FAO Forestry country profiles - forest management
Objectives
The USDA Forest Service funds a forestry programme through the American Samoan Community College Land Grant Programme. The objectives of the programme are:
- to provide quality trees for urban and community forestry;
- to assist farmers with agroforestry methods, soil erosion control and tree stand improvement;
- to conduct research on forest ecosystems and forest health management.
last updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
