FOREST INFORMATION UPDATE NO. 23
17 JULY 2000

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. Back issues of FIU may be found at http://www.foresters.org/fiu/index.htm. Currently FIU is sent to about 4000 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

FIU SPONSOR - This issue of FIU is sponsored in part through the generous support of: Please visit their web sites. Thanks, Gyde

INPUT - This week's input comes from Azlan Adnan, Medini Bhandari, Vladimir Bocharnikov, Nkuutu David, Frank Eichel, Tim Gregoire, Juan Picos, Steve Prisley, Vic Rudis, Thomas J. Stubbing, Willem Van Cotthem, and Paul Van Deusen. Thank you all for sharing your information!
HAVE YOU HEARD?

EARTH OBSERVING SATELLITES INTERNET - NASA is developing a space-based "Sensor Web." The Sensor web is a concept of integrating a constellation of Earth observing satellites into a cohesive network of measurement instruments. Users will have access to any on-orbit sensors and be able to direct and control those sensors in the same manner as we access information on the Internet today.  For more information see http://earth.nasa.gov/nra.

PROFOR - Programme on Forests at the United Nations Development Programme (PROFOR).  PROFOR was established by UNDP in 1997 in response to the proposals for action of the Commission on Sustainable Development’s, Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) to promote sustainable forest management (SFM) and related public and private sector partnerships and thus enhance forests’ contribution to the livelihoods of the poor.  PROFOR’s collaborative work, particularly with Interagency Task Force on Forests (ITFF) members, responds to IPF proposals, specifically number 17, which encourages countries to develop and implement national forest programmes (nfps) and to use nfps as a basis to improve cooperation in the forest sector.  PROFOR operates simultaneously in two spheres: at the country level to assist the development of national strategies for SFM through its contribution to nfp processes - with a particular focus on the development of integrated forest financing strategies; and at the international level to advance the development of policy and financing instruments as elements of national and international strategies to support SFM. PROFOR also contributes to establishing the foundations for forest partnership arrangements as a vehicle to coordinate sectoral support. To find out more about PROFOR login at www.undp.org/seed/forest

FORESTRY AND FOSSIL FUELS. Thomas J. Stubbing writes, "As oil becomes increasingly costly and, in due course, scarce (see http://www.hubbertpeak.com/campbell/commons.htm), you will, I hope, be interested in what was done to overcome scarcity during WW II, see http://www.gengas.nu/byggbes/contents.shtml, in particular the Executive Summary."

WORKSHOP ON LAND USE, LAND-USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY- From the Climate News list - The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has published the results from the workshop on land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), 10-15 July in Poznañ, Poland. The full text may be found at: HTML:  http://www.iisd.ca/vol12/enb12141e.html, PDF:  http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/enb12141e.pdf, and TXT:  http://www.iisd.ca/download/asc/enb12141e.txt

SOIL CONDITIONING TRIAL OFFER - Willem Van Cotthem writes, "We offer to all interested readers the possibility to set up a small trial on a soil conditioning method that we developed at the Botany Department of the Ghent University Belgium).  This "TerraCottem-method" was developed to improve tree survival in arid, semi-arid or subhumid regions.  It consists of mixing a very small quantity of the TerraCottem-compound in the plantpit. TerraCottem consists of more than 20 different substances, belonging to 5 different groups (hydroabsorbant polymers, mineral fertilizers with macro- and micronutirents, organic substances, precursors of growth stimulators and lava).  It stocks a large quantity of water and nutrients around the roots of the young trees, it enhances microbiological activities and stimulates root growth.  Hence, survival rates are significantly higher and overall tree growth is much better. Interested FIU-readers can send me an e-mail to ask for a sample of TerraCottem.  In the meanwhile they can have a look at our websites." Prof. Dr. Willem VAN COTTHEM, President TC-DIALOGUE Foundation, Beeweg 36, B-9080 ZAFFELARE, Belgium. Office Phone + Fax: +32 9 356 72 85. Home Phone + Fax: +32 9 356 86 16. E-mail : vancotthem@tcdialogue.org. WEBSITES ON TERRACOTTEM: www.tcdialogue.org,  www.terracottem.com, www.terravida.com  (in Spanish)

ASIAN ENVIRONMENT AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE WEBSITE - According to Azlan Adnan, this website (http://www.asianenviro.com) is designed for environmental decision makers, consultants and researchers who need to monitor the environmental issues in the region. The site provides: - current and historical news (through our unique, searchable archive collected through the work of our consultants over the last 5 years, - free briefings and special reports on regulatory and legislative developments and corporate best practice, - and events, links and materials relating to the environmental issue in the region.

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OPPORTUNITIES - for additional job listings see:
http://foresters.org/jobs/
http://forestry.about.com/education/forestry/msub14.htm
http://www.safnet.org/market/careercenter.htm
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YOU'RE INVITED!
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http://home.att.net/~gklund/invmeet.html
http://www.agnic.org/mtg/index.html
http://www.asprs.org/asprs/meetings/calendar.html
http://www.forestworld.com/views/events/events_directory/event_mainframe.html
http://www.safnet.org/calendar/coned.htm.

23-25 August 2000. Archaeological training for registered professional foresters and other resource professionals. Redding, California, USA. Contact: Hazel Jackson, Tel: +1-209-293-7323. Fax: +1-209-293-7544. Email: clfa@volcano.net.

17-27 September 2000. First World Forum in Agritourism and Rural Tourism. Perugia, Italy. For more information and to find out about conference registration, please consult the web site: http://www.agr.unipg.it/forum/index.htm.  Registration deadline is August 15, 2000.

18-22 September 2000. Forest Strategy and Policy in the XXI century. Pontevedra, Spain. Many Spanish some European Forest Sector stakeholders, enterprises and authorities will present different points of view about the key aspects of forestry in the first years of the XXI Century. For more information, contact Juan Picos at jpicos@iies.es  or visit www.uimp.es

19-21 September 2000. Transition to the Sustainable Forest Management Strategy in the Russian Far East Ecoregion in the 21 Century. Khabarovsk, Russia. Economic Research Institute, 153 Tikhookeanskaya st., Khabarovsk, 680042 Russia. Tel.: 7-(4212)-35-81-37, 7-(4212)-35-84-22. Fax: 7-(4212)-35-81-10. E-mail: sheingauz@ecrin.khstu.ru or postmaster@ecrin.khstu.ru

17 October 2000. GIS Ireland 2000. GIS & the Environment: Climate Change & Other Impacts. Contact: IRLOGI. Tel: +353-1-6082544. Fax: +353-1-67730721. Email: info@irlogi.ie. URL: http://www.irlogi.ie.

17-18 October 2000. 2nd Annual USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium, Wyndham Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Call for papers. The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA Forest Service is implementing annual forest inventories nationwide.  Papers that advance FIA's mission are sought for presentation at the Second Annual FIA Symposium.  Sessions of invited and contributed papers will be organized around topics such as remote sensing, statistical and inventory estimation, extending and enhancing the use of annual FIA data, and resource reporting. Papers on these topics are particularly sought, but papers on other topics related to annual forest inventories will also be considered. Please send abstracts by August 18, 2000, to: Dr. Greg Reams, Forest Inventory and Analysis, Southern Research Station, 200 Weaver Blvd., P.O. Box 2680, Asheville, NC 28802 USA. e-mail: greams@fs.fed.us

17-19 October 2000. Conference on Long-Term Productivity of Forest Soils. Sponsored by: USDA Forest Service and Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA. Contact: Allan Tiarks, USDA-Forest Service, Pineville LA 71630, USA. Tel: +1-318-473-7204, FAX +1-318-473-7273, E-mail:  atiarks@fs.fed.us . URL: http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/4111/ltsp.htm

26-27 October 2000. 11th Annual Virginia GIS Conference. Richmond, Virginia, USA. Contact: Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions, PO Box 4897, Charlottesville, VA 22905 USDA. Tel: +1-804-982-5538. Email: vapdc@virginia.edu. URL: http://www.institute.virginia.edu/vapdc/gis2000.html.

WHILE SURFING THE WEB…INTERESTING LINKS
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