Dajin Amurka

**American Forests** kungiya ce ta kiyayewa mai zaman kanta ta 501 (c) (3) , wacce aka kafa a 1875,  kuma an sadaukar da ita don karewa da maido da yanayin gandun daji mai lafiya. Hedikwatar yanzu tana Washington, DC.

## Ayyuka
Manufar gandun daji na Amurka ita ce "Halitta gandun daji masu lafiya da juriya, daga birane zuwa jeji, wanda ke ba da fa'idodi masu mahimmanci ga Yanayi, Mutane, Ruwa da namun daji. Ayyukan gandun daji da na Amurka sun ƙunshi yankuna huɗu daban-daban na shirye-shirye: gyaran gandun daji, itatuwa masu daidaito a cikin birane, National Register of Champion Trees, da manufofin gandun daji. Bugu da kari, kungiyar tana buga mujallar kwata-kwata.

### Sabuntawa na Yankin Garin Karkara
A duk faɗin Arewacin Amurka, miliyoyin kadada na gandun daji sun ɓace ko lalace ta hanyar bala'o'i kamar gobarar daji, kwari, da cututtuka, da kuma ayyukan ɗan adam kamar hakar ma'adinai, ci gaba, da kuma yaduwar tsabtace don ayyukan da ba za a iya jurewa ba. Gyaran gandun daji na iya dawo da gandun daji yayin da yake samar da ayyukan kore.

### Daidaitaccen Itace ga Al'ummomin da ba su da sabis
Ta hanyar shirin su na Tree Equity, American Forests suna amsawa ga wannan ƙalubalen ta hanyar jagorantar yunkurin Tree Equity a birane a duk faɗin Amurka. Suna haɗin gwiwa tare da shugabannin birni da kungiyoyin al'umma (birane 22 da ƙidaya) don haɓaka shirye-shiryen gandun daji na birane na kimiyya don girma da kula da bishiyoyi a cikin unguwanni da suka fadi. Suna ba da shawara da kuma tallafawa gandun daji na birane, ƙaddamar da ayyukan shuka masu tasiri, gina wayar da kan jama'a, da kuma jagorantar kokarin kasa don kara kudade na tarayya, jihohi, da na gida don ayyukan gandun daji.

### Rubuce-rubucen Gasar Gasar
American Forests ya tara daruruwan masu sa kai a Amurka don ganowa, karewa, da kuma yin rajistar itatuwa mafi girma, da kuma ilimantar da jama'a game da fa'idodin itatuwa da gandun daji. Yana aiki a duk jihohi 50, Gundumar Columbia kuma an yi amfani da shi azaman abin koyi ga shirye-shiryen manyan bishiyoyi da yawa na kasa da kasa, a wurare kamar Australia, New Zealand, Koriya ta Kudu da Mexico. Fiye da 750 US zakarun da aka yi musu kambi a kowace shekara kuma an rubuta su a cikin littafin da aka buga sau biyu, National Register of Champion Trees . Fiye da shekaru 70, burin shirin ya kasance: don adanawa da inganta matsayi na waɗannan sarakuna masu rai da kuma ilimantar da mutane game da muhimmiyar rawar da waɗannan bishiyoyi da gandun daji masu ban mamaki ke takawa wajen kiyaye yanayi mai kyau.

### Manufofin daji
Har ila yau, kungiyar tana aiki don bayar da shawarwari don karewa da maido da gandun daji na yankunan karkara da na birane ta hanyar manufofin jama'a, da kuma shigar da membobin al'umma cikin gudanar da albarkatun su ta hanyar hadin gwiwar al'umma daban-daban.

### Mujallar
Kungiyar tana buga mujallar kwata-kwata, American Forests, wanda ake kira American Forests and Forest Life (1924-1930),  American Forestry (1910-1923), Conservation (1908-1909), Forestry and Irrigation (1902-1908), da The Forester (1895-1901).  Batutuwan farko uku na ƙarar ɗaya an kira su *New Jersey Forester* . 

## Tarihi
An k**AFA** gandun daji na Amurka a watan Satumbar 1875 a matsayin **Ƙungiyar Kula da dazuzzuka ta Amurka** (AFA) ta likitan da masanin lambu John Aston Warder da ƙungiyar 'yan ƙasa masu tunani iri ɗaya a Birnin Chicago. Manufar kungiyar ita ce tattara da yada bayanai game da gandun daji da kuma inganta kiyaye gandun daji. A shekara ta 1882, an haɗa AFA cikin Majalisar Kula da dazuzzuka ta Amurka, wacce aka shirya a wannan shekarar a Cincinnati, Ohio. Nan da nan ya zama mai tasiri a cikin ƙasa wajen inganta dalilin gandun daji. A cikin 1889 an sake dawo da sunan asali.

* ya samo asali ne daga ra'ayin tsarin gandun daji na kasa da kuma Hukumar Kula da dazuzzuka ta Amurka;
* ya kirkiro jaridar kiyayewa ta farko a cikin al'umma;
* ya sami nasarar bayar da shawarwari don fadada gandun daji na kasa a gabashin Amurka.
* ya yi aiki tare da Franklin Roosevelt don ƙirƙirar Civilian Conservation Corps;
* ya ba da dandamali ga jarumai masu kiyayewa kamar Gifford Pinchot, Aldo Leopold da Ansel Adams; da
* ya taimaka wajen zama majagaba da ci gaba da aikin gandun daji na birane.

A farkon shekarun wanzuwarsa, AFA ta dogara da rahotanni na shekara-shekara, labarai na lokaci-lokaci, da kuma jaridu na gaba ɗaya don buga bayanai game da gandun daji. A shekara ta 1897 an kafa shi, kuma ya karɓi daga New Jersey Forestry Association da buga jaridar The Forester, ya canza taken daga baya zuwa Forestry da Irrigation, sannan Conservation, kuma, a ƙarshe, American Forests. A shekara ta 1920, AFA tana da mambobi kusan 10,000, kuma tana aiki da tasiri wajen ilimantar da ra'ayi na jama'a da kuma tsara dokokin gandun daji.

AFA ta daɗe tana aiki a cikin motsi na kiyayewa, tana ba da shawara don ƙirƙirar wuraren ajiyar gandun daji, don wucewa na Dokar Makonni, da kuma ƙirƙirar Civilian Conservation Corps. A cikin 1924, AFA ta fara abin da zai zama al'adar ƙasa ta hanyar ba da gudummawar itacen Kirsimeti na farko mai rai ga Fadar White House.

A shekara ta 1940, AFA ta fara kula da National Register of Champion Trees, jerin manyan bishiyoyi na kowane nau'in asali da na asali a Amurka. Masu tsarawa, masu farautar manyan bishiyoyi da masu sa kai a duk faɗin Amurka ne ke zabar 'yan takara don National Register a cikin abin da ya zama gasa ta shekara-shekara tsakanin mutane, yankuna, har ma da jihohi don riƙe itatuwan da suka fi gwagwarmaya.

A cikin 1990, AFA ta kirkiro shirin Global ReLeaf, wanda ke shuka bishiyoyi don dawo da yanayin gandun daji a duk faɗin Amurka da duniya. A halin yanzu an dasa bishiyoyi sama da miliyan 40 ta hanyar wannan shirin.

A shekara ta 1992, AFA ta canza sunanta zuwa gandun daji na Amurka don nuna kokarin muhalli. Abin da ya fara ne a matsayin ƙungiyar ƙwararrun masu kula da gandun daji, yanzu yana da membobin mutanen da ke kula da bishiyoyi da gandun dajin: masu kula da muhalli, masu sha'awar nishaɗi da masu son bishiyoyi.

## Manazarta