Forest Information Update (FIU) is a free weekly email newsletter sent to people interested in the inventorying and monitoring of natural resources.  FIU is produced by Forest Information Services (http://home.att.net/~gklund/) and is supported by organizations, agencies and individuals working in the natural resources field.  Currently FIU is sent to about 3500 email addresses world-wide. Many of these recipients forward FIU to their own mailing lists. To subscribe or sponsor, contact me at gklund@worldnet.att.net. Thanks Gyde

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CONFERENCE CANCELLED: "Forest Inventory as a Business Management Tool"  The SAF A-1 (Inventory) Working Group regrets to announce that the conference,  scheduled for July 23 -26 in Minneapolis, has been cancelled. Initial response to the topic was strong, but the call for papers did not generate sufficient response to make a successful meeting at this time -David C. Hamlin

RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR SPOT MECHANICAL SOIL / SITE PREPARATION - Tim Van Horlick  is looking for Forest Economists needing a project for a thesis. Tim wishes to evaluate site preparation  devises such as the VH Mulcher (http://www.vhmulcher.com ) to determine if they improve seedling survival and growth, reduced environmental impact / risk as compared to numerous present  common methods and provide a means of cultivation for steeper slopes and sensitive sites. A huge diverse number of sites have been treated with little formal research. Much of the secondary benefits of this treatment are hypothetical and very difficult to assign a monetary value to when achieved. Tim will make his existing data available to anyone upon request. For more information, please contact Tim at tim@vhmulcher.com

SLOPE STABLIZATION URLS SOUGHT - Thanasis Karathanasis writes, "I am working on a small project on slope stabilisation through planting and I do not seem to have enough info in my database. Are there any of you people involved in similar projects that could help me by mailing me a few wed addresses either of universities/ institutes or private companies where I could get more info on materials and principles on such projects?" If you can help, please contact Thanasis directly at  Municipality of Georgioupolis, Planning and Environment,124, P. Kountourioti Rd Rethymno, Crete, GR-741 00  Hellas/Greece Tel: 0030 825 61793-4 Fax: 0030 831 26353. Email: blacky@otenet.gr

LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT QUESTION - Tom Haswell writes, " Does anyone know of a forest landscape management effort for combined economic and ecological objectives involving multiple ownerships (private and public mix)?  Any leads appreciated.  I know of some US federal and some US state landscapes with such goals, but no mixed ownerships."  If you can assist, please contact Tom directly at: wthaswell@proaxis.com

POST-DOC POSITION SOUGHT - George Goroyias writes, "I am looking for a post doc in wood science. My PhD is related with wood based Panels preservation technologies including some work on heat treatment stabilization." If you know of any opportunities, please contact George directly at University of Wales Bangor, School of Agriculture and Forest Science, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK. Email: afp071@bangor.ac.uk

FORESTER/NATURAL RESOURCES ECONOMIST - Tropical forest plantation investment feasibility and promotion study. Ghana. 6 months. The objective of this study is to provide technical and management support to the Forest Plantation Development Project FPDP), determine the feasibility of private sector investment, prepare investment and promotion packages for both domestic and external investors and design the corporate framework for the establishment of a private large-scale forest plantation development company. Starts March 2000. Requirements: at least 10 years professional experience. Contact: Personnel Officer, DFS Deutsche Forstservice GmbH, Wittelsbacherstr. 11 D-85622 Feldkirchen (Germany. Tel: + 49 - 89 - 903.88.44; Fax: + 49 - 89 - 903.88.70. Email: dfs@dfs-online.de URL: http://www.dfs-online.de

Anon. 1999. The Proceedings of the 20th Asian Conference for Remote Sensing. 22-25 November 1999. Hong Kong. Available at: http://www.jlgis.cuhk.edu.hk/acrs99/Proceedings/HTML/index2.html

Antrop, Marc. 2000. Background concepts for integrated landscape analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (77)1-2:17-28 http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/2/9/8/index.htt

Borough, Chris; Bourke, Max; Bennett , David. n.d. CO2 Sinks - an opportunity for forest growers? Agribusiness Perspectives http://www.agribusiness.asn.au/agribusinessreview/PerspectivePaperForestsasCO2Sinks.htm

Bosshard,  Andreas. 2000. A methodology and terminology of sustainability assessment and its perspectives for rural planning. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (77)1-2:29-41 http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/2/9/8/index.htt

Brøseth,  H.; Pedersen,  H.C. 2000.  Hunting effort and game vulnerability studies on a small scale: a new technique combining radio-telemetry, GPS and GIS  Journal of Applied Ecology 37(1):182-190

Burke, Vincent J.2000. Landscape Ecology and Species Conservation. Landscape Ecology 15(1): 1-3

Crist, Patrick J. et al. 2000. Assessing land-use impacts on biodiversity using an expert systems tool. Landscape Ecology 15(1): 47-62

Drexhage, M.; Gruber F. 1999. Above- and below-stump relationships for Picea abies: estimating root system biomass from breast-height diameters. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 14(4): 328-333

Fekedulegn, D., Mac Siurtain, M.P. & Colbert, J.J. 1999.   Parameter estimation of nonlinear growth models in forestry   Silva Fennica 33(4): 327–336. Abstract at:  http://www.metla.fi/silvafennica/abs/sa33/sa334327.htm

Ingles, A.W., Musch, A., Qwist-Hoffmann, H. 1999. The Participatory Process for Supporting Collaborative Management of Natural Resources: An Overview. FAO, Rome. 84 pp. To order copies of the PPP Overview, please simply send a request via e-mail to FTPP@fao.org, and include your full mailing address.

Jennings,  Michael D. 2000. Gap analysis: concepts, methods, and recent results. Landscape Ecology 15(1): 5-20

Jones, D.T.; Eggleton,. P. 2000. Sampling termite assemblages in tropical forests: testing a rapid biodiversity assessment  protocol .Journal of Applied Ecology 37(1):191-203

Maguire, Douglas A. et al. 1999.  Predicting branch diameters on second-growth Douglas-fir from tree-level descriptors. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(12):1829-1840 http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/cjfr/x99-147.html

Nigh, Gordon D.; Love, Bobby A. 1999. How well can we select undamaged site trees for estimating site index?   Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(12):1989-1992 http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/cjfr/x99-163.html

Pietz,  Pamela J.; Granfors,  Diane A. 1998. A miniature camera system for studies of grassland passerine nests. Biological Information & Technology Notes. No. 98-011. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center,  8711 37th Street Southeast,  Jamestown, North Dakota 58401 USA. Article at:  http://biology.usgs.gov/news/98-011.htm

Radeloff, V. C. 2000. Periodicity in spatial data and geostatistical models: autocorrelation  between patches. Ecography 23(1):81-91. Abstract at: http://www.oikos.ekol.lu.se/Eco.23.1.abstracts/radeloff2572.html

Stobbelaar, Derk Jan; Mansvelt, Jan Diek van. 2000. The process of landscape evaluation.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (77)1-2:1-15. http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/2/9/8/index.htt

Stoms, David M.2000. GAP management status and regional indicators of threats to biodiversity Landscape Ecology 15(1): 21-33

Theobald, David M., et al. 2000.  Incorporating biological information in local land-use decision making: designing a system for conservation planning. Landscape Ecology 15(1): 35-45

Van Deusen, Paul C. 1999. Modeling trends with annual survey data. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(12):1824-1828 Abstract at: http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/cjfr/x99-142.html

For previous listings of upcoming inventory and monitoring related meetings, see

• http://home.att.net/~gklund/invmeet.html
• http://www.agnic.org/whatsnew/
• http://www.agnic.org/mtg/99k.html
• http://www.forestworld.com/views/events/events_directory/event_mainframe.html and
• calendar of remote sensing/GIS events - http://www.asprs.org/asprs/meetings/calendar.html

21-25 February 2000. Designing Multipurpose Resource Inventories - an International Short Course. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. (Final reminder). Fees are US $ 600, which includes registration, printed and other materials, instructors, certification, health insurance, field day transportation, and coffee breaks. For additional information, contact: Dr. Miguel Caballero Deloya, Head. Area of Environmental Economics and Sociology Research Program, CATIE 7170. Turrialba, Costa Rica. TELFAX: 556 8514. Tel: 556 6431 Ext. 2522. Electronic mail: caballer@catie.ac.cr. See English: URL at http://www.catie.ac.cr/posgrado/cursos/design.htm, Spanish: http://www.catie.ac.cr/posgrado/cursos/diseno.htm

7-8 March 2000. Faster Point Sampling. Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Contact: Dave Waterman. Tel: +1-540-231-5486. Fax: +1-540-231-9886. Email: dmwater@vt.edu.

13 March 2000. Technology for Timber Cruising Seminar. Clinton, North Carolina. USA. Contact: Michael Phelps. Tel: +1-601-856-5119. Fax: +1-601-856-9075. Email: haglofinc@aol.com.  URL: http://www.haglof.se .

13-17 March 2000. Basic Wetland Delineation San Diego, CA, USA. $875. Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039, USA. Email: getinfo@wetlandtraining.com URL: http://www.wetlandtraining.com

15 March 2000. Technology for Timber Cruising Seminar. Asheville, North Carolina. USA. Contact: Michael Phelps. Tel: +1-601-856-5119. Fax: +1-601-856-9075. Email: haglofinc@aol.com.  URL: http://www.haglof.se .

20-24 March 2000. What's it worth? An intensive course on Forest Appraisal. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.  Tuition $795. Contact: Center for Environmental Education, Nicolas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328 USA. Tel: +1-919-613-8082. Fax: +1-919-684-8741. Email: cee@env.duke.edu. URL: http://www.duke.edu/cee.html.

21-24 March 2000. Plant Identification. Orlando, FL, USA. $675 .Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039, USA. Email: getinfo@wetlandtraining.com URL:  http://www.wetlandtraining.com

27-31 March 2000. Interagency wetland training: basic wetland identification and delineation. Gunpowder State Park, Days Cove, Baltimore County, MD, USA. Contact: Jeff Thompson, Tel: +1-410-631-8071
Email: jthompson@mde.state.md.us

10-14 April 2000.  RS - 2000 - USDA Forest Service Eighth Biennial Remote Sensing Applications Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. All are invited. (In my former life, I have attended most of these Forest Service sponsored events. All were excellent. This one in New Mexico promises to be the same -- Gyde). For more information see: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/rs2000/ or contact: Paul Greenfield, USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center, 2222 West 2300 South, Salt Lake City, UT  84119-2020 USA. Tel: +1-801-975-3752  Fax: +1-801-975-3478. Email: pgreenfield/wo_rsac@fs.fed.us

11 April 2000. Technology for timber cruising seminar. Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Technology for Timber Cruising Seminar. Clinton, North Carolina. USA. Contact: Michael Phelps. Tel: +1-601-856-5119. Fax: +1-601-856-9075. Email: haglofinc@aol.com.  URL: http://www.haglof.se .

13 April 2000. Technology for timber cruising seminar. Clinton, South Carolina, USA. Technology for Timber Cruising Seminar. Clinton, North Carolina. USA. Contact: Michael Phelps. Tel: +1-601-856-5119. Fax: +1-601-856-9075. Email: haglofinc@aol.com.  URL: http://www.haglof.se .

25-27 April 2000. Steps Toward Stewardship: Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation Conference. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. See URL: http://www.for.nau.edu/ecorest/conf or contact Brett KenCairn, Tel: +1-520.523.6578. Email: Brett.KenCairn@nau.edu

24 May - 8 June 2000 .International training course "Small-scale Tree and Forest Product Enterprise Development." Pakse, Lao PDR. The course contents are primarily based on the Market Analysis and Development Methodology (MA&D) which is designed specifically to assist tree and forest product entrepreneurs so they may take advantage  of these new marketing opportunities. This course provides middle management professionals with the skills necessary to facilitate the planning and development of small-scale forest enterprises. For more information, contact: Dr. Somsak Sukwong  Email: ftcsss@nontri.ku.ac.th

27-29 September 2000. ERB2000 Conference on Monitoring and Modeling Catchment Water Quantity and Quality. Gent, Belgium. The provisional registration deadline is February 15. More detailed information can be found on: http://neiden.rug.ac.be/erb2000 or contact: erb2000@neiden.rug.ac.be

For listings of previous links see http://home.att.net/~gklund/invlinks.html

Belgium Institute for Forestry and Game Management -  http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be

Greek Forest Research Institute - http://www.fri.gr/index.html

Petrified Forest of Lesvos - http://www.aegean.gr/Petrified_Forest/default.htm

Geologic Terms Illustrated Glossary -  http://www.geology.iastate.edu/new_100/glossary.v2.html

Geoscience Glossary - http://www.scopic.com/glossary.htm

Soils Glossary http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/soils/glossary.html

Soil Science Society of America Glossary   http://www.soils.org/sssagloss/

Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations - http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html

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