1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Conservation Reform Act of 2013”.
Conservation Reform Act of 2013
A BILL
To establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to, international conservation.
2. Definitions
In this Act:
Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
Developing country— The term developing country means a country or area that is on the List of Official Development Assistance Recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Hotspot regions— The term hotspot regions means regions of the developing world that contain an unusually high concentration of species found nowhere else and that have lost at least 70 percent of their original extent.
Natural resources or renewable natural resources— The terms natural resources and renewable natural resources mean natural resources, including soils, forests, animal and plant populations and products, coral reefs, and water, but do not include nonrenewable natural resources such as minerals, oil, and other fossil fuels.