• FORCE/ROBAK ASSOCIATES LTD. - providing innovative Integrated Forest Management Systems products and design, development and implementation services for clients throughout the world. See our site at http://www.fra.nb.ca/ for information about recent IFMS developments, including tools for multi-objective forest management, optimal operations management and plantation decision support, or contact Ted Robak at ewr@fra.nb.ca.

• THEEQUATOR - “Land around the World” The Internet’s premier property transaction service for timber and farm properties.  With more than 2,300 worldwide listings of timberland and farms worth over $1.8 billion, TheEquator is the largest rural property listing services on the Web.  Enhance your sales prospects by advertising your land or standing timber on TheEquator (www.TheEquator.com).  Inquire about TheEquator’s new Internet auction services (webmaster@TheEquator.com).

• Brett J. Butler - National Woodland Owner Survey Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.  bbutler01@fs.fed.us
• Nophea Kim Phat - Ph.D. Student, Laboratory of Forest Planning, Shinshu University, Japan. Fields of interest: forest management and rural development http://karamatsu.shinshu-u.ac.jp/nougakubu/lab/uozumi/efront.htm
• Tim Peck - Switzerland -  tpeck@worldcom.ch

MANUAL ON ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FOR NATURAL PRODUCTS - From the Mountain Forum - The Enterprise Development for Natural Products ANSAB has recently published a manual “Enterprise Development for Natural Products”. It helps to promote a strategy for natural product enterprise design that contributes to conserve biodiversity and promote social equity. The Manual is available at ANSAB's Business Service Center at Rs. 600 or US$ 10 per copy. 30% discount is available until 31 February 2001. 50% discount is available to Nepali students and community-based organizations. Business Service Center Asia Network for Small-scale Agricultural Bioresources (ANSAB) P.O.Box: 11035, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977-1-497547 Fax: +977-1-487916 E-mail ansab@mos.com.np

BIOMASSGROUP - From the Mountain Forum - A new discussion group on Biomass has been started on eGroups and you are cordially invited to join. The URL is http://www.egroups.com/group/biomassGroup. For more information on subscribing please visit http://www.eGroups.com  homepage and register yourself for very useful electronic discussion.

• BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE  Stephen Nicholson writes., "You recently posted my request for assistance in procuring a binomial nomenclature list that I could adapt for use as a spell check dictionary (see FIU 41, 26 Dec 00). I received several earnest responses. Particularly helpful was Bill Null with the Washington DOT who sent me a Northwest Region plant list put together by one of his colleagues. It was a simple, one-column text list of plant names, Latin and English, and that is all I needed. Thank you for posting my request and thanks to all who responded. I feel, and I hope you do too, that [FIU] not only provides a forum for an exchange of information but actually provides solutions for those in the field of remote sensing."

From Craig Stange (SAF list), "An earlier posting (FIU 41 - 26 DEC) had asked about the existence of a spell check for scientific names.  Scott Peterson of the National Plants Data Center in Baton Rouge, La, says that the creation of a binomial plant name spell check is "on the to-do list for FY-01 from the PLANTS web site." This web site continuously is adding to their plants data base.  It has information that can be used by the practitioner as well as the academic.  When you get a moment browse through this site at http://plants.usda.gov"

• LOGGER ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING - Robin Clark writes, "I am a consultant based in Vancouver, Canada.  I am currently working on a project to examine the feasibility of establishing a provincial training program for loggers and logging contractors which focuses on understanding appropriate environmental standards and measures of performance. In order to achieve this I am researching other, similar initiatives to uncover successes and failures in design and delivery.  I am interested in the curriculum content (environmental), course length, format (classroom, field etc), design and delivery costs, and continuing elements such as measures of performance and further education. Any first hand experience or possible contacts in your country you pass on would be greatly appreciated." You may reach Robin at robin@rbc.bc.ca.

• SEARCH FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATORS IN CLIMATOLOGY - Andrzej Dunajski writes, "We are interdisciplinary scientific group working on relation between climate and vegetation of mountain forest, subalpine and alpine ecosystems in Sudety Mts (SW Poland). We are conducting a partner search for the Participation in the Thematic Programme 4a “ Environment and Sustainable Development” (5th Framework Programme) other mountain systems in Europe. The main objective is valuation and prognosis of the climate change impact on the mountain ecosystems in Europe, with special attention to tree line and subalpine zone. The trends of climate changes, elaborated on the basis of simulation models and period 1850-2050 predicate increase of air temperature - higher in mid-latitude Temperate Zone than in tropics. The increase is greater and more significant for winters. It effects an increase of precipitation and soil moisture during that season but total precipitation decrease with dry warm half-year.  Global changes analysed in various scenarios effect changes of biotope's structures and ecosystems extent.  The most quickly the results will appear in mountain ecosystems.  Poor retention, rapid outflow and increased erosion can be prognosed and giving poor results in the renaturalization processes." For more information please contact Andrzej at dunajski@biol.uni.wroc.pl

• SEEKING FIELD BIOLOGISTS - Gustav W. Verderber writes, "For fifteen years, I have been collaborating with field biologists with a view toward producing informative natural history images and articles for national and international publications.  I am an editorial photographer and writer with credits that include the cover of Natural History.  I am always interested in photographing the unique subjects and rare behaviors that only you know about and in writing about nature for the general public.  If you have a natural history research project that you believe might attract an editor of a consumer publication such as Natural History, National Geographic, Smithsonian, etc. I would like to hear from you." You may reach Gustav at acmaea@together.net.

• KLEINHANS FELLOWSHIP IN NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS - From Scott Miller:  The Rainforest Alliance will be accepting applications for the Kleinhans fellowship until 31 January 2001.  The Kleinhans fellowship supports research into the cultivation, extraction and marketing of tropical nontimber forest products.  The fellowship is restricted to Latin American projects.  For more information about the fellowship please visit the Rainforest Alliance website at: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/research/kleinhans.html.

• TURNER FOUNDATION: FORESTS AND HABITATS GRANTS - From the Mountain Forum - Deadline: 1 March 2001; 1 October 2001. Objective: To defend biodiversity by protecting habitats. Geographic Focus: Internationally, priority consideration will be given to Mexico, Argentina and Russia. USA national programs will be considered, and priority consideration will be given to the states of Alaska, New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Priorities: - To support ecosystem-wide habitat protection with particular emphasis on locally developed strategies for private and public lands. - To support efforts which defend wild places form destructive practices such as mining, logging, and over-grazing. - To support efforts that creates understanding of the relationship between wildlife, habitat protection and long-term economic stability.  - To protect the world's last remaining vast tracts of relatively undisturbed forestlands. (Please note the special geographic focus of Russia, Brazil and Canada for this funding priority.) - To protect forest ecosystems through reducing wood consumption, eliminating waste, and promoting safe, sustainable non-wood alternatives. Grant Application Information available at: http://www.turnerfoundation.org/turner/application.html

• FORESTER - The Maine Forest Service has a vacancy for a service forester in Gray, Maine, USA. This is professional forestry work involved in promoting informed decisions about Maine's forests to a wide variety of audiences. Minimum qualifications are a bachelor's degree in forestry or directly related field and two years field experience involving general forestry.  ONLY U.S. CITIZENS OR GREEN-CARDED ALIENS WILL BE CONSIDERED. Excellent communications skills are a plus. Successful applicant must either be licensed or obtain licensure as a licensed professional forester from the Maine State Board of Licensure for Professional Foresters within one year from date of employment. Salary range as of January 1, 2001 is $28,163-$38,334; value of state-paid health and dental insurance is $191.26 biweekly; value of state's share of employment retirement is 12.28 percent of pay. For more information or to receive application material, contact Debra Phillips, Human Resources Manager, Maine Department of Conservation, #22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022 USA. Tel: +1-207-287-4925; fax +1-207-287-2400; e-mail: deb.phillips@state.me.us .

• NATURAL RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES AT MAKAH INDIAN RESERVATION - from Arnie Browning, Bureau of Indian Affairs. All positions close 23 January 2001. U.S. Citizens.   Indian preference applies.  Send resume to: Personnel Office, Makah Tribal Council, P.O. Box 115, Neah Bay, WA 98357 USA. Direct questions to Dave Sones, Director of Natural Resources, at: +1-360-645-3155; or Mike Haggerty, Habitat Div. Mgr, at: +1-360-645-3151.:
 
FORESTER/ENGINEER. Responsible for forest road engineering & oversight, incl. construct. & rehab/maint. Particular emphasis is placed on engineering ability and understanding of sediment delivery and road stability. REQ: BS in Forest Engr. or equiv. degree, w/ relevant exp. In roads engr./maint. Salary $38-41K DOQ.

FORESTER. Position will plan, layout & direct timber sales & stand treatments, compile & analyze mgmt. data, prepare reports, cruise timber, analyze, direct, and administer timber sale contracts, incl. roads and other forest resource contracts, manage budgets, supervise techs, assist forest engr. and forest mgr. w/ other duties. REQ: BS in Forest Rsrc. Mgmt. or Forest Engr. w/ relevant exp. in silviculture & forest planning. Salary $32K - 35K .

T/F/W BIOLOGIST/GEOLOGIST. Duties incl. develop, cord. & implement research & protection efforts related to timber harvest and adaptive mgmt. provisions of F&F, review forest practice applications, monitor and eval. road maint. plans, work w/ slope failure & harvest data, & develop database of relevant land use factors affecting salmonid populations.  Strong computer skills required, incl. spreadsheet, statistical data analyses, database, word proc. Min. of BS (prefer MS) in ecology, fisheries biology, hydrology or other relevant discipline w/3 yrs exp. Knowledge & exp. In forest hydrology, slope stability, fluvial geomorphology also req. Applicant should be familiar w/ forest rd. const. & timber harvest methods. Salary: $32,300-$39,900, DOQ.

WATER QUALITY SPECIALIST. Position implements Tribal WQ stds. & assists w/habitat protection, assessment, & restoration efforts & development of Resource Mgmt. Plans.  Understanding of Federal law, i.e. the CWA req. Good writing & computer skills req. B.S. in env., phys., or nat. sci., w/2 yrs exp. req.   Salary $32,800+DOQ.

• Agnew, A. D. Q. et al. 2000. Landscape monitoring of semi-arid rangelands in the Kenyan Rift Valley. African Journal of Ecology 38 (4): 277-285.
• Bynum, David Z. 1998.  Assessment and monitoring of anthropogenic disturbance in Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tropical Biodiversity 5(4): http://bioline.bdt.org.br/DBsearch?READ+bioline.tb+3
• Chasek, P.S. 2001. Earth negotiations: analyzing thirty years of environmental diplomacy. Contact: UN University, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan. Tel: +81-3-3499-2811. URL: www.unu.edu.
• Coventry David. 2000. Checklist for Sustainable Landscape Management.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (81)3: 230-231 http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/2/9/8/index.htt
• Ellefson, Paul V. et al. 2001. Monitoring Compliance with BMPs - the Experience of State Forestry Agencies. Journal of Forestry 99(1):11-17. URL: www.saf.org.
• Gregory, P.J.;  Ingram, J.S.I. 2000. Global change and food and forest production: future scientific challenges.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (82)1-3:3-14 http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/2/9/8/index.htt
• Gregory, Peter J.;  Ingram,  John S.I. 2000. Food and forestry: global change and global challenges. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (82)1-3:1-2 http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/2/9/8/index.htt
• Hazell, Peter; Wood, Stanley.  2000. From science to technology adoption: the role of policy research in improving natural resource management.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (82)1-3:385-393. http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/2/9/8/index.htt
• Imhoff, Marc L. et al. 1998. Assessing the Impact of Urban Sprawl on Soil Resources in the United States Using Nighttime "City Lights" Satellite Images and Digital Soils Maps.  http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap3.html
• Kennedy, J.A., et al. 1999. The Canadian Breeding Bird (Mapping) Census Database. Technical Report Series No. 342,  Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario Cat.No.CW69-5/342E-IN. http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/canbird/techrep/english/index_e.htm
• Keßler, P.J.A. ed. 2000. Secondary forest trees of Kalimantan, Indonesia. A manual to 300 species. Tropenbos-Kalimantan Series 3. MOFEC-Tropenbos-Kalimantan Project, Wanariset Samboja, Indonesia. ISSN 1566-6522. ISBN 90-5113-044-9.  Price: NLG 75.--. For further information: the Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Phone +31 317 495501. E-mail: tropenbos@tropenbos.agro.nl
• On, Tran Van et al. 2001. A survey of medicinal plants in BaVi National Park, Vietnam: methodology and implications for conservation and sustainable use. Biological Conservation 97 (3):295-304.
• Sisk, T.D., ed. 1998. Perspectives on the land-use history of North America: a context for understanding our changing environment. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR  1998-0003 (Revised September 1999). 104 pp. Copies of this publication are available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 USA (1-800-553-6847 or 703-478-4650).  http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/

3 February 2001. Wild Harvest Sector Workshop. 0900- 1500. Camp Mitchell, New Castle, Virginia, USA. The workshop is free and open to the public.  Bring $20 to purchase the training video on virtually wild ginseng.  Bring your own lunch.  Please register for the workshop by January 26 by responding to this email (himal@vt.edu) or calling Ann Rogers at +1-540-345-6781 ext. 4359. http://www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu

12-16 February 2001. Basic Wetland Delineation. Houston, Texas, USA. $875. Contact: Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039 USA. getinfo@wetlandtraining.com, URL: http://www.wetlandtraining.com

6-9 March 2001. Plant Identification. Clearwater, Florida, USA. (4 days, $675) Contact: Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039 USA. getinfo@wetlandtraining.com, URL: http://www.wetlandtraining.com

12-16 March 2001. Basic Wetland Delineation. Sacramento, California, USA. $875. Contact: Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039 USA. getinfo@wetlandtraining.com, URL: http://www.wetlandtraining.com

20-26 March 2001. Economic sustainability of small-scale forestry. Joensuu, Finland. Contact: Dr. Anssi Niskanen, European Forest Institute, Tonkatu 34, 80100 Joensuu, Finland. Fax: +358-13-124-393; Email: anssi_niskanen@efi.fi

21-23 March 2001. Building sustainable communities: Regional and watershed approaches. North Adams, Massachusetts, USA. Contact: Mervin Stephens Berkshire Institute at Greylock, Box 214, Adams, MA 01220, USA. Fax: +1- 919-682-2349; Email: stevens@duke.edu;  URL: www.lib.duke.edu/forest/

22-23 March 2001. Introduction to ArcView GIS. Corvallis, Oregon, USA.  $395, Tel: +1-541-737-2329, http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/

26-30 March 2001 Accounting methods, emissions trading, and COP6 negotiations related to  bioenergy, wood products and carbon sequestration. An international workshop organised by IEA Bioenergy Task 25/38. Canberra, Australia. Contact:  JOANNEUM RESEARCH (attn Ms. Kimberly Robertson), Elisabethstrasse 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria. Phone: +43 316 876 1330 (or +64 7 343 5899),  Fax: +43 316 876 91330. E-mail: kimberly.robertson@joanneum.ac.at

28 March- 1 April 2001. Making environmental history relevant in the 21st century. Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. Contact: URL: www.lib.duke.edu/forest/

7-10 June 2001. The Economics of Natural Hazards in Forestry.  Solsona, Spain. Contact: Jean-Luc Peyron  Email:  Bakouma@engref.fr.  http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/d4/wu41300/otherdoc/solsona.htm. (Note - this is a change of dates from 24-27 May).

12 -16 June  2001. 3rd  International Symposium on Experiences with New Forest and Environmental Laws in European Countries with Economies in Transition.  Jundola (Bulgaria).  Contact Peter HERBST, Wulfenstr. 15, A-9500 VILLACH, Austria. Email:   HP@net4you.at  URL:  http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/d6/hp61300.htm

18-19 June 2001. Precision Forestry Cooperative International Symposium. Seattle, Washington, USA. Contact: Ms. Megan O'Shea - tel: +1-206-543-9744. Email: moshea@u.washington.edu. URL: www.dfr.washington.edu/cfrweb/pfc.

18-21 June 2001. Avalanche control on the base of hazard mapping in avalanche areas. Rauris, Austria. Contact:  Gernot Fiebiger or Erich Scheuringer:  Fax: + 43-662-870215; e-mail:  fiebigerf@cunet.at

24-28 June 2001. Digital Earth 2001. New Brunswick, Canada. Contact: Canadian Institute of Geomatics, P.O. Box 1133, Station A., Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5C2, Canada. Tel: +1-514-221-2210. Fax: +1-435-309-8100. Email: info@digitalearth.ca. URL: http://www.digitalearth.ca.

28-29 June 2001. International Workshop on Geo-Spatial Knowledge Processing for Natural Resource Management. Varese, Italy.  Contact: proterra-info@mal.crii.uninsubria.it.

20-21 September 2001. Remote Sensing by Low-frequency Radars. Naples, Italy.  Call for papers open until 15 Feb 2001. Contact: EARSeL Secretariat, Attn. Mrs. M. 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.org.

7-9 November 2001. International conference on agricultural science and technology, ICAST. Beijing, China. For details please visit the conference's Website: www.agscience2001.org.

State of the Environment Reports - Links - http://www.cnie.org/stateof.htm

Timber Glossary of Terms - http://www.trada.co.uk/frames_timber.asp

Environmental Atlas - http://www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas/

Interactive Web Mapping - http://www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas/learngeog/interactivewebmapping.html

Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum)-- http://www.nmnh.si.edu/ing/. A collaborative project to compile generic names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

FirstGov - US Portal providing information and services for people that use government information in spatial analyses. http://www.firstgov.gov.

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