; (10) economic benefits for local communities from sustainable uses of forests are critical for the long-term sustainable management of forests in Haiti and Armenia; (11) for fiscal years 2015, 2017, and 2018, Congress appropriated funding for market-based reforestation programs in Haiti which have resulted in successful agroforestry activities, increasing crop production and profit, as well as tree cover; and (12) reforestation efforts would provide new sources of jobs, income, and investments in Haiti and Armenia by— (A) providing employment opportunities in tree seedling programs, contract tree planting and management, sustainable agricultural initiatives, sustainable and managed timber harvesting, and wood products milling and finishing services; and (B) enhancing community enterprises that generate income through the trading of sustainable forest resources, many of which exist on small scales. (b) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti and the Government of Armenia to develop and implement, or improve, nationally appropriate policies and actions— (1) to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, and improve forest management and natural regeneration; (2) to increase annual rates of afforestation and reforestation in a sustainable, measurable, reportable, and verifiable manner; (3) to restore social and economic conditions for the environmental recovery of the forest cover of Haiti and Armenia to at least 7 percent of total land mass in Haiti and 12 percent of total land mass in Armenia (as determined under section 302(a)) not later than 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (4) to improve sustainable resource management at the watershed level. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Afforestation The term afforestation — (A) means the establishment of a new forest through the planting of trees on a parcel of land not previously forested