GUIDANCE FOR PREPARATION OF BACKGROUND ASSESSMENTS ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FORESTS FOR USE IN CDSS OR OTHER COUNTRY PLANS

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Overview

AMENDMENT TO TROPICAL FOREST AND 119 BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT (FAA) REQUIRE THAT CDSS OR OTHER COUNTRY PLANS INCLUDE AN ANLYSIS OF (A) THE ACTIONS NECESSARY IN THAT COUNTRY TO CONSERVE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FORESTS AND (B) THE EXTENT TO WHICH CURRENT OR PROPOSED AID ACTIONS (IF ANY EXIST IN THAT COUNTRY) MEET THOSE NEEDS. IN COUNTRIES WHERE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR PREPARATION OF THE CDSS OR OTHER COUNTRY PLAN IS NOT AVAILABLE, MISSION MAY ELECT TO SUPPORT A BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT .