The Forestry Corp., specialists in forest inventory, management planning, growth and yield, and wood supply. Professional resource management staff combined with a full complement of database and GIS analysts provide services in resource analysis and modelling, information management and GIS application development supporting forest operations and management. For more information please visit The Forestry Corp. site at http://www.forcorp.com or contact Brian Maier at brian_maier@forcorp.com.Please visit their site. Thank you for your support.
HAVE YOU HEARD? GENERAL
PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE -Proceedings from the "Farming the Forest for Specialty Products" conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in October 1998, is now on sale. Papers included in these proceedings are from nationally known experts and practitioners from both the US and Canada in various aspects of forest farming and/or specialty forest products. Specific topics addressed include: emerging issues in forest farming, financial projections for growing ginseng and golden seal, starting a business selling specialty forest products, medicinal and botanical specialty forest products, handicrafts, specialty woods and floral products, and forest-based food products. A detailed description of the contents of this publication is available on the CINRAM web site at www.cnr.umn.edu/FR/cinram. Copies of the proceedings can be purchased through CINRAM for $25.00. Contact CINRAM at +1-612-624-4296 or send a $25.00 USD check payable to the University of Minnesota to: CINRAM, U of M - 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108-6112 USA.
GLOBAL FOREST WATCH: THE FORESTS ARE ON-LINE - Global Forest Watch, an initiative of the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC, is an international data and mapping network that combines on-the-ground knowledge with digital technology to provide accurate information about the world's forests. Current global forest monitoring is focused largely on tracking estimates of total forest cover and change. Global Forest Watch tracks the development pressures—logging, mining, access and other factors that lead to forest change. On February 29, 2000, Global Forest Watch released its first three reports, An Overview of Logging in Cameroon, A First Look at Logging in Gabon, and Canada's Forests at a Crossroads: An Assessment in the Year 2000. These publications are now available in hard-copy form as well as on the Global Forest Watch Web site, www.globalforestwatch.org,. The Web site also features facts, findings and interactive maps for these three countries, and is vital to Global Forest Watch’s efforts to provide information about forests to a wide audience. The features and content of our Web site will expand over time. Global Forest Watch is currently working with some 70 partners in seven countries to map forest cover and forest development activities (such as logging, mining and road building). Global Forest Watch complements these maps by documenting who is behind these development activities and how these actors measure up vis-à-vis national laws. Our goal is to be operating in 21 countries over the next five years, covering some 80% of the world’s remaining intact, natural forests.
SCIENTIFIC DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
- is the theme of a special issue of Forest Ecology and Management 128(1-2):1-138
edited by Loukas Arvanitis. ISSN 0378-1127. Contact Elsevier
Science, P.O. Box 181, 1000 AD Amsterdam, The Nethelands or view at http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/3/1/0/
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HELP YOURSELF (your company, organization)! - Publicize your company, agency or organization to the world and at the same time help support FIU. Place a small ad in the next issue of FIU. The fees are small and they go to covering the expenses of putting FIU together. If interested, please contact me at gklund@worldnet.att.net . Thanks, Gyde
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, FOREST WATERSHED HYDROLOGY - The Forest Engineering Department at Oregon State University seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track position in forest watershed hydrology at the Assistant Professor level. A PhD in forest or watershed hydrology, watershed science or similar concentration is required; candidates are expected to have a solid, quantitative foundation in the physical sciences as well as background in geochemistry, water quality or biological science. This is a full-time (12-month) position involving about two-thirds research and one-third teaching, with salary dependent upon qualifications. For further information, see http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/fe/ or contact the Department at +1-541-737-4952 or Rayetta.Beall@orst.edu. Applications should include a letter summarizing interest and qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, university transcripts, a sample of publications, and names and contact information for three references. For full consideration, apply by May 12, 2000; position will remain open until filled. Applications should be sent to: Steven D. Tesch, Head, Forest Engineering Dept., Oregon State University, Peavy Hall 215, Corvallis 97331-5706 USA.
SUPER CAREER OPPORTUNITY - Champion International Corporation
seeks an individual to fill a Senior Programmer position in Jacksonville,
Florida, USA. SKILLS DESIRED: Knowledge of GIS principles and practices,
primarily as they are applied to forest management; SQL scripting; data
base design, administration and maintenance procedures; report generation;
data base connectivity (ODBC, ADO). PLATFORM: Oracle and Intergraph
preferred, but not required. Experience in Visual Basic a plus. DEGREE:
MS, Computer Science, Natural Resource or related field. JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Forest Products Research and Development group is seeking an individual
to join the Forestry Information Systems Team. Our mission is to
create and support the most effective decision support tools available
to any forest management organization. Primary responsibilities for the
individual we seek include all aspects of GIS data base development, maintenance,
reporting and performance for Champion's seven forest regions and two subsidiaries
located in Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Washington. This individual will also lead Champion in the transition
to Oracle Spatial Data Cartridge in the near-term. It is essential
that the individual be able to Function well in a team environment. Send
letter of intent, resume, salary requirements, and a list of references
to: Dr. J. L. Smith, Champion International Corporation, 9485 Regency Square
Blvd. Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32225 USA. Email: smithjl@champint.com,
Fax: +1-904-727-1112; Voice: +1-904-727-1158.
HAVE YOU READ? PUBLICATIONS
Obtain from your local library or from the sources provided. For listing of publications from previous FIUs see http://home.att.net/~gklund/invpub.html .
Anon. n.d. Satellite imagery - an objective guide. IGBP Secretariat, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Box 50005, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46-8-16-64-48. Fax: +46-8-16-64-05. Email: sec@igbp.kva.se.
Anon. 2000. Specialty Conference on Rangeland Management and Water Resources, Reno, Nevada, May 27-29, 1998 On-line Proceedings http://www.awra.org/proceedings/reno98/index.html
Ausubel, J. 1999. Five worthy ways to spend large amounts of money for research on environment and resources. The Bridge 29(3):4-16.
Cheng, Philip, et al. 2000. Unlocking the potential for Landsat 7 data. Earth Observation Magazine 9(2):28-31. www.eomonline.com
Cao, Q.V. 2000. Prediction of Annual Diameter Growth and Survival for Individual Trees from Periodic Measurements. FOR. SCI. 46(1):127-131. Abstract at: http://www.safnet.org/pubs/forscience/index.html
De Jong, D.J. 1999. New ways to monitor vegetation. Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS) 47. 4 p. Programme Bureau, Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS), P.O. Box 5023, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-15-2691111. Fax: +31-15-2618962. Email: p.b.bcrs@mdi.rws.minvenw.nl URL: http://www.minvenw.nl/rws/mdi/bcrs.
DeFries, R.S.; et al. 1999. Continuous fields of vegetation characteristics at a global scale at 1-km resolution. Journal of Geophysical Research 104(D14):16,911-16,923.
Ebrahim, Kas. 2000. Viewing geospatial database acquisition as an investment. Earth Observation Magazine 9(2):32-34. www.eomonline.com
Holmgren, P.; Thuresson, T. 1998. Satellite remote sensing for forestry planning: a review. Scand. J. For. Res. 13:90-110.
Hong, S. He, et al. 1998. Integration of GIS data and classified satellite imagery for regional forest assessment. Ecological Applications 8(4):1072-1083.
Kleinn, Christoph; Davis, Robert. 2000. Memoria del Taller Sobre el Programa de Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales en Once Países Latinoamericanos. 17-21 May 1999. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Documento de Trabajo 10. FAO, Rome, Italy. 193 p. Contact: Departamento de Montes, UN FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. Fax: +39-6-5225-5137. Email: fra@fao.org
Nobbe, E. 2000. Monitoring forests from space. Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS) 52. 4 p. Programme Bureau, Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS), P.O. Box 5023, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-15-2691111. Fax: +31-15-2618962. Email: p.b.bcrs@mdi.rws.minvenw.nl URL: http://www.minvenw.nl/rws/mdi/bcrs.
Ocampo, R.: et al. (eds.) 1997. Productos no maderables del bosque en Baja Talamanca, Costa Rica. CATIE-CIFOR, ASACODE, Herbario Nacional de Costa Rica. 118 p.
Olsen, Anthony R.; Schreuder, H.T. 1997. Perspectives on large-scale natural resource surveys when cause-effect is a potential issue. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 4:167-180.
Reynolds, K.M. 1999. EMDS Users Guide (Version 2.0): Knowledge-Based Decision Support for Ecological Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-470. 63 p. USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, PO Box 3890, Portland, OR 97208 USA.
Robertson, K.A.; Schlamadinger, B. eds. 2000. Bioenergy for mitigation of CO2 emissions: the power, transportation, and industrial sectors. Proceedings of the Workshop. 27-30 September 1999. Gatlingburg, TN, USA. IEA Bioenergy Task 25. Medienfabrik Graz, Steiermärkishe Landesdruckerei GmbH, Hofgasse 15, A-8010 Graz, Austria. 165 p.
Robles, G. et al. 1999. La etnobotánica como una herramienta para orientar la diversificación del manejo sostenible de los bosques tropicales: el caso Teribe. In: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza. Actas de la IV Semana Cientifica. Logros de la investigación para nuevo milenio. Turrialba, Costa Rica. 6-9 April 1999. : 317-320.
Schmidt, A.M.; Koosterman, E.H. 1999. Remote sensing solves natural jig-saw puzzle more quickly. Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS) 48. 4 p. Programme Bureau, Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS), P.O. Box 5023, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-15-2691111. Fax: +31-15-2618962. Email: p.b.bcrs@mdi.rws.minvenw.nl URL: http://www.minvenw.nl/rws/mdi/bcrs.
Schreuder, H.T.; Gregoire, T.G. 2000. For what applications can probability and non-probability sampling be used? Environ. Monitoring and Application 1-11.
Schreuder, H.T.; Alegria, J. 1998. Data estimation and prediction for natural resources public data. Res. Note RM-Rn-2. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 West Prospect Road, Ft. Collins, CO 80526 USA.
Schwartz, M. W. et al. 2000. Linking biodiversity to ecosystem function: implications for conservation ecology. Oecologia 122(3):297-305. URL http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00442/bibs/0122003/01220297.htm
Ståhl, G. et al. 2000. Guided Transect Sampling for Assessing Sparse Populations. For. Sci. 46(1):108-115. Abstract at: http://www.safnet.org/pubs/forscience/index.html
USDA Forest Service. 1998. Implementation of Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Management. EM-7140-28. USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center, 2222 W 2300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84119 USA. 48 p.
van Vuuren, M.; Kappelle, M. 1998. Biodiversity and global climate
change: a programming study. Rijksherbarium, Houtus Botanicus,
Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. Contact: Dutch National Research
Programme, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Tilthoven,
The Netherlands. Tel + 31-30-274-2970. URL: http://www.nop.nl.
YOU'RE INVITED!... MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
For previous listings of upcoming inventory and monitoring related meetings, see:
15 March 2000. Protecting cranes in Russia and other parts
of the world. Seminar. Washington, DC. Dr. Sergei M. Smirenski,
Presenter. 11:30-13:30, USDA Forest Service, Suite 5500W, 1099 14th Street,
NW.
Contact: Ron Ingram - Tel: +1-202-273-4737
22-24 March 2000. GPS. Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA, Contact: Susan. Tel: +1-662-325-2655. Fax: +1-662-325-8726. Email: sandra@cfr.msstate.edu. URL: www.cfr.msstate.edu
6-8 April 2000. NTFP - National Policies Ecology, Economy, & Culture. Washington, DC. $110 Registration. Contact: Will Price, Pinchot Institute for Conservation, 1616 P. Street NW, Suite 1999, Washington, DC 20034 USA. Tel: +202-797-6578. Email: willprice@pinchot.org.
1-2 May 2000. GPS/GIS Level 2 Seminar. Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Contact: Joshua Maas, Tel: +1-541-752-5456. Fax: +1-541-752-4117. Email: support@cmtinc.com. URL: www.gps-training.com.
3-5 May 2000. GPS/GIS Level 1 Seminar. Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Contact: Joshua Maas, Tel: +1-541-752-5456. Fax: +1-541-752-4117. Email: support@cmtinc.com. URL: www.gps-training.com.
12-14 May 2000. PlanetWork: Global Ecology and Information Technology. San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: PlanetWork, 1230 Market Street, Suite 517, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA. Tel: +415-436-0123. Fax: +1-415-621-7790. Email: info@planetworkers.com. URL: www.planetworkers.com/planet.html.
18 May 2000. Technology for Timber Cruising Seminar. Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA. Contact: Michael Phelps. Tel: +1-601-856-5119. Fax: +1-601-856-9075. Email: haglofinc@aol.com. URL: www.haglof.se
21-24 May 2000. Environmental Management Information Systesm (EMIS). Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Contact: Information Resources Management Association, 1331 East Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA 17033-1117 USA. Tel: +717-533-8879. Fax: +1-717-533-8661. Email: jtravers@irma-international.org. URL: www-wi.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/irma/emis2000/
22-26 May 2000. Start the 21st Century: Launching the Geospatial Information Age. Washington, DC, USA. Contact: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 210, Bethesda, MD 20814-2160 USA. Email: asprs@asprs.org. URL: www.asprs.org/dc2000.
25 May 2000. Technology for Timber Cruising Seminar. Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA. Contact: Michael Phelps. Tel: +1-601-856-5119. Fax: +1-601-856-9075. Email: haglofinc@aol.com. URL: www.haglof.se
25-27 May 2000. AGILE 2000: 3rd AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science. Helsinki/Espoo, Finland. Contact: Fred Toppen, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Utrecht, PO Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-30-2533887. Fax: +31-30-2523699. Email: f.toppen@geog.uu.nl. URL: www.fgi.fi/agile2000/
6-11 August 2000. Management of Juniper Forests: Looking for Methods, Techniques and Solutions. Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Contact: Mrs. Irina Yunusova, Programme Officer Kyrgyz-Swiss Forestry Support Programme, c/o Forest and Walnut Research Institute, P. O. Box 2011, 720000 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Phone\fax: + 996 312 279634; + 996 312 279057. Email: irina@lesic.elcat.kg
14-24 August 2000. Evaluacion Economica de Tierras: Conceptos, manejo y aplicaciones. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. $1250 USD. Contact: Program de Proyección Externa, Area a capacitación, CATIE 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Tel: +506-556-6021. Fax: +506-556-0176. Email: capacita@catie.ac.cr. URL: http://www.catie.ac.cr.
10-12 October 2000. SOFOR GIS 2000: The 3rd Southern Forestry
GIS Conference. Athens, Georgia, USA. Call for papers open until
1 May 2000. Contact: SoFor GIS 2000, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest
Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2152 USA. Fax: +1-706-542-3342.
Email: soforgis@uga.edu.
WHILE SURFING THE WEB…INTERESTING LINKS
For listings of previous links see http://home.att.net/~gklund/invlinks.html
Join the Global Association of On-line Foresters (GAOF).
See: http://www.foresters.org