fish stocks, 

5 forests, species, and other critical resources; 

6 (B) identifying clear goals and benchmarks 

7 of success for the strategy; 

8 (C) the phased expansion of existing crit9 ical programs relating to the conservation of 

10 natural resources and biodiversity in developing 

11 countries; 

12 (D) improved coordination among execu13 tive branch agencies engaged in international 

14 conservation efforts in order to clarify roles, re15 duce duplication, and enhance effectiveness; and 

16 (E) improved integration of conservation 

17 goals within the development, security, and 

18 other foreign policy priorities of the United 

19 States; 

20 (2) providing authorization for funding for 

21 United States efforts to address the major threats to 

22 natural resources, species, and ecosystems in devel23 oping countries; 

24 (3) improving coordination among the United 

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1 nizations in effectively delivering conservation assist2 ance through governments, multilateral organiza3 tions, private organizations, and local communities 

4 and community partnerships; and 

5 (4) expanding the capacity of the intelligence 

6 community (as defined in section 3(4) of the Na7 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))) to 

8 assess the linkages among renewable natural re9 source degradation, resource scarcity, poverty, civil 

10 instability, migration, and conflict and the effects of 

11 the foregoing on the security and economic interests 

12 of the United States. 

13 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) DEVELOPING COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘devel16 oping country’’ means a country that, in 2008, had 

17 an average gross national income per capita of 

18 $11,905 or less. 

19 (2) DEVELOPING WORLD.—The term ‘‘devel20 oping world’’ refers to all developing countries collec21 tively. 

22 (3) HOTSPOT REGION.—The term ‘‘hotspot re23 gion’’ means a region in the developing world that— 


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1 (A) contains an unusually high concentra2 tion of species that are not found outside of the 

3 region; and 

4 (B) has lost at least 70 percent of its origi5 nal natural coverage. 

6 (4) NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE NAT7 URAL RESOURCES.—The terms ‘‘natural resources’’ 

8 and ‘‘renewable natural resources’’— 

9 (A) mean natural resources, including 

10 soils, forests, animal and plant populations and 

11 products, coral reefs, and water; and 

12 (B) do not include nonrenewable natural 

13 resources such as minerals, oil, and other fossil 

14 fuels. 

15 (5) RELEVANT AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘relevant 

16 agencies’’ means agencies of the Federal Govern17 ment that engage in efforts relating to the inter18 national conservation of natural resources and bio19 diversity. 

20 (6) SPECIAL COORDINATOR; COORDINATOR.— 

21 The terms ‘‘Special Coordinator’’ and ‘‘Coordinator’’ 

22 mean the Special Coordinator for Global Conserva23 tion designated pursuant to section 102. 

24 (7) SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT CER25 TIFICATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘sustainable forest 


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1 management certification system’’ means a system 

2 for monitoring forests and tracking forest products 

3 that is designed to ensure that forest products are 

4 produced using methods that take into account a va5 riety of widely accepted environmental, social, and 

6 economic criteria. 

7 (8) THREATENED SPECIES.—The term ‘‘threat8 ened species’’ means, at a minimum, species identi9 fied as having a high probability of global extinction 

10 by the International Union for the Conservation of 

11 Nature or by its constituent networks of govern12 ments, specialist groups, and other stakeholders. 

13 (9) WILDERNESS.—The term ‘‘wilderness’’ 

14 means an area in the developing world larger than 

15 2,500,000 acres with more than 70 percent of its 

16 original coverage intact. 

17 TITLE I—POLICY PLANNING AND 

18 IMPLEMENTATION 

19 SEC. 101. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL CONSERVA20 TION STRATEGY. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting 

23 through the Special Coordinator for Global Conservation 

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1 prehensive and integrated strategy (in this Act referred 

2 to as the ‘‘International Conservation Strategy’’)— 

3 (1) to combat the global degradation of natural 

4 resources and biodiversity in developing countries; 

5 (2) to build on existing bilateral and multilat6 eral programs relating to the global conservation of 

7 natural resources and biodiversity; and 

8 (3) to strengthen the capacity of the United 

9 States to collaborate with developing countries and 

10 other donor countries and the private sector and be 

11 an effective leader of in international efforts to con12 serve natural resources and biodiversity. 

13 (b) PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH.—The International 

14 Conservation Strategy shall provide a comprehensive plan 

15 of action to address global natural resource and biodiver16 sity degradation that identifies specific and measurable 

17 goals, benchmarks, and time frames, which may include— 

18 (1) advancing conservation in the world’s most 

19 ecologically and economically important terrestrial 

20 wilderness areas and marine ecosystems so that con21 servation or sustainable development consistent with 

22 long-term conservation will be achieved on an area 

23 of land exceeding 2,000,000 square miles and an 

24 area of sea exceeding 6,000,000 square miles; 


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1 (2) protecting 34 discrete hotspot regions that 

2 provide a high level of economic benefit to human 

3 communities as well as a high concentration of ge4 netic and other natural resources; 

5 (3) addressing unlawful, unreported, and un6 regulated fishing in 10 developing countries where 

7 fish stocks are severely depleted and regional fishing 

8 economies are threatened through increased surveil9 lance and enforcement; 

10 (4) safeguarding natural areas providing fresh 

11 water to 12 major urban centers in developing coun12 tries or 50,000,000 people in developing countries; 

13 (5) advancing local, national, and international 

14 enforcement efforts against unlawful wildlife traf15 ficking operations in 10 centers of the unlawful glob16 al wildlife trade and strengthening trade-based solu17 tions in those centers; 

18 (6) stabilizing or reversing renewable natural 

19 resource scarcity trends in 3 regions that are vulner20 able to conflict, instability, or mass migration from 

21 natural resource depletion; and 

22 (7) substantially expanding the amount of eco23 nomically and ecologically significant forested land 

24 under a credible sustainable forest management cer25 tification system. 


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1 (c) COORDINATION AND LEVERAGE.—The Inter2 national Conservation Strategy shall require the coordina3 tion and leverage of the participation of the relevant agen4 cies, foreign governments, international financial institu5 tions, other international organizations, and the private 

6 sector in efforts to conserve natural resources and bio7 diversity in ways that— 

8 (1) clarify the efforts of the United States to 

9 address the conservation crisis within the broader 

10 development, foreign policy, and security agendas of 

11 the United States; 

12 (2) establish policy guidance to link investments 

13 in specific conservation programs to the broader 

14 goals of advancing economic development, address15 ing climate change, alleviating poverty, improving 

16 the economic competitiveness of the United States, 

17 protecting global public health, expanding the rights 

18 of women, and reducing resource scarcities that have 

19 the potential to lead to civil instabilities, mass mi20 grations, and conflict; 

21 (3) reflect a unified policy of the United States 

22 that encompasses the programs of, and reduces du23 plication among, the relevant agencies; and 

24 (4) provide a plan to identify and improve 

25 United States policies that could be undermining the 


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1 conservation of critical natural resources and bio2 diversity abroad. 

3 (d) INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION COMPARISON

4 AND ANALYSIS.—The International Conservation Strategy 

5 shall include a system for analyzing and comparing efforts 

6 to conserve natural resources and biodiversity internation7 ally that— 

8 (1) ranks the efforts of countries around the 

9 world to conserve natural resources and biodiversity, 

10 based on standards established by the President’s 

11 Advisory Committee for Global Conservation under 

12 section 104(b); 

13 (2) reports on the range of initiatives to con14 serve natural resources and biodiversity being con15 ducted internationally; and 

16 (3) measures the progress made by countries 

17 receiving assistance through the International Con18 servation Strategy with respect to conserving natural 

19 resources and biodiversity. 

20 (e) REVISION.—Not later than 5 years after the 

21 International Conservation Strategy is established under 

22 subsection (a), the Strategy shall be revised to reflect— 

23 (1) new information collected in the process of 

24 implementing the Strategy; 


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1 (2) advances in the understanding of biological 

2 diversity, the economic and security impacts of re3 newable natural resource degradation, and climate 

4 change; and 

5 (3) the impacts of climate change on conserva6 tion, biodiversity, and human needs. 

7 SEC. 102. SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR GLOBAL CONSERVA8 TION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall designate an 

10 individual to serve in the Executive Office of the President 

11 as the Special Coordinator for Global Conservation. 

12 (b) DUTIES.—The Coordinator shall— 

13 (1) advise the President on issues relating to 

14 international conservation of natural resources and 

15 biodiversity; 

16 (2) oversee the development and implementa17 tion of the International Conservation Strategy es18 tablished under section 101; 

19 (3) enhance program and policy coordination 

20 among the relevant agencies in implementing the 

21 International Conservation Strategy by ensuring 

22 that each relevant agency carries out programs pri23 marily in those areas in which each such agency has 

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1 tential for success and ensuring that agencies avoid 

2 duplication of effort; 

3 (4) evaluate the effectiveness of the inter4 national conservation programs of the relevant agen5 cies in meeting the goals of the International Con6 servation Strategy by developing and applying spe7 cific performance measurements; 

8 (5) assess and certify the adequacy of the budg9 ets for the international conservation programs of 

10 the relevant agencies in meeting the goals of the 

11 International Conservation Strategy, and submit to 

12 the heads of the relevant agencies not later than 

13 July 1 of each year budget recommendations, includ14 ing requests for specific initiatives that are con15 sistent with the President’s priorities under the 

16 Strategy; 

17 (6) take such actions as are necessary to ensure 

18 that the climate change, export and business devel19 opment, trade, and development and humanitarian 

20 assistance policies of the United States advance the 

21 interests of the United States in conserving critical 

22 global natural resources and biodiversity; 

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1 veloping conservation methodologies or approaches 

2 likely to be important to the success of the Inter3 national Conservation Strategy; 

4 (8) identify innovative pilot projects or under5 funded programs that result in expanding the access 

6 of women to sustainably managed natural resources 

7 and to techniques for improved natural resource 

8 management; 

9 (9) expand significantly the role of the private 

10 sector in leveraging assistance provided by the 

11 United States with respect to the global conservation 

12 of natural resources and biodiversity by expanding 

13 programs that utilize contributions from the private 

14 sector in conservation efforts, such as the Global De15 velopment Alliance of the United States Agency for 

16 International Development; and 

17 (10) take such actions as are necessary to use 

18 diplomatic mechanisms, relevant international insti19 tutions and agreements, and other appropriate 

20 mechanisms to lead other countries toward the goals 

21 and actions of the International Conservation Strat22 egy, together with commitments of increased funding 

23 for meeting such goals. 


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1 SEC. 103. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON GLOBAL 

2 CONSERVATION. 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Special Coordinator for 

4 Global Conservation shall establish in the executive 

5 branch the Interagency Working Group on Global 

6 Conservation. 

7 (2) DUTIES.—The Interagency Group shall— 

8 (A) advise the Coordinator on the develop9 ment and implementation of the International 

10 Conservation Strategy; 

11 (B) assist the Coordinator in discharging 

12 the responsibilities of the Coordinator under 

13 section 102; 

14 (C) review policies that may be obstacles to 

15 achieving the goals of the International Con16 servation Strategy; 

17 (D) oversee and report on the implementa18 tion of the Strategy within the relevant agen19 cies; 

20 (E) advise the Coordinator of measures to 

21 increase participation by the relevant agencies 

22 in, and interagency coordination with respect 

23 to, conservation projects; and 

24 (F) meet regularly to review progress on 

25 the objectives described in subparagraphs (A) 

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1 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Group 

2 shall consist of— 

3 (A) officials in the relevant agencies; 

4 (B) officials in other agencies that have re5 sponsibilities that may affect the ability of the 

6 United States to achieve the goals of the Inter7 national Conservation Strategy; and 

8 (C) any other officials the Coordinator de9 termines will provide information that will fa10 cilitate the development and implementation of 

11 the Strategy. 

12 SEC. 104. PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL 

13 CONSERVATION. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 

15 the President’s Advisory Committee for Global Conserva16 tion to ensure that the best scientific expertise, and the 

17 concerns of relevant public constituencies, are reflected in 

18 the international conservation policies of the United 

19 States. 

20 (b) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall— 

21 (1) advise the President on the development 

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1 (2) assist the Coordinator in the implementa2 tion of the Coordinator’s responsibilities under sec3 tion 102; 

4 (3) review periodically the progress of the Inter5 national Conservation Strategy and, not less fre6 quently than annually, bring to the attention of the 

7 Coordinator innovative pilot projects that further de8 velop conservation methodologies likely to be impor9 tant to the success of the Strategy; 

10 (4) take steps to educate the public about the 

11 global conservation programs of the United States; 

12 and 

13 (5) establish standards for ranking the efforts 

14 of countries to conserve natural resources and bio15 diversity to be used in the system for analyzing and 

16 comparing efforts to conserve natural resources and 

17 biodiversity internationally under section 101(d). 

18 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee shall 

19 consist of at least 25 members, of whom— 

20 (1) not fewer than 4 shall be selected from rep21 resentatives of 4-year institutions of higher edu22 cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 

23 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) or non24 governmental organizations in the United States and 

25 have an expertise in international conservation; 


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1 (2) not fewer than 2 shall be selected from rep2 resentatives of 4-year institutions of higher edu3 cation or nongovernmental organizations in the 

4 United States and have an expertise in the relation5 ship among natural resources, biodiversity, economic 

6 development, and poverty alleviation; 

7 (3) not fewer than 2 shall be selected from rep8 resentatives of private businesses or trade associa9 tions in the United States and have expertise in the 

10 relationship between global natural resource con11 servation and the competitiveness of the economy or 

12 key industries of the United States; 

13 (4) not fewer than 2 shall be former Members 

14 of Congress or former high level officials in the exec15 utive branch; 

16 (5) not fewer than 2 shall represent religious 

17 institutions or communities of faith; 

18 (6) not fewer than 1 shall be an expert on the 

19 effects of natural resource degradation on women’s 

20 lives and livelihoods; 

21 (7) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from a 

22 zoological institution with expertise in in situ and ex 

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1 cation or nongovernmental organizations in the 

2 United States and have an expertise in global fresh3 water water supply; 

4 (9) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from rep5 resentatives of 4-year institutions of higher edu6 cation or nongovernmental organizations in the 

7 United States and have an expertise in the relation8 ship between natural resource conservation and food 

9 security; 

10 (10) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from 

11 representatives of 4-year institutions of higher edu12 cation or nongovernmental organizations in the 

13 United States and have an expertise in the effects 

14 of climate change on natural resources and biological 

15 diversity; 

16 (11) not fewer than 1 shall be a former member 

17 of the Armed Forces and have an expertise in nat18 ural resource scarcity and conflict and security 

19 issues; 

20 (12) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from 

21 representatives of 4-year institutions of higher edu22 cation or nongovernmental organizations in the 

23 United States and have an expertise in infectious 

24 diseases that can be shared between animal and 

25 human populations; and 


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1 (13) not fewer than 1 shall be selected from the 

2 arts or the media. 

3 (d) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the Advisory 

4 Committee shall— 

5 (1) be appointed by the Coordinator; or 

6 (2) in the discretion of the Coordinator, be se7 lected by a majority vote of the members of the Ad8 visory Committee. 

9 (e) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), each member of the Advisory Committee 

12 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. 

13 (2) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Of the members 

14 of the Advisory Committee first appointed after the 

15 establishment of the Committee— 

(A) 1 16 ⁄3 shall be appointed for a term of 2 

17 years; 

(B) 1 18 ⁄3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 

19 years; and 

(C) 1 20 ⁄3 shall be appointed for a term of 4 

21 years. 

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1 (g) REPORTING.—The Advisory Committee shall pe2 riodically report to the Coordinator on its deliberations, 

3 conclusions, and recommendations. 

4 (h) EXPENSES.—The members of the Advisory Com5 mittee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 

6 in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees 

7 of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, while away from their homes or reg9 ular places of business in performance of services for the 

10 committee. 

11 (i) EXEMPTION.—The Federal Advisory Committee 

12 Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the work process 

13 and recommendations of the Advisory Committee. 

14 SEC. 105. REPORTING. 

15 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there17 after, the President shall submit to the Committee on For18 eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For19 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 

20 the development and implementation of the International 

21 Conservation Strategy established under section 101. 

22 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

23 (a) shall contain— 

24 (1) an assessment of the progress made during 

25 the preceding year in developing and implementing 


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1 the International Conservation Strategy established 

2 under section 101; 

3 (2) an identification of the programs receiving 

4 financial assistance from the United States that 

5 have the potential for replication or adaptation, par6 ticularly at low cost, across international conserva7 tion programs; and 

8 (3) results from the system for analyzing and 

9 comparing efforts to conserve natural resources and 

10 biodiversity internationally under section 101(d), in11 cluding— 

12 (A) a ranking of the efforts of countries to 

13 conserve natural resources and biodiversity; and 

14 (B) an assessment of the progress made by 

15 each country receiving assistance through the 

16 International Conservation Strategy with re17 spect to conserving natural resources and bio18 diversity. 

19 (c) PROGRAM REVIEW.—Not later than 4 years after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

21 submit to the committees specified in subsection (a) a re22 port assessing progress made during the preceding 4 years 

23 and evaluating the effectiveness of United States global 

24 conservation programs in achieving the goals of the Inter25 national Conservation Strategy. 


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1 (d) PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.—The Coordinator 

2 shall ensure that all reports required by this section are 

3 published on the White House Web site or another appro4 priate Web site. 

5 SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

7 as may be necessary to carry out this title. 

8 TITLE II—MULTILATERAL 

9 PROGRAMS 

10 SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 

11 The purpose of this title is to leverage the financial 

12 commitments of the United States with respect to the 

13 international conservation of natural resources and bio14 diversity by encouraging other countries to make substan15 tial commitments of funding and other forms of assistance 

16 to a comprehensive and coordinated international natural 

17 resource and biodiversity conservation assistance strategy 

18 in order to promote economic development, human health, 

19 food and water security, environmental sustainability, the 

20 protection of biodiversity, and local and regional security. 

21 SEC. 202. DIPLOMATIC GOALS AND VENUES. 

22 (a) GOALS.—Congress urges the President to work 

23 with the world’s major foreign assistance donor countries 

24 to— 


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1 (1) develop a comprehensive and coordinated 

2 international conservation assistance strategy con3 sistent with the priorities identified in the Inter4 national Conservation Strategy established under 

5 section 101; 

6 (2) identify innovative and efficient multilateral 

7 mechanisms that can be used to coordinate inter8 national action by all participating donor countries, 

9 reduce duplication of efforts among such donors, 

10 achieve the most cost effective investments, and le11 verage international foreign assistance with mean12 ingful financial and other commitments in recipient 

13 countries; 

14 (3) agree on funding requirements and funding 

15 goals from all participating donor countries; 

16 (4) negotiate a timetable for achieving the goals 

17 of the Strategy; and 

18 (5) promote existing multilateral initiatives de19 signed to identify meaningful levels of interim fund20 ing for forest conservation in developing countries in 

21 advance of the implementation of any international 

22 program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 

23 forest destruction and degradation. 

24 (b) VENUES.—Congress urges the President to ex25 plore opportunities for achieving the goals identified in 


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1 this section within the context of United States bilateral 

2 diplomacy with other important international donor coun3 tries, bilateral diplomacy with newly emerging donor coun4 tries, and all appropriate multilateral venues. 

5 TITLE III—NATIONAL INTEL6 LIGENCE ESTIMATE ON GLOB7 AL NATURAL RESOURCE DEG8 RADATION 

9 SEC. 301. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE WITH RE10 SPECT TO EFFECTS OF GLOBAL NATURAL RE11 SOURCE DEGRADATION. 

12 (a) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE.—Not later 

13 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Con15 gress a national intelligence estimate on the anticipated 

16 geopolitical and regional security effects of the global deg17 radation of renewable natural resources and the implica18 tions of such effects on the national and economic security 

19 of the United States. 

20 (b) CONTENT.—In preparing the national intelligence 

21 estimate required by this section, the Director of National 

22 Intelligence shall— 

23 (1) assess the future political, social, agricul24 tural, economic, food security, and health risks dur25 ing the 30-year period beginning on the date of the 


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1 enactment of this Act posed by global natural re2 source degradation for countries or regions that 

3 are— 

4 (A) of strategic national security impor5 tance to the United States and at risk of sig6 nificant impact due to renewable natural re7 source degradation; or 

8 (B) at significant risk of large-scale hu9 manitarian suffering with cross-border implica10 tions as predicted on the basis of such assess11 ments; 

12 (2) assess the capabilities of the countries or re13 gions described in subparagraph (A) and (B) of 

14 paragraph (1) to respond to adverse security im15 pacts caused by renewable natural resource degrada16 tion; 

17 (3) assess the strategic challenges and opportu18 nities posed to the United States by the risks de19 scribed in subsection (a); and 

20 (4) assess the impact of renewable natural re21 source degradation on the activities of the intel22 ligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the 

23 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))) 

24 throughout the world. 


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1 (c) COORDINATION.—In preparing the national intel2 ligence estimate required under subsection (a), the Direc3 tor of National Intelligence shall consult with other agen4 cies of the Federal Government, representatives of the sci5 entific community, and, as appropriate, multilateral insti6 tutions and allies of the United States that have conducted 

7 valid research on renewable natural resource degradation. 

8 (d) FORM.—The national intelligence estimate re9 quired under subsection (a), including key judgments, 

10 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

11 a classified annex. 

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