7. STAFF SUPPORT FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY PLAN QUESTION: How many staff at A.I.D. will be involved in ANSWER: implementing the recommendations of the action plan As noted previously (see response to Question 1), A.I.D. will supplement its own staff by calling on other Departments and agencies as circumstances warrant and resources permit. 8. STEPS TO IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE REPORT QUESTION: ANSWER: What specific steps has the Agency taken to implement the Many of the recommendations contained in the Conserving 9. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND FOREST SERVICE RESPONSIVENESS QUESTION: Please provide specific examples of instances when a Bureau of the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service has had to turn down a request from A.I.D. for assistance. For each one, indicate what prevented the Agency from providing assistance; to what degree was it a lack of authority to do international work and to what degree was it a lack of personnel or personnel ceilings? ANSWER: The Department of Interior and Forest Service are Nonetheless, any increase in availability of 10. A.I.D. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES QUESTION: How are priorities set within A.I.D. to determine what international projects or programs A.I.D. will work on? ANSWER: Development priorities are established in a step-wise systematic manner, from general policy thrusts to more specific programs and projects. Congressional legislation provides the basic authorization and initial framework for policy directions (as well as broad sectoral funding levels). A.I.D.'s global strategic plan and individual sectoral policies and strategies then provide the framework within which individual country level Missions and other A.I.D. organizational units develop their specific program and project plans. At the country level, A.I.D. Missions work closely STATEMENT OF BILL L. LONG DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF STATE BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE OCTOBER 8, 1985 I WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS ON THE IMPORTANT MATTER OF THE SCOPE, QUALITY AND COORDINATION OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE AREAS OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. BY VIRTUE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND, AS THE COORDINATOR OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS CARRIED OUT BY U.S. GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, WE HAVE A SPECIAL ROLE AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ARRAY OF U.S. TECHNICAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH FALL WITHIN THE OVERSIGHT OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS. |