Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term afforestation — means the establishment of a new forest through the planting of trees on a parcel of land not previously forested; and includes— the introduction of a tree species to a parcel of nonforested land in which the species is not a native species; and the increase of tree cover through plantations. The term agroforestry means systems in which perennial trees or shrubs— are integrated with crops or livestock; and constitute a minimum 10 percent of ground cover.
Actual forest cover resulting from agroforestry programs may be counted toward the total forest cover goal set forth in section 2(b)(3). The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives . The term deforestation means— the conversion of forest to another land use; or the long-term reduction of the tree canopy.
The term forest — except as provided in subparagraph (B), means a terrestrial ecosystem containing native tree species generated and maintained primarily through natural ecological and evolutionary processes, which spans more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ; and does not include— plantations, such as crops of trees planted primarily by humans for the purposes of harvesting; or land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use.
The term reforestation — means the establishment of forest on lands that were previously considered as forest, but which have been deforested; and includes the increase of tree cover through plantations.