Sec. 306. Community-based conservation
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The Secretary of State, in collaboration with the heads of other relevant United States agencies, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and other development partners, may provide support in countries of concern to carry out the recommendations made in the strategic plan required by section 201(a)(3) as such recommendations relate to the development, scaling, and replication of community-owned wildlife conservancies and community-based conservation programs in countries of concern to assist with rural stability and greater security for people and wildlife, empower and support communities to own, manage, or benefit from their wildlife resources sustainably, and reduce the threat of poaching and trafficking, including through— promoting conservation-based enterprises and incentives, such as eco-tourism and agricultural production, that empower communities to own or manage their wildlife, natural resources, and community ventures where appropriate, by ensuring they benefit from well-managed wildlife populations; helping create alternative livelihoods to poaching by helping support rural stability, greater security for people and wildlife, sustainable economic development and economic incentives to conserve wildlife populations; engaging regional businesses and the private sector to develop goods and services to aide in anti-poaching and anti-trafficking measures; working with communities to develop secure and safe methods of sharing information with enforcement officials; providing technical assistance to support sustainable land use plans to improve the economic, environmental, and social outcomes in community-owned or -managed lands; supporting community anti-poaching efforts including policing and informant networks; working with community and national governments to develop relevant policy and regulatory frameworks to enable and promote community-owned or -managed conservation programs, including supporting law enforcement engagement with wildlife protection authorities to promote information-sharing; and working with national governments to ensure that communities have timely and effective support from national authorities to minimize physical or mortal risks that communities may face when engaging in anti-poaching and anti-trafficking activities.