FOREST INFORMATION UPDATE VOL. 11 NO.

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May 2010
Welcome to this edition of Forest Information Update. We have made changes to our
web site, so you can check it out at www.forestinformationupdate.com. Mangroves are
sometimes like the forgotten forests. Not as spectacular as some and not overtly
commercially productive as others, mangroves are like that unassuming friend who is
always there for you. In this case, mangroves are critical in coastal protection during
cyclone/hurricane seasons and are home to diverse species. They have also been
found to help play a role as buffers against tsunami impacts following earthquakes. Yet
our friends the mangroves have been under attack, from development and the like. The
latest threat comes from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. See below for articles
highlighting the threat to mangroves. Please, feel free to contact me if you have any
queries about content or sponsorship. Kind regards, Mike Smith, Editor and Director
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HAVE YOU HEARD? NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

. GULF OIL SPILL COULD THREATEN MANGROVES, FLORIDA AQUARIUM

EXPERT SAYS. The huge Gulf oil spill poses a major threat to mangroves, which
protect Florida's shoreline and serve as a nursery for many aquatic species, a Florida
Aquarium expert said. Allan Marshall, vice president of biological operations at the
aquarium, said the oil has the potential to wipe out the mangroves, which trap nutrients
and act as nature's nursery.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/18/gulf-oil-spill-could-threaten-mangroves-
florida-aq/

. MAKING AFRICAN FORESTS FIT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE - Africa is expected to

face particularly high impacts from climate change. At the same time, people in Africa
are highly dependent on forest goods and services and therefore particularly vulnerable
to climate change.
http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/african-policy-brief/

. CANADIAN FOREST INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SIGN

WORLD’S LARGEST CONSERVATION AGREEMENT - The 21 member companies of
the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental
organizations, have unveiled an unprecedented agreement – the Canadian Boreal
Forest Agreement – that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to
FPAC members. Under the Agreement FPAC members, who manage two-thirds of all
certified forest land in Canada, commit to the highest environmental standards of forest
management within an area twice the size of Germany. Conservation groups commit to
global recognition and support for FPAC member efforts.
http://www.fpac.ca/index.php/en/press-releases-full/440/

. FORESTRY GRAFT SAID TO COST INDONESIA $100B - The Indonesian antigraft

commission is investigating rampant corruption by hundreds of forestry and mining
companies operating in Kalimantan that may have cost the state more than $100 billion,
an official said recently, the Jakarta Globe reported. Corruption Eradication

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Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Mohammad Jasin said investigators had found
“indications of violations” of industry rules by 470 companies, most of them miners
working in Kalimantan. Deforestation and rampant illegal logging are that main reasons
Indonesia has earned the unwanted label of the world’s third-biggest emitter of
greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for man-made global warming.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/forestry-graft-said-to-cost-indonesia-100b/376194

. NORWAY PLEDGES $1B FOR INDONESIA CLIMATE, COUNCIL SAYS - Norway

plans to grant Indonesia $1 billion to help reduce forest degradation in the Southeast
Asian country, Agus Purnomo, head of the secretariat of Indonesia's National Climate
Change Council, Intellasia.net reported. "We have a deal which will be signed on May
27," Purnomo said in a telephone interview. "The money has been allocated, the draft
has been approved." Details of the agreement will be announced at a May 27 signing,
he said without elaborating.
http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/regional/111294827_printer.shtml

. DEBATE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND FORESTS AMONG HIGHLIGHTS OF

ANNUAL UN FORUM - The relationship between indigenous peoples and forests was
among the major issues discussed during a two-week forum at United Nations
Headquarters that wrapped up today, with participants voicing concern about the impact
on lives and livelihoods of deforestation, extraction activities and large-scale building
projects. The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is “still very much concerned
about the continuing eviction of indigenous peoples from their forests,” said Victoria
Tauli-Corpuz, a member of the Forum since 2005 and former chairperson in a press
release.

. U.S. CLEARS A TEST OF BIOENGINEERED TREES – U.S. Federal regulators have

cleared the way for a large and controversial field test of genetically engineered trees
planned for seven states stretching from Florida to Texas, the New York Times
reported. The article said the test is meant to see if the trees, eucalyptuses with a
foreign gene meant to help them withstand cold weather, can become a new source of
wood for pulp and paper, and for biofuels, in the Southern timber belt. Eucalyptus trees
generally cannot now be grown north of Florida because of occasional freezing spells.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/business/energy-environment/13tree.html

. FIRST STEPS TOWARDS MAP OF SCOTLAND'S NATIVE FORESTS - A national

map of all of Scotland's native forests is starting to emerge for the first time. Surveyors
are conducting research in about 730,000 hectares of woodland across the whole of the
country as part of a six-year study. Their results have so far detailed the location, size
and type of forests in eight local authority areas.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8673149.stm

. ARE PROTECTED AREAS IN AFRICA HARBOURING INVASIVE SPECIES? -

Protected areas, long thought of as safe refuges for animals and plants, are under
increasing threats from invasive species which not only affect biodiversity but also
people’s livelihoods. Protected areas can have huge social and economic value,

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particularly in Africa, where national parks are a major tourist attraction and a significant
source of income. But according to the Global Invasive Species Programme, of which
IUCN and CABI are partners, many managers of protected areas in Africa are not
aware of the severity of the problem which is on their doorsteps nor how to address it.
http://www.linkedin.com/news?
actionBar=&aIdx=3&articleID=131057399&aogid=131054249&gid=2304033&gid=23040
33&srchType=nws&srchCat=WOTC&trk=news_brkout&goback=.nvr_2304033_1

. PREHISTORIC FROGS FACE EXTINCTION - The world’s most ancient frogs may
soon be mined to extinction, if the New Zealand government’s plans to open up a
conservation area for mining go ahead. The primitive Archey’s frog (Leiopelma archeyi)
and Hochstetter’s frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) are two of the species that inhabit the
area of ‘high conservation value’ on New Zealand’s North Island where the mining is
planned to take place.
http://www.zsl.org/conservation/news/prehistoric-frogs-face-extinction,706,NS.html

BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED...

This section is devoted to resource inventory tips and miscellaneous blurbs for
whatever uses you care to make. Please limit contributions to one paragraph or so.
Thanks, Mike Smith.

HELP!

FEEDBACK

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – “Pay it forward!” If you can help with any of the requests
below, please take the time to do so. Your kind assistance will be appreciated and
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. ESTIMATING CARBON CREDIT MARKETS’ IMPACT ON TIMBERLAND

ROTATIONS - Mike Lipke writes via Forest Information LinkedIn Group: Have there
been any studies done that estimate the impact of carbon credit markets on private
timberland rotation ages? Since it seems like we're headed toward "cap and trade",
market forces will influence private land owners to keep trees standing and
sequestering carbon. However, there is a point of deminishing returns for carbon
sequestration (80 years?, 100 years?) when it makes more sense to harvest and
replant. This might dramatically change the wood available for harvest. Has anyone
tried to estimate the impact of this? How likely is it happen? Reply, go to the query at:
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?
viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=16335812&gid=2112560&trk=EML_anet_qa
_ttle-cThOon0JumNFomgJt7dBpSBA

. FEEDBACK ON CARBON MAPPING - Mike McCall writes via Applied GIS and RS:
The K:TGAL Community Carbon Forestry research & field implementation project has
been developing a community-based and community-operated forest carbon mapping,

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measuring and monitoring methodology. This has involved partner universities, NGOs,
agencies and communities in the Himalayas, East and West Africa, the Netherlands,
PNG, and Mexico over the past 5 years. We have developed an effective methodology
for communities to utilise mobile GIS (using iPAQs, and experiments with
SmartPhones) and alternative GIS software including CyberTracker, for carbon forestry
(in community-managed standing natural forest) within a REDD framework. The basic
Training Manual and publications are downloadable from the K:TGAL website. There
are also 2 PhD theses which apply this methodology. See the following web site, and go
to: Resources and Publications / 2. Community measurement, monitoring and mapping
of forest carbon, at:
http://www.communitycarbonforestry.org/

. COASTLINE CHANGE DETECTION - Tatsiana Hubina, PhD writes: Dear friends,

would you be so kind to help!. The task is to study the coast line changes (erosion etc).
The data available is a set of digital orthorectified aerial photography (for 3 different
years, but each year has its own spatial resolution resolution: 1 x 1 m, 0,25 x 0,25 m,
0,30 x 0,30 m) and QuickBird satellite imagery for one year (resampled 0,60 m). Is there
any possibility to compare these data? What is the way to make it homogeneous? What
is the way to resample the data? Thank you so much.
thubina@GMAIL.COM

OPPORTUNITIES - Several readers of FIU are seeking employment in the forestry

field. If you have jobs available and are in need of good people, please consider posting
your vacancies in FIU (there is no charge for this service) and the following outlets:
http://lists.topica.com/lists/wood
http://stateforesters.org/news.html
http://www.canadian-forests.com/job.html
http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/forest.html
http://www.devnetjobs.org
http://www.foresters.org/portal
http://www.forestryusa.com/jobs.htm
http://www.HigherEdJobs.com
http://www.postdocjobs.com/jobseekers/search_fellowships.shtml
http://www.safnet.org/careercenter/classifieds.cfm
http://www.careerjet.com
http://www.mygreeneducation.com/
http://www.getforestryjobs.net/

. WOOD POLE SPECIALIST – IRELAND - The successful candidate will have the
following: A formal qualification (degree or equivalent) in Forestry or a related area At
least 3 years experience in a field/operational role in the area of Forestry/Wood Pole
specification, testing, management and procurement;. The role is technical and it is
essential that the candidate has a high level of technical competence and experience in
the field of wood poles/forestry as and is sufficiently competent and experienced to
safely commence hands-on works from the outset; Prepare technical specifications for
wood poles, including wood treatment, forest inspection, factory/saw inspection, safety,

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quality and environmental best practice. Please email Nicola Reid on
nicola.reid@hudson.com

. GIS SPECIALIST - MEREDITH, NH - The Town of Meredith, NH, USA, is seeking

qualified applicants for the position of GIS SPECIALIST. The GIS Specialist is a full time
position located within the Community Development Department. Ideally located on
Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, Meredith offers a high quality
living and work environment including a strong sense of community, abundant
recreational opportunities and a commitment to community planning. A Bachelors
Degree in Natural Resources, Planning, Computer Science or related field plus three-
five years of GIS-related experience required. Any combination of education and
experience demonstrating the necessary knowledge, skill and abilities will be
considered. See meredithnh.org /gis.php for additional information. Questions regarding
the position should be directed to John C. Edgar, AICP, Community Development
Director at:
jedgar@meredithnh.org

. UNEP-WCMC/CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIPS - Applications are invited for UNEP-

WCMC/Chevening scholarships to the University of Cambridge MPhil in Conservation
Leadership - a full time, one year masters course. Successful applicants will spend part
of the year on placement with the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre. The
closing date for applications is April 30th, 2010. The MPhil starts in October, 2010. For
Further information, please visit:
http://www.unep-
wcmc.org/pdfs/chevening2010/Chevening_Scholarship_application_guidelines.pdf

. NZ SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - The

New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) scheme offers the opportunity to
people from selected developing countries to undertake development-related studies in
New Zealand. This may include study related to education, health, rural livelihoods,
governance, human rights, or economic development, depending on the human
resource development training needs of the home government. New Zealand
Development Scholarships are offered for full-time, tertiary level study at participating
New Zealand education institutions. Further Scholarship Information and Application
http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/scholarships/

HAVE YOU READ?

Obtain from your local library or from the sources provided.

THE PUBLICATION LIST

. Forestry Notes. April 2010. Volume XIX, Issue 5. Includes: The Fight for Longleaf;
Pellet Heating Systems Earn Favorable Reviews; Temperate Forest Foundation Aims to
Educate; RSF Offers Nine-Point Strategy in Response to Recent Trends; Forestry

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Briefs.
http://www.nacdnet.org/news/publications/forestrynotes/april10.phtml

. Ecology and Conservation Papers at the 2010 ESRI International User

Conference.
http://gisandscience.com/2010/05/20/ecology-and-conservation-papers-at-the-2010-
esri-international-user-conference/

. Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Trainers. Fighting wildfires requires the
participation of local communities, since most fires stem from human activities, says a
new version of FAO's "Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Trainers," co-published
by the UN agency and the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
http://www.fao.org/forestry/firemanagement/46096/en/

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

BIODIVERSITY

. Douglas Brinkley. Under Threat in the Gulf, a Refuge Created by Roosevelt.

Online at Environment 360. Yale.
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2271

. Michael Williams (Editor). Wetlands: A Threatened Landscape. ISBN: 978-0-631-

19199-5. Paperback. 400 pages. October 1993, Wiley-Blackwell.
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0631191992.html

. Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, Darryl Wheye. The birder's handbook: a field
guide to the natural history of North American birds: including all species that
regularly breed north of Mexico. Illustrated. Simon & Schuster, 1988. ISBN:
0671659898, 9780671659899. Length: 785 pages.
http://books.google.com/books?id=pgU1ARdcFAUC&dq=The+Birder
%27s+Handbook+by+Paul+Ehrich,
+David+Dobkin+and+Darryl+Wheye&source=bl&ots=gXnF0-
rl5j&sig=VDxpaPL0p5y1YPsa6s-zoSKzlfg&hl=en&ei=auj1S-
rwN8yHkAXSvezqCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwA
A

. Eating like a Bird Helps Forests Grow. Biological Conservation Newsletter. No.
305. May 2010. Articles based on study published in Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science.
http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm#Eating

. Vaclav Vojtech. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Paper: 24 - Policy
Measures Addressing Agri-environmental Issues.

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http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/44/44970440.pdf

BIOFUEL

. Marilyn A. Buford and Daniel G. Neary. Sustainable Biofuels from Forests:.

Meeting the Challenge. Biofuels and Sustainability Reports. February 2010. Notes,
2010 - fs.fed.us.
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2010_buford_m001.pdf

. Miranda, Rogerio, Sepp, Steve, Ceccon, Eliane and Stefan Mann. 2010. Sustainable
produced commercial fuelwood: Lessons and guidance from two strategies.
World Bank Group. www.esmap.org/filez/pubs/412010112901_Woodfuels.pdf

. Lian Pin Koh, Patrice Levang and Jaboury Ghazou. Designer landscapes for
sustainable biofuels. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Volume 24, Issue 8, August
2009, Pages 431-438.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VJ1-4WF8YJW-
3&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sor
t=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1344171709&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_
acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=03e6c5cf36ea35f78f
6bbe32300ff975

. U.S. Government regulations Regard ArborGen and Biofuel Forests - Decision and
Finding of No Significant Impact: Permit applications 08-011-106rm and 08-014-
101rm received from ArborGen LLC – Field testing of genetically engineered
Eucalyptus grandis X Eucalyptus urophylla.
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?
R=0900006480aec084

CLASSIFICATION/MAPPING

. Giulia Conchedda, Laurent Durieux, Philippe Mayaux, An object-based method for

mapping and change analysis in mangrove ecosystems, ISPRS Journal of
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume 63, Issue 5, Theme Issue: Remote
Sensing of the Coastal Ecosystems, September 2008, Pages 578-589, ISSN 0924-
2716, DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2008.04.002.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VF4-4SJR2CK-
1/2/e2157ceb8093715df2a92ec712294c4b

. Poupard, James. A Chart of the Gulf Stream. Created: 1786. American

Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
http://www.wdl.org/en/item/20/?ql=eng&tc=5&view_type=gallery

. Richard Condit. Defining and mapping vegetation types in mega-diverse tropical

forests. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Volume 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-5.

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VJ1-3WJG204-
6N&_user=10&_origUdi=B6VBS-4XVPFRT-
1&_fmt=high&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1996&_rdoc=1&_orig=article&_acct=C000050
221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b13e4148796adf43743e0a2439602
86c

. The Atlas of Global Conservation. To mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, The
Nature Conservancy is publishing The Atlas of Global Conservation, which presents a
comprehensive picture of the planet’s animals, plants, and habitats and the threats they
face.
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=2356

. R A Houghton et al 2007. Mapping Russian forest biomass with data from

satellites and forest inventories. Environ. Res. Lett. 2 045032.
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/2/4/045032

. C. Perkins, Mapping, Philosophy, In: Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift, Editor(s)-in-Chief,
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Elsevier, Oxford, 2009, Pages 385-
397, ISBN 978-0-08-044910-4, DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00058-4.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B9BWK-4WNFN11-
KK/2/b436263a47c09f8086e3f257a9f16b30)

. Map of the Investigation of the Asiatic Part of the USSR for Hydrogeological
Purposes in 1932. Date Created: 1932. (Original title: Karta Issledovannosti Aziatskoi
Chasti SSSR v Gidrogeologicheskom Otnoshenii 1932 g.) Publication Information.
Central Scientific-Research Geological-Prospecting Institute.
http://www.wdl.org/en/item/124/?ql=eng&tc=5&view_type=gallery

. Goetz, S. J., M. Sun, A. Baccini, and P.S.A. Beck. 2010. Synergistic use of space-
borne LiDAR and optical imagery for assessing forest disturbance: An Alaska
case study. Journal of Geophysical Research 115:G00E07.
doi:10.1029/2008JG000898.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2008JG000898.shtml

. Varlyguin, D., R. Wright, S. J. Goetz, and S. D. Prince. 2001. Advances in land

cover classification for applications research: a case study for the mid-Atlantic.
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, St. Louis, MO, 7 pages.
http://www.whrc.org/resources/published_literature/pdf/VarlyguinASPRS.01.pdf

CLIMATE CHANGE/CARBON

. Case Study: Opportunities for Carbon Forestry Activities in France. CDC Climat
Recherche in Paris has published a report identifying the opportunities for carbon
forestry activities accessing the voluntary carbon market.
http://www.2degreesnetwork.com/activities/event/case-study-opportunities-for-carbon-
forestry-activities-in-france-2010-6-3

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. Forests and Society – Responding to Global Drivers of Change – This new book
will be launched at the XXIII IUFRO World Congress 2010 and b) the production and
distribution of regional policy briefs. The IUFRO World Forests, Society and
Environment network has recently published policy briefs on Europe, Latin America and
Sub-Saharan Africa. Contents:
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/5525/133/wfse-forests-and-society-contents.doc/

. Lead author: Mirjam Macchi, Contributing authors: Gonzalo Oviedo, Sarah Gotheil,
Katharine Cross,Agni Boedhihartono, Caterina Wolfangel, Matthew Howell. Indigenous
and Traditional Peoples and Climate Change – Issues Paper. Published by IUCN.
March 2008.
http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/iucn_indigenous_peoples_and_climate_change_sum
mary_2008.pdf

INVENTORY/MONITORING

. Campbell, Sally; Waddell, Karen; Gray, Andrew. Washington’s forest resources,

2002–2006: five-year Forest Inventory and Analysis report. Date: 2010. Source:
Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-800. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 189 p. Station ID: GTR-PNW-800.
http://www.linkedin.com/news?
actionBar=&aIdx=1&articleID=130917555&aogid=131054249&gid=2304033&gid=23040
33&srchType=nws&srchCat=WOTC&trk=news_brkout&goback=.nvr_2304033_1

. A first estimation of above ground woody biomass in Africa using satellite

imagery and forest inventories.
http://www.whrc.org/africa/carbonmap2000.htm

. J K Shuman and H H Shugart. Evaluating the sensitivity of Eurasian forest

biomass to climate change using a dynamic vegetation model. 2009 Environ. Res.
Lett. 4 045024 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045024.
http://iopscience.iop.org/search?
searchType=fullText&fieldedquery=forest+inventory&f=titleabs&time=all&issn=&submit=
Quick+search&navsubmit=Quick+search

. E P Gordov and E A Vaganov. Siberia Integrated Regional Study:

multidisciplinary investigations of the dynamic relationship between the Siberian
environment and global climate change. 2010 Environ. Res. Lett. 5 015007 doi:
10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/015007.
http://iopscience.iop.org/search?
searchType=fullText&fieldedquery=monitoring&f=titleabs&time=all&issn=1748-
9326&submit=Quick+search&navsubmit=Quick+search

. Jacek Borowski (et al.). Investigation results of the photographic method of tree
increment evaluation using computer program DENDRO. (In Polish: Wyniki badań

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nad fotograficzną metodą pomiaru przyrostów drzew z zastosowaniem komputerowego
programu DENDRO.) Rocznik Dendrologiczny. Vol. 53, 2005.
http://ptb.ib-pan.krakow.pl/Roczn_Dendrol/artykuly/vol53/borowski.pdf

MISCELLANEOUS

. Oil rig in a forest – Responsibility in Practice. Filed under: Foreign Policy,

Government, International Relations by Jonas Rey on Friday, 21 May 2010.
http://isnblog.ethz.ch/international-relations/responsibility-in-practice#respond

REMOTE SENSING/GIS

. Anderson, M.G., Ferree, C.E., Olivero, A.P., and Zhao, F. 2010. Assessing
floodplain forests: using flow modeling and remote sensing to determine the best
places for conservation. Natural Areas Journal. 30(1):39-52.
http://gisandscience.com/2010/05/18/assessing-floodplain-forests-using-flow-modeling-
and-remote-sensing-to-determine-the-best-places-for-conservation/

M. Tischler, M. Garcia, C. Peters-Lidard, M.S. Moran, S. Miller, D. Thoma, S. Kumar,

and J. Geiger. A GIS framework for surface-layer soil moisture estimation
combining satellite radar measurements and land surface modeling with soil
physical property estimation. Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 22, Issue
6, June 2007, Pages 891-898, ISSN 1364-8152, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.05.022.
http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=gisandscience.wordpress.com&url=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2FB6VHC-4KJ755X-
1%2F2%2Fbac99a78606edebd0bb98086938c2c41&sref=http%3A%2F
%2Fgisandscience.com%2Fresources%2Flinking-gis-with-models-a-bibliography%2F

. Yaw A. Twumasi. Park Management in Ghana Using Geographic Information

Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Technology. Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press:
Lewiston, 2005. ISBN 0773459901 (Hard cover).
http://gisdevelopment.net/magazine/africa/2006/oct-dec/23.htm

. Marcus Borengasser, William S. Hungate, Russell Watkins. Hyperspectral Remote

Sensing: Principles and Applications. Cat. #: L1654. ISBN: 9781566706544.
Publication Date: December 13, 2007.
http://www.crcpress.com/utility_search/search_results.jsf?conversationId=181887

. Dr. Graciela Metternicht and Dr. Alfred Zinck. Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization:
Impact on Land Management. Cat. #: 65025. ISBN: 9781420065022. Publication
Date: December 12, 2008.
http://www.crcpress.com/utility_search/search_results.jsf?conversationId=181887

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RESOURCE ANALYSIS/MODELING

. Cerezo, A., Perelman, S., and Robbins, C.S. 2010. Landscape-level impact of
tropical forest loss and fragmentation on bird occurrence in eastern Guatemala.
Ecological Modeling. 221:512-526.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBS-4XVPFRT-
1&_user=10&_coverDate=02%2F10%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sor
t=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1343359331&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C0
00050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=742e0d0a2cd260d1a76a75bf
8e088b91

. George Miliaresis, Nikos Sabatakakis and George Koukis. Terrain Pattern

Recognition and Spatial Decision Making for Regional Slope Stability Studies.
Natural Resources Research. Publisher: Springer Netherlands. ISSN 1520-7439
(Print) 1573-8981 (Online).
http://www.springerlink.com/content/lm55103463270u51/?
p=70002ba901d24fe0924c7d9666e4c594&pi=1

. George Ch. Miliaresis and Andreas Tsatsaris. Thermal terrain modeling of spatial
objects, a tool for environmental and climatic change assessment. Springer
Netherlands. ISSN: 0167-6369 (Print) 1573-2959 (Online). Volume 164, Numbers 1-4 /
May, 2010.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/cw87p06207t25467/

. Mike Gillman. An Introduction to Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution:

Time and Space, 2nd Edition. ISBN: 978-1-4051-7515-9. Paperback. 168 pages. May
2009, Wiley-Blackwell.
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140517515X.html

. Comparing Modeling Approaches. Woods Hole Research Center.

http://www.whrc.org/midatlantic/modeling_change/modeling_approaches.old.htm

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

. Mary E. Power, F. Stuart Chapin III (2010) Planetary Stewardship, with an

Introduction from the Editor-in-Chief. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America: Vol.
91, No. 2, pp. 143-175.
doi: 10.1890/0012-9623-91.2.143.
http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/0012-9623-91.2.143

. Robert L Deal (Author), Rachel White (Author), Gary Benson (Author) - Sustainable
Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy. (Hardcover).
307 pages. Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (July 5, 2007). Language: English. ISBN-
10: 1560221658. ISBN-13: 978-1560221654.

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http://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Forestry-Management-Production-
Economy/dp/1560221658%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIQO4I7RVGMV2E5CA%26tag
%3Dmyblo030-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative
%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1560221658

. Robert T. Perry. The moist tropical forest: its conversion and protection. The
Environmentalist. Volume 2, Issue 2, Summer 1982, Pages 117-132.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7P6N-4F20033-
D4&_user=10&_origUdi=B6VJ1-3WJG204-
6N&_fmt=high&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F1982&_rdoc=1&_orig=article&_acct=C00005
0221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=2ab6fd3fb9e17f22c1be493c36c12
a9b#implicit0

CAPTURED ON VIDEO
Download videos from the web or from the sources provided.

. International Day of Biodiversity, see:

http://www.biodiversity-day.info/bday2010-video.html

YOU'RE INVITED!
For a more complete listing of upcoming inventory and monitoring related meetings,
see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/infomeets/
http://www.agnic.org/mtg/index.html
http://www.asprs.org/asprs/meetings/calendar.html
http://www.conferencealerts.com/
http://www.efi.int/events
http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/events/event_calendar/
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/resource/frames/agenda.html
http://www.fao.org/forestry/for/forc/free/education/courses.asp
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar-of-meetings/
http://www.safnet.org/meetings/index.cfm
www.conferencealerts.com

. 26 May 2010. World Resource Institute Briefing on New Initiative to Curb Illegal
Wood Trade. World Resources Institute. 10 G Street NE Suite 800, Washington, DC
20002. Live Webcast: http://www.wri.org/news/webcasts. Email questions to Camilo
Ramirez at cramirez@wri.org

. 7-8 June, 2010. Forest-People Interaction, organised by Institute of Forestry, Nepal.

http://www.forestrynepal.org/event/4398

. 28 June-2 July 2010 – 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference. New Session

Added: Post-. Copenhagen: Delivering REDD+. For more details on the conference, go

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to:
http://www.cfc2010.org/index.html

. 21-22 June 2010. Second Open source GIS UK Conference. CGS, University of
Nottingham, UK.
http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Eosgis10/gvsig.pdf

. 6-9 July, 2010. The Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg (GI_Forum) at the University of
Salzburg, Austria.
http://www.gi-forum.org/

. 28 July 2010 - The Dive GIS summer course will celebrate its 5th anniversary in
2010! The 5th edition of the course will be held from the 28th of July to the 7th of August
in Crotone at the Capo Rizzuto Marine Protected Area. Enrollment deadline is May 31st!
Go to:
www.mappamondogis.it/divegis.htm or write an email to info@mappamondogis.com

. August 9-13, 2010. Northern Primeval Forests: Ecology, Conservation and

Management PRIFOR 2010 conference, Sundsvall, Sweden. Julia Rauchfuss, Dept of
Natural Sciences, Engineering & Mathematics, Mid Sweden University. 851 70
Sundsvall, Sweden. Email & web site:
julia.rauchfuss@miun.se
www.prifor2010.org

. 23-28 August 2010. XXIII IUFRO World Congress "Forests for the Future:
Sustaining Society and the Environment", Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Invitation: http://www.iufro.org/auth/events/congresses/world-congress-2010/
1st Announcement: http://www.iufro2010.com/text/upload/1st_Announcement.pdf

. Forestry Information Session - At the World Forestry Congress there will be a

session on “The evolving role of information specialists in today’s rapidly changing
world: are libraries still relevant?” Visit: http://www.cfm2009.org/
Contact: vanda.ferreira(at)fao.org

. 9-11 June, 2010. Conference on Forest Ecosystem Genomics and Adaptation. A

call for abstracts is NOW OPEN for the scientific conference on 'Forest ecosystem
genomics and adaptation', organized by the EVOLTREE Network of Excellence
(www.evoltree.org). San Lorenzo de El Escorial
(Madrid), Spain. Website:
www.ecosystemgenomics2010.fgua.es

. June and July dates 2010. The Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic
Information Science announces the 8th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic
Information Science. To be held at the following locations:
14-18 Florence (Firenze), Italy
Interfacing social and environmental modeling

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and
4-10 July 2010. Las Navas, Spain
20th Anniversary Meeting on Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic
Space
http://vespucci.org/presentation

. 28 June – 1 July, 2010. International Workshop on Collective Action, Property

Rights, and Conflict in Natural Resources Management. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
http://www.mailprosx.com/mp/link.php?M=115574&N=1119&L=4335&F=H

. 28 June – 2 Jul 2010. 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference. Edinburgh,

Scotland, UK. Organized by the British Forestry Commission. Contact: cfcc(at)in-
conference.org.uk
http://www.cfc2010.org

. July 20-23, 2010. Accuracy 2010. International Spatial Accuracy Research

Association (ISARA). Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment
in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Leicester, UK.
http://www.accuracy2010.org/

. 2-13 August 2010. Short courses for technical personnel: Collecting and
processing forest inventory data. Dili (Democratic Republic of East-Timor).
http://www.cifap.utad.pt/timor10-1st-announcement.pdf

. 23-28 August, 2010. – Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the
Environment. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
http://www.iufro2010.com/

. 3 - 6 SEPTEMBER, 2010. International Conference in Landscape Ecology.

Organized by CZ-IALE Brno – Prague, Czech Republic. "Landscape structures,
functions and management: response to global ecological change". Details are available
at:
http://www.iale.cz/en/downloads/ICLE10_1ozn.pdf

. 7-9 September 2010 – ForestSat 2010 - organized by the Laboratorio do Territorio

(LaboraTe), a research and teaching group at the University of Santiago de Compostela
(USC), which incorporates teachers and researchers from diverse areas of knowledge.
The event will take place at the USC university campus in city of Lugo (Galicia, Spain).
http://forestsat2010.usc.es/en/index.html

16-18 September. SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS. International aerial archaeology

conference. AARG 2010 Bucharest. Address for conference correspondence: Dave
Cowley, RCAHMS, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh, EH8 9NX, Scotland. Email
dave.cowley@rcahms.gov.uk
Conference website - http://aarg2010.cimec.ro/

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. 20-14 September 2010 - Structures and Processes of the Initial Ecosystem
Development. Cottbus, Germany. IUFRO 1.06.00.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10600/

http://lsb-server.umwelt.tu-cottbus.de/MYRES_2010/myres4/index.html

. 27 September-1 October 2010. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing,

to be held in Valencia, Spain, from. For further information please visit the website at
http://ipl.uv.es/raqrs

. 30 September-2 October 2010. Workshop: Value of Geoinformation 2010,

Hamburg, Germany. First announcement. Call for extended abstracts. Further
information, contact Alenka Poplin.
alenka.poplin@hcu-hamburg.de

. 3-6 October, 2010. An International Workshop on "Electromagnetic Signals

Associated with Earthquakes and Volcanoes" will be held on the campus of
Chapman University, Orange, California. Please visit:
http://sites.google.com/site/emsev2010/

. 18-20 October 2010. Opportunities and Risks for Douglas-Fir in a Changing

Climate. Freiburg, Germany. IUFRO 1.01.00. Contact: Kaisu Makkonen-Spiecker,
kaisu.makkonen-spiecker(at)forst.bwl.de.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/activities/

. 19-21 October 2010. IX Seminar on Remote Sensing and GIS applied to Forestry.
Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil. IUFRO 4.02.05
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40205/
Contact: Tomasz Zawila-Niedzwiecki, tzawila(at)ibles.waw.pl
http://www.9seminarioflorestal.com.br/home/

. 23-25 November 2010. International Conference on Forestry Education and

Research for the Asia-Pacific Region. Manila, Philippines.
http://worldagroforestry.org/sea/ph/node/110

. 29 November to 03 December 2010. The Fifth Session of the International

Conference Geotunis 2010. The use of GIS and remote sensing for sustainable
development. Tunisia.
http://www.geotunis.org/

. 14-17 February, 2011. 16th Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference.

Charleston, SC www.ncsu.edu/feop/BSSRC

. 10-15 April 2011. ISRSE 2011 - Abstract Submission Now Open. 34th International
Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. Sydney convention and Exhibition

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Centre. The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring. Email:
isrse34@arinex.com.au

. 15-19 March 2011. 3rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties
(FESP 2011), to be held in Guimarães, Portugal. Contact
fespiii@gmail.com

WHILE SURFING THE WEB…INTERESTING LINKS

For a complete listing of links go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forest_information_update/

. Nature Observances: Thrushes of North America

http://forestal-plantedtanks.blogspot.com/2010/04/wood-thrush.html

. New interactive database on indicators of sustainable forest management in

Europe (UNECE, FAO), New interactive database on indicators of sustainable forest
management in Europe at
http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/Dialog/

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