• ELECTRONIC DATA SOLUTIONS - specializing in field data collection.  EDS will be hosting seminars this spring in the Pacific Northwest highlighting the new Juniper Systems Allegro Field PC and the DataPlus Application Generator software. For more information, online store, and GPS/GIS technical support visit http://www.geoposition.com  or contact them at elecdata@elecdata.com."

• THE BEN MEADOWS COMPANY, their 500 page forestry product catalog featuring over 9,000 products, is the only tool you need as an outdoor professional!  Their products range from compasses to drip torches, visit their web site to order your free catalog at: http://www.benmeadows.com/international/lang.html or request a copy at export@benmeadows.com.  They ship worldwide and maintain stock in their warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia, USA for fast delivery to your door.

BELATED HAPPY EARTH DAY! - As a way of celebrating Earth Day 2000, Time Magazine has published a special edition. Feature articles include How to Save the Earth and Heroes for the Planet. Check for it at your local news stand or see www.time.com .

NEPAL FORESTERS' ASSOCIATION (NFA) - NFA organized the Forest Science and Technology Exhibition and its 8th General Assembly very successfully from April 11-12, 2000. HRH Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev kindly inaugurated the exhibition and paid auspicious observations of all 45 different installs in the exhibition. In the exhibition inauguration ceremony, welcome speech was delivered by NFA General Secretary Mr. Dhruba Prasad Acharya.  The ceremony was held under the chairmanship of NFA president Dr. Himmat Singh KC. In the second day, the General Assembly as well as Honorary Award Ceremony were also held under the chairmanship of NFA president Dr. Himmat Singh KC. In the honorary award ceremony, Rt. Honorary Dr. Keshar Jung Rayamajhi, Chairman of the Royal Council Standing Committee (Raj Parishad Sthai Samiti) honored to 12 NFA past presidents and founder executive members with shawls and certificates.  He also honored with Life memberships to 51 NFA members, who had crossed 58 years of the age by this Nepali year 2056. In the same occasion, Mr. Mohamma Aftap Alam, Minister of States for Forests and Soil Conservation awarded Ban Devi (Forest Goddess) Prize to Chyaukot Community Users' Group for their outstanding works for Community Forests Conservation and Management.  He also gave Batuk Prasad Upadhyaya Memorial Prize to Mr. Bishnu Prasad Shrestha for outstanding performance in Technical Proficiency Level Examination from Institute of Forestry, Nepal and NFA members' Memorial Prize to Miss Ambika Dhakal for securing the highest marks in Forest Management subject of B. Sc. Forestry Course from Institute of Forestry, Nepal.  Reported by Shyam Sundar Shrestha sss@healthnet.org.np. URL: http://www.geocities.com/nfa_nfa_2000/

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

• SPRUCE-FIR MODELS NEEDED - Thomas Cordonnier writes, "I am a french student. I am working on forest stand dynamics for mountain forests with a spatial model involving regeneration, growth, death processes and perturbations du to the wind (gaps are settled). For the moment, only spruce (Picea abies) belongs to the model. The aim, for the next three years, is to simulate dynamics of mixed-stands, namely spruce-fir forests (french Alps). The stability and the permanence of this association are the main topics of interest. Can you provide me with references?" If you can assist, please contact Thomas at agnesravel@yahoo.com.

• CAROLINA CARBON SEQUESTRATION - Philip Davies writes,"I am trying to determine the average amount of carbon sequestered annually by a given area of Carolinian forest.  I would be grateful for any information that might be available."  Please reply directly to pdavies@erca.org.

• ARE YOU A BAMBOO RESEARCHER? - Jinhe Fu is searching for contacts with bamboo researchers. If you can help, please contact Jinhe, University Goettingen, Institute of Silviculture, Tropical Silviculture,  Buesgenweg 1, 37077 Goettingen, Germany. Tel.: +49-551-393663; Fax: +49-551-394019. E-Mail: jfu@gwdg.de. Homepage: Bamboo Bambus Zhuzi  (http://www.geocities.com/zhuzi.geo/)

• OLD FOREST FRAGMENTS - Yi-ching Lin writes, "I am looking for references on tree mortality patterns, especially edge effects, in old forest fragments (have been fragmented for longer than 50 years).  I had a hard time finding the references.  It seemed to me that most current literature focusing on more recently fragmented forests (<25 years).  If you know any references (or researchers) on this topic, I will appreciate your information." I you can assist, please contact Yi-ching at Email: y-lin13@students.uiuc.edu.

• RATTAN RESEARCHERS SOUGHT - From the GAOF list - Okwen tenhoh-okwen writes, "I am searching for contacst with rattan researchers." If you are working in this field please contact Okwen, POB 3205, Messa. Yaounde. Email okwen75@usa.net.

• VOLUME PROBLEMS - From the GAOF list Hasis Abrfik writes, "I am trying to undergo volume approximation of tropical trees using spline program. I have only upper diameters at stump height, DBH, mid diameter and upper diameter. I came to find that it will not be possible to undergo the approximation with these data. If anybody has got any suggetion and alternative to this problem, I appreciate." Contact Hasis at fikaduabraham@hotmail.com.

• FORESTS AND GLOBAL WARMING - P R Siyag writes, "I am working on the role of forests in global warming. I would be grateful if information on books/articles/websites relating to these issues can be sent to me:   ---The state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on carbon sequestration  ---The extent of forest areas the world over, and their types  ---The process of global warming vis-a-vis the forest cover of the planet  ---Any national programme/forest policy that incorporates the issue of global warming in management of forests." Please contact Dr. Siyag at  Director, Forestry Training Institute, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur 302 015 . INDIA. Phone: (91) 141-510034, Fax: (91) 141-380496, Email: siyag@jp1.dot.net.in

• QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY RESEARCH SPECIALIST POSITION - Arkansas Forest Resource Center, School of Forest Resources, University of Arkansas-Monticello, USA. Qualifications: Minimum: B.S. in Forestry or related natural resources  discipline; M.S. preferred. The ability to work well with others in an unsupervised setting. background or experience in any, but preferably all, of the following: PCs and application software, SAS and other statistical software, Database management and summarization, and Forest ecosystem measurements, inventory, and/or monitoring. Responsibilities: The Research Specialist will assist Center scientists in research projects relating to growth and yield/statistical modeling, forest ecology, and hydrology.  The successful candidate will be expected to organize, analyze, and summarize a variety of natural resource data, perform literature searches, collaborate on oral and written presentations of research results, and participate in fieldwork when needed.  Some overnight travel will be required. Starting Date: June 1, 2000 or as soon as possible thereafter. Please send cover letter, resume, and a list of three references with phone numbers to the address below.  In the cover letter state why you are interested in the position and highlight course work or experience related to the position description. Review of applications will begin on May 15th. Dr. Hal O. Liechty, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, University of Arkansas at Monticello, P.O. Box 3468, Monticello, AR 71656-3468 USA. Tel: +1-870-460-1452, Fax: +1-870-460-1092. Email: Liechty@uamont.edu

• LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST - USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC. The selected individual will assist in developing and managing cooperative natural resource activities with the Forest Service and their partners in the Latin America region, particularly Mexico and Brazil. The position is a full-time term position not-to-exceed 4 years.  It is being advertised until May 16, 2000.    Candidates need to have demonstrated skills and experience working with natural resource issues in the region and fluency in Spanish.   For the complete vacancy announcement, please see the U.S. Government Jobs website: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/TF6298.HTM If you need additional information or have questions, please contact Jan Engert, tel: +1-202-273-4752 or Scott Lampman, tel: +1-202-501-2602.

• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SOUGHT - From the FOREST list, The USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA is seeking applicants for the position of Assistant Director for Wood Products Research.  Applicants may qualify under any of eight occupational categories: economist, biologist, plant pathologist, forester, forest products technologist, general engineer, chemist, or mathematical statistician.  See web site http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/CH0237.HTM for more information.  Applications are due May 19, 2000.

• MICROSOFT WINDOWS APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER - From the Interamerican Resources Management Newsletter 22 April, 2000 - El Programa Manejo de Tierras/ SIG (CIAT)  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical is seeking to appoint a Windows Application Developer to work on the design and implementation of a number of scientific analysis packages, GIS applications and decision support tools. These interface novel scientific analysis techniques with extensive climate and geographic databases. FloraMap* is one of the applications that is being developed in CIAT for mapping the expected distribution of wild plant, animal, pest or disease from a database of interpolated climate data. MarkSim* is a system for producing stochastically simulated daily weather data from the interpolated climate database. The programmer will also look into the feasibility of implementing stochastic land use models in a user friendly interface. Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, names of three references, salary history and salary expectations to Alejandro Imbach,  Apartado Aereo 67-13, Cali, Colombia. Applications by Fax and Email are acceptable. Fax: +57-2-4450 073, Email to p.jones@cgiar.org

• CONSERVATION PROGRAM ASSISTANT - Also from the Interamerican Resources Management Newsletter 22 April, 2000 - The WWF Colombia Program is looking for a Conservation Program Assistant. This individual will work closely with the Country Director and the Financial and Administrative Director to facilitate and coordinate planning and management of country program projects and activities. The Conservation Program Assistant will contribute to the effective integration of operations and programs, and will work with the technical team to assure the quality and timeliness of project and program reporting, and the preparation of project proposals for funding. Interested candidates should send CV's with a letter of interest to: WWF Colombia Program, Carrera 35 #4A-25, San Fernando, Cali, Colombia. Tel: +57-2-558-2577. Fax: +57-2-558-2588. Email - mchernandez@wwf.org.co

• Amato, Umberto, et al.  2000. Compression of AVHRR images by wavelet packets. Environmental Modelling & Software 15(2):127-138.
• Amoros, Claude et al. 2000. A Vegetation-Based Method for Ecological Diagnosis of Riverine Wetlands. Environmental Management 25(2):211-227. Abstract at: http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00267/bibs/0025002/00250211.html
• Anon. n.d. New Zealand volume tables for logs, trees and forest stands of exotic (mostly conifers) trees grown in (for the most part) planted forests. http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/volume.htm
• Bansal, N. K.; Rijal, K. 2000. Profiting from sunshine - passive solar building in the mountains: collection of papers on national workshops in China, India, Nepal and Pakistan. 284p. ISBN 92-9115-099-1. Price: US$ 20.00 (Developed Countries, US$ 15.00 (Developing Countries, US$ 10.00 (ICIMOD Member Countries). Contact: Nira Gurung-Burathoki, Distribution Officer, ICIMOD, P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Tel: 977-1-525313,536747, Fax: 977-1-524509. E-mail: distri@icimod.org.np. URL: http://www.icimod.org.sg/publications/catalogue/catalind.htm
• Bhan,  S.K. n.d. Remote Sensing & GIS for Natural Resources Mapping and Inventory - http://pages.hotbot.com/edu/geoinformatics/f215.html
• Carlsson, Lars, et al. 1999. Forest Enterprises in Transition - Business Behavior in the Tomsk Forest Sector. IIASA Interim Report (IR-99-010). Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Hard copies available from IIASA, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria or URL www.iiasa.ac.at
• Carlsson, Lars; Olsson, Mats-Olov eds. 1998. Initial Analyses of the Institutional Framework of the Russian Forest Sector. IIASA Interim Report (IR-98-027). Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, June. Hard copies available from IIASA, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria or URL www.iiasa.ac.at
• Coder, Kim D. 1996.  Assessing Various Community Tree and Forest Values with Inventories. http://www.forestry.uga.edu/efr/olddocs/docs/for96-34.html
• Dale V. H. et al. 1999. Ecological Principles and Guidelines for Managing the Use of Land. A report from the Ecological Society of America. Version 28. On line at: http://esa.sdsc.edu/esalanduse.htm
• Heal, Geoffrey. 2000. Valuing Ecosystem Services. Ecosystems 3(1):24-30.
• Heikkonen, Jukka. 1998. Digital image based tree measurement for forest inventory. http://www.hut.fi/Units/ComputationalEng/projects/slides/tree/
• Hyman, Jeffrey B.; Leibowitz ,Scott G. 2000. A General Framework for Prioritizing Land Units for Ecological Protection and Restoration. Environmental Management 25(1):23-35. Abstract at: http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00267/bibs/0025001/00250023.html
• Kasischke, Eric S.; Stocks Brian J. (eds.). 2000. Fire, Climate Change and Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest. Ecological Studies 138, Springer Verlag, 461 pp
• Koutsoyiannis, Demetris. 1999. Broken line smoothing: a simple method for interpolating and smoothing data series. Environmental Modelling & Software 15(2):139-149.
• Latham, Penelope A. et al.  n.d. A Method for Quantifying Vertical Forest Structure. http://www.forestry.umt.edu/people/hzuuring/tstrat.htm
• Lovett, PN; Haq N.  2000. Evidence for anthropic selection of the Sheanut tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). Agroforestry Systems 48(3): 273-288
• Malaeb, Ziad A. et al. 2000. Using structural equation modeling to investigate relationships among ecological variables. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 7(1):91-110.
• Martens,  S. N. et al. 1989. Measurement of tree canopy architecture.http://cstars.ucdavis.edu/papers/sustin/kearney/treearch/paper.html
• Mercey, K.A.; Jayaraman, K. 1999. Predicting the variation in detection function in line transect sampling through random parameter model. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 6(4):341-350.
• Pimentel, David, et al. 1999. Will Limits of the Earth‘s Resources Control Human Numbers? Environment Development and Sustainability 1(1): 19-39.
• Running, Steve. 2000. Why the Earth Observing System matters to all of us. The Earth Observer 12(1):9-10.
• Svirezhev, Yuri M. 1999. Simplest dynamic models of the global vegetation pattern. Ecological Modeling 124(2-3):131-144.
• Swedish Forest Industries Federation. 2000. Modern forestry in Sweden - via satellite, compute and mobile phone. Forestry Chronicle 76(1):25.
• Valentine, Harry T., et al. 2000. Initializing a model stand for process-based projection. Tree Physiology 20(5/6):393–398. http://heronpublishing.com/tree/files/domain/data/contents/vol20.html#20-5/6
• Veech, Joseph A. 2000. A null model for detecting nonrandom patterns of species richness along spatial gradients. Ecology 81(4):1143–1149. Abstract at: http://esa.sdsc.edu/esapubs/Monographs_main.htm
• Wickham,, J.D. et al. 1999. An Integrated Environmental Assessment of the US Mid-Atlantic Region. Environmental Management 24(4):553-560.  Abstract at: http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00267/bibs/24n4p553.html
• Woldu,  Tamrat. 1997. Remote sensing of Biomass Production, Radiation Distributions, and Rainfall Patterns. Senior Thesis Report.  Physics Department. University of Asmara.  http://www.punchdown.org/rvb/remote/tamrat.html
• Young, Anthony. 1999. Is there Really Spare Land? A Critique of Estimates of Available Cultivable Land in Developing Countries. Environment Development and Sustainability 1(1):3-18.
• Zalba, Sergio M. et al.  2000. Using a habitat model to assess the risk of invasion by an exotic plant. Biological Conservation 93(2):203-208

22-25 May 2000. Second Annual Short Course in Spatial Statistical Modeling of Ecosystem Resources and the Environment. Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Due to the nature of the material presented in the course it is recommended that participants have a good background in basic statistics.  A previous basic introduction to S-PLUS would be beneficial as well as knowledge of ARC/INFO and ARCVIEW. Registration/Questions contact: Robin M. Reich. Tel: +1-970-491-6980. Email: robin@cnr.colostate.edu. URL: http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/~robin/course.html

7-8 June 2000. Practical forest inventory. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Registration fee $250.  Contact: NCSU Forestry Educational Outreach Program, Box 8003, Raleigh, NC 27695-8003 USA. Tel: +1-919-515-3184. Fax: 919-515-6883.  URL: www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/feop/.

14-16 June 2000. A Decade of Trans-European Remote Sensing Cooperation. Dresden, Germany. Contact: EARSeL Secretariat, Attn. Mrs. Madeleine Godefroy, 2, avenue Rapp, F-75340 Paris Cedex 07, France. Tel: +33-1-45567360. Fax: +33-1-45567361. Email: earsel@meteo.fr.  URL: http://www-earsel.cma.fr/earsel_events.

21-23 June 2000. Geoinformatics 2000: International conference on geographic information science and technology. Monterey, California, USA. Contact: Dr. Yong Lao; Email: geoim200@monterey.edu. URL: http://www.monterey.edu/geoim2000/.

26-30 June 2000. The Shea Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica): First Regional Conference for Eastern and Central Africa. Lira, Uganda. Workshop Cost: $350 (transport from Kampala, accommodation and meals inclusive) Contact: Eliot Masters, Coordinator, The Shea Project, COVOL Uganda, P.O. Box 833, Lira, Uganda. Tel: +256-(0)473-20151. Email: shea@covol.org. (please include “Shea Conference” in subject line)

15–21 August 2000. 5th International symposium on environmental geotechnology and global sustainable development. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  Contact: Fax:+55-31-238-1793;  URL: http://5ieggsd.eng.ufmg.br

15-21 August 2000. Forest Ecosystems: Ecology, Conservation, and sustainable management. Chengdu, China.   Contact: Dr. Shi Zuomin & Ms. Dong Na, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Wanshoushan, Beijing 100091, China.  Fax:+86-10-62884972;  e-mail: shizm@fee.forestry.ac.cn

20-26 August 2000. 4th  International Symposium on the Tree. Montreal, Québec, Canada.   Contact:   Michel Labrecque:  Fax:+1-514-872-9406. Email: arbre2000@ville.montreal.qc.ca;  Web site: http://www.irbv.umontreal.ca/arbre2000-tree2000

21-25 August 2000.  22nd  Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing. Victoria, B.C., Canada.   Contact:  Fax: +1-613-234-9039;  e-mail: casi@casi.ca

21-26 August 2000. Biodiversity and Dynamics of Ecosystems in Northern Eurasia -with a special Session devoted to forest ecosystems (dynamics and modelling) of Northern Eurasia. Novosibirsk, Russia. See: http://www.bionet.nsc.ru/meeting/bdene2000/

4-6 September 2000. Opportunities for the new Millennium. Cairns, Queensland,  Australia.   Contact: Email: killind@prose.dpi.qld.gov.au. URL: http://www.afg2000.com/

20-24 September 2000. Development and Ageing in Forest Trees. Florence, Italy.   Contact:   Dr. Federico Magnani, CNR – ImGPF, via A. Vannucci, 13, I-50134 Firenze, Italy;   Fax: +1-0039-055-486604;   Email:federico@imgpf.fi.cnr.it

11-12 October 2000. GIS/GPS. Jackson, Mississippi, USA.  Contact: PRÉCEDA Education & Training, PO Box 410, Auburn, AL 36831-0410 USA. Tel: +1-334-821-9222. Fax: +1-334-821-9296. URL: http://www.preceda.com

REMOTE SENSING

• Introduction to Remote Sensing - http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/vfts/oahu/rem_sens_ex/rsex.spectral.1.html
• Open Source Remote Sensing - http://www.remotesensing.org/
• Basics of Remote Sensing from Satellite - http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/arad/fpdt/1_intro/chap1.html

• International Society of Tropical Foresters - www.cof.orst.edu/org/istf
• Ministry of Forestry and Estate Crops Republic of Indonesia - http://mofrinet.cbn.net.id
• Forestry and Estate Crops Research and Development Agency Indonesia - http://www.usim.or.id
• ATROFI-UK  Archive of TROpical Forestry Information - http://www.atrofi-uk.com/
• European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) - http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/
• ETFRN Discussion Group - http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/workshop/forum/frame.html
• Online Population and Environment Linkages Service: New Resources, New Service, New Location - http://popenvironment.org
• NASA's Global Change Master Directory - http://gcmd.nasa.gov - A comprehensive directory about Earth science and global change data.

• AltaVista Translation  - http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/
• InterTran Translators - http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran (has up to 767 language pairs)
• E-Lingo text demo - http://www.worldblaze.com/text_version/text/index.html