Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term afforestation means a project or activity to establish a forest or stand of native trees in an ecosystem where there is not a forest or tree cover, consistent with the best available science. The term forest carbon flux means the net annual change in carbon residing within forest carbon pools and in forest carbon stock. The term forest carbon pools means the individual, nonoverlapping categories where forest carbon resides and includes— aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, dead wood, litter, and mineral and organic soils in forest ecosystems, woodlands, and trees outside forests including urban trees; and harvested wood products (in use or in solid waste disposal sites).
The term forest carbon stock means the absolute quantity of carbon stored within all forest carbon pools. The term forest plan means— a land use plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for public lands pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712 ); or a land and resource management plan prepared by the Forest Service for a unit of the National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604 ).
The term forest management activity means a project or activity carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands consistent with the forest plan covering the lands. The term National Forest System has the meaning given that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609(a) ). The term public lands has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ).
The term reforestation means the act of renewing tree cover by establishing young trees through natural regeneration, natural regeneration with site preparation, or planting. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. The term Secretary concerned means— the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands; and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands. The term Secretaries means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Interior.
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