; and (B) knowledge through communications and technical on-site instruction; and (3) enter into a partnership with a nongovernmental entity that is located outside the United States or that is located in the United States and operates internationally— (A) to engage in activities that restore vegetation; and (B) to promote and improve global carbon sequestration through revegetation activities. II Carbon sequestration through forest management and innovation 201. Forest management from carbon credits (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Carbon credit The term carbon credit means a carbon or greenhouse gas credit, offset, or other defined unit— (A) approved by a credible, third-party entity; and (B) as determined by the Secretary. (2) Carbon credit program The term carbon credit program means a voluntary program or market that issues, assigns, trades, or sells carbon credits. (3) Covered activity The term covered activity means an improved forest management activity, including a hazardous fuel treatment, mechanical thinning, or timber harvesting project, that is— (A) ecologically appropriate; (B) carried out on National Forest System land; (C) designed— (i) to increase rates of carbon sequestration; (ii) to increase long-term carbon storage in durable wood products; or (iii) to mitigate or avoid carbon emissions; (D) carried out by— (i) the Secretary; or (ii) a non-Federal entity under any existing authority available to the Secretary; and (E) not in competition with or adverse to the issuance, assignment, trading, or selling of forest carbon in the private sector. (4) National Forest System The term National Forest System does not include— (A) the national grasslands and land utilization projects administered under title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq. )