Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: 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. The term Co-Chairs of the Task Force means the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Attorney General, as established pursuant to Executive Order 13648 (78 Fed. Reg. 40621). The term community-based conservation is an approach to conservation that recognizes the rights of local people to sustainably own, manage, or benefit directly and indirectly from wildlife and other natural resources and includes— giving a resource a tangible value that can be realized by the community or land owners, including through partnerships with the private sector; devolving management and governance to local communities to create positive conditions for sustainable resource use; and building the capacity of communities for conservation and natural resource management.
The term country of concern means a country the government of which, or persons in which, play a significant role in the supply or poaching of, transit in, or demand for illegal wildlife or wildlife products or their derivatives or that obtains substantial revenue from illegal wildlife trafficking. The term Implementation Plan means the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking released on February 11, 2015, a modification of that plan, or a successor plan.
The term National Strategy means the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking published on February 11, 2014, a modification of that strategy, or a successor strategy. The term national wildlife services refers to the ministries designated to manage matters pertaining to wildlife management, including poaching, in a country of concern. The term Task Force means the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, as established by Executive Order 13648 (78 Fed. Reg. 40621) and modified by section 201.
The term wildlife crime refers to the poaching or trafficking of illegal wildlife or wildlife products.
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