• HANDHELD SYSTEMS, INC.  - Providing rugged handheld computers and data collection software to the forest products industry. Many field crews currently use our products to electronically record tree inventory, cruising, log scale, and wildlife data. To find out more about our products and services, visit our web site at www.handheldsystems.com, or email us at sales@handheldsystems.com

• Celia Gaillard de Benitez - Working in biomass in trees and shrubs of Parque Chaquenio Seco (Subtropical dry forest), Argentina. benitez@unse.edu.ar
• Martin Nganje - Regional Forest Officer WWF WARPO, Côte d'Ivoire. mnganje@wwfwarpo.ci
• Steven M. Olson - Post Doctoral Fellow, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. solson@fore.canterbury.ac.nz
• Sylvia Megret - Senior Associate, Business Development, International Resources Group, Ltd. (IRG) www.irgltd.com

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS - From Peter Miller - Some FIU readers might be interested in a new series of Environmental Leadership programs at the Banff Centre in Canada. Bridging the Gap: Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Environmental Assessment - March 11 - 15, 2001. Building Better Cumulative Effects Assessments - March 18 - 23, 2001. Integrating Sustainable Development Practices - April 1 - April 3, 2001. Grant funding is available to qualified applicants to help pay the costs of attending these courses! Grant funding is limited - call The Banff Centre now at 1-800-590-9799 to reserve your space. Further information is available at: http://www.banffmanagement.com/enviro_lead.asp

CFAN - From John Roper - The Forestry Advisers Network (CFAN) of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is an informal network of professionals concerned about the future of the forests and the people who depend on them. See URL: http://www.rcfa-cfan.org

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTRY LISTSERV - From Suzuko Tanaka - The  Forest Products Division of FAO  have  started  an electronic mailing list on climate change and forestry to share current information and experiences in this area of growing importance among  interested parties. It will be open to anyone who is interested.  To join the list  immediately, please send an e-mail to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org  containing the message (leave the subject line blank)  : SUBSCRIBE CLIM-FO-L

GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (FRA 2000)  - It is my understanding that the long awaited Global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA 2000) is due to be release on 12 March.  You may find out more about the assessment by visiting the FRA website at http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/fra/index.jsp

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE -  Note: If you can help with any of the requests below, please take the time to do so. Do not assume others will respond - they are assuming the same. Your kind assistance will be appreciated and rewarded. Thanks, Gyde

• IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE SOUGHT - From GAOF - Okwen Tenjoh-Okwen writes, "Please, I am interested in  a software program that has been found useful in analysing pictures of woody samples, cell shapes, fibre content, vascular bundles etc." If you can assist, please contact Okwen at okwen75@usa.net.
• STATISTICAL PACKAGES NEEDED -  From GAOF - Jamie Benson is looking for a basic statistical package, without the bells and

whistles offered by SAS and SPSS.  He has access to an old package called Microstat II, but the company appears to have gone out of
business.  This package will do the math, but is fairly restricted in importing/exporting data sets, and is pre-windows and so has no gui capabilities, and has no useful graphics. Please contact Jamie at jamieb@sk.sympatico.ca.

• INVENTORY MANAGER POSITION, AUSTRALIA -Forest Inventory Manager, Forestry Tasmania. Position Number: 2630. Full Time. Hobart, Australia. Supervision of Inventory Section and forest inventory functions throughout the organisation, including the development and implementation of field inventories, resource inventory information systems, and inventory procedures. Provision of training in inventory matters, and provision and interpretation of inventory data. Compliance and adherence to Forestry Tasmania's policies and procedures and relevant government legislation and regulations. SCOPE OF DUTIES· Supervise the staff and operations of Inventory Section. · Plan and supervise the implementation of cost effective forest resource inventories in native forests and plantations. · Research, develop, maintain, and supervise the operation of forest inventory information systems, and inventory procedures and equipment. · Provide training and advice to other staff in forest inventory matters. · Provide, summarise, analyse, and interpret forest inventory data and related information. · Undertake any other duties required to meet the responsibilities of this position. Qualifications · Tertiary qualifications in forest inventory or equivalent. · A current drivers licence. Skills and Experience · Extensive knowledge and experience in resource inventory design, field techniques, and data processing and analysis; within a commercial environment. · A broad knowledge and extensive working experience with computerized information systems including geographic information systems and inventory systems. · A sound understanding of forest management, including forest inventory, mapping, and planning techniques. Contact ; Adrian Goodwin, Principal Forest Biometrician, Forestry Tasmania. (w) (03) 6233 8240; (fx) (03) 6233 8252 Adrian.Goodwin@forestrytas.com.au URL: http://www.forestrytas.com.au/forestrytas/. Position closes 23 March 2001.

• WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST / ECOLOGIST - The USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station (Irvine, PA, USA) will be recruiting for a Research Wildlife Biologist or Wildlife Ecologist in Research Work Unit NE-4152, Guidelines and indicators for sustaining forest ecosystems of Pennsylvania and the adjacent Allegheny Plateau Region, located in Irvine, PA. The vacancy announcement’s timing will depend upon interest in the position and budget considerations, but will likely be issued some time in 2001. The successful applicant for this position will develop and conduct research concerning the interactions of forest management with wildlife habitat and wildlife diversity in forest ecosystems of Pennsylvania and the adjacent Allegheny Plateau region (75%) and translate research into guidelines for natural resource managers, including wildlife biologists, foresters, private landowners, and conservation organizations, integrated with guidelines developed by other team researchers (25%). Specifically, the incumbent’s research must include studies to identify and quantify wildlife habitat components useful for predicting occurrence and relative abundance of individual wildlife species as well as studies of successful applicant’s choice. Biological knowledge and quantitative skills are essential, as is a strong publication record. The position is permanent full-time. U.S.citizens only. A PhD or equivalent degree in wildlife biology or wildlife ecology is required. The grade level envisioned as GS-12 or 13, with a salary ranging from $47,000 to $74,000, depending upon qualifications and experience. However, if interested candidates at other levels respond to this Early Alert, we will consider restructuring the proposed position. Promotion Potential: This position is a permanent, full-time, career-conditional research appointment that is classified under the scientist career plan. Therefore, promotion is dependent upon the incumbent’s impact on the research assignment as determined through the United States Office of Personnel Management’s Research Grade Evaluation Guide. If interested in this position, please contact Susan Stout, Research Project Leader of RWU NE-4152, at +1-814- 563-1040 or by e-mail at sstout@fs.fed.us.

• RUSSIA EXPERIENCED FORESTRY CONSULTANTS SOUGHT - International Resources Group, Ltd. (IRG - www.irgltd.com) is seeking consultants with training and professional experience in forest certification; sustainable forest management; forest regulatory framework; timber market analysis; and approaches to forest investment for a potential project in the Russian Federation with the World Bank and Government of Russia. Prior private sector experience and experience in Russia is required. Russian language skills preferred. Contact RussiaForestry@irgltd.com

• Anon. 1996. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains. National Academy Press. http://books.nap.edu/books/0309049903/html/index.html
• Anon. 1998. Conference Proceedings - GIS Applications to Resource Management and Environmental Planning. Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan. (17-18 February, 1998) http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/sakano-lab/atiq/psgis/proceedings.html
• Anon. 1999. Proceedings - International Conference on Development of Geographic Information Technology and its Applications: Year 2000 and Beyond. Pakistan. March 7-9, 1999 http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/sakano-lab/atiq/psgis/papers.html
• Anon. n.d. Technical Paper 4 - The use of "decision rules" to define old-growth areas of forest in South-East Queensland - http://www.forests.qld.gov.au/forests/fera/rep3tech4.htm
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• Doyle, Rodger. 2001. Sprawling into the Third Millennium. Scientific American. 284(3):25. www.sciam.com
• Fox, Timothy J. et al. 2000.  Mapping forest canopy gaps using air-photo interpretation and ground surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin - Winter 28:882-889. http://www.wildlife.org/wsb_28_4.html
• Gerlach, Frank. 2001. How collection geometry affects image tonality. Imaging Notes 16(1):6-7. www.imagingnotes.com
• Häme, Tuomas et al. 1999. Forest Monitoring in Europe with Remote Sensing (FMERS) Final report – Regional mapping (Stage 2) Executive summary. http://www.vtt.fi/aut/rs/proj/fmers/final/fmers_executi.htm
• Jonathan Adams, 1996? An inventory of data, for reconstructing 'natural steady state' carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems. http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/carbon1.html
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• Mac Donncadha, M. 2000. Japanese Forestry & Harvesting Techniques. COFORD, Dublin, Ireland. http://www.coford.ie/reports/acrobat-pdfs/japanese.pdf
• Narumalani, Sunil. 1994. Integration of geographic information systems and logistic multiple regression for aquatic macrophyte modeling. ASPRS/ACSM. http://www.odyssey.ursus.maine.edu/gisweb/spatdb/acsm/ac94055.html
• Pfost, Donald et al. 1998. Precision Agriculture: Global Positioning System (GPS). Water Quality Initiative Publication WQ452. http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/waterq/wq0452.htm
• Stenberg, John; et al. 1997. The TNC Vegetation Classification and Vegetation Mapping in Florida - Simplifying the Complex - http://www.wec.ufl.edu/coop/exceltnc/
• Windhorst, W.; Hosenfeld, F. 1998. An Introduction to the Modelling Concept and the Ecological Information System at the Ecology Center Kiel. In: B. Breckling & H. Islo (eds.): Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the ASU, ASU Newsletter Vol. 24, Suppl. Oct. 1998, 1-13. http://www.pz-oekosys.uni-kiel.de/~friedel/friedel/modcon/modcon.htm

23-24 May 2001. Advanced ArcView GIS Applications in Natural Resources. Cost: $495.00. Corvallis, Oregon, USA. See: College of Forestry's Outreach Education WWW site: http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/ or call +1-541-737-2329. Email: outreach@for.orst.edu

7 June 2001. Sustainability: Substance or Slogan? 23rd annual Natural Resource Societies Science Day Science Day 2001. Washington, DC. Contact: Mary T.(Terri) Bates - mtbates@erols.com.

21-22 June 2001. Introduction to ArcView GIS Applications in Natural Resources. Cost: $395.00. Corvallis, Oregon, USA. See: College of Forestry's Outreach Education WWW site: http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/ or call +1-541-737-2329. Email: outreach@for.orst.edu

25-29 June 2001. Forest Biometry, Modelling, and Information Science. An IUFRO 4.11 conference. University of Greenwich, Queen Anne Court, The Old Royal Naval College, World Heritage Site, UK. Topics on the agenda: (1) Definition, measurement and inventory of Biodiversity. (2) Definition, measurement and inventory of NTFPs and TOF. (3) Data-Fusion of R-S imagery for mapping and inventory. (4) Data-Fusion for Growth and Yield. (5) Models of Complex Temperate Forest Ecosystems. (6) Models of Complex Tropical Forest Ecosystems. (7) Use of computationally intense methods in forestry research. (8) Optimal Inventory design methods. (9) Information Systems and Information Management in forest research. (10) Software environments for the development of complex forest-ecosystem models. (11) Organisation of community-wide research and collaboration. Contact: Keith Rennolls, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich. Tel: +44 (0)20 8331 8717, Fax: +44 (0)20 8331 8665, k.rennolls@gre.ac.uk. More information: http://cms1.gre.ac.uk/conferences/iufro/

2-4 July 2001. 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment. San Francisco, California, USA. Contact Kevin L. Hickey, IEA, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609-1296 USA. Tel: +1-508-767-7296. Fax: +1-508-767-7382. Email: khickey@assumption.edu. URL: http://www.desu.edu/mreiter/iea.htm (Note: this is a correction of the URL)

16-20 July 2001. ASEM Symposium on Forest Conservation & Sustainable Development. Guiyang, Guizhou, China. A call for papers is open until 15 April. Contact: Ms. PAN Jie, Program Officer, Department of Science and Technology, Guizhou Province, China. Tel: xx86-851-5815263/5823657, Fax: xx86-851-5827452. E-mail Pjie@kwmail.gz.cninfo.net.. URL:  http://gxkw.gy.gz.cn/asem-fcsd.

17 July – 27 August 2001. Forestry Training and Education Development (FORTED). Training course. Los Baños, Philippines. (6 weeks) US $3,600. Contact: The Director, Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (TREES), University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College, Laguna PHILIPPINES; Tel. No.: +(63 49) 536-2268 or 536-2736; Fax: +(63 49) 536-3340; Email: trees@laguna.net

22-27 July 2001. Tree Biotechnology: the next millennium. Stevenson, Washington, U.S.A. Contact: Dr. Stephen Strauss, Department of forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7501 USA. Fax: +1-541-737-1393; Email: strauss@fsl.orst.edu ; URL: www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/treebio//

23-29 July 2001. Sedges, Rushes, and Grasses. I. Course. Humboldt Field Research Institute, Dyer Bay Rd, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680-0009, USA. Tel: +1-207-546-2821, Email: humboldt@nemaine.com, URL: http://maine.maine.edu/~eaglhill

30 July - 5 August 2001. Chironomids: Systematics and Biomonitoring. Course. Humboldt Field Research Institute, Dyer Bay Rd, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680-0009, USA. Tel: +1-207-546-2821, Email: humboldt@nemaine.com, URL: http://maine.maine.edu/~eaglhill

6-19 August 2001. Environmental Assessments of Diverse Habitats: Sampling Methods to Determine Diversity.  Week 1 (coastal boreal forest) -; Week 2 (intertidal & nearshore habitats) - Humboldt Field Research Institute, Dyer Bay Rd, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680-0009 USA. Contact: +1-207-546-2821, humboldt@nemaine.com URL: http://maine.maine.edu/~eaglhill

7-10 August 2001. Plant Identification. Laramie, Wyoming, USA. (4 days, $675) Contact: Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039 USA. getinfo@wetlandtraining.com, URL: http://www.wetlandtraining.com

7 August- 17 September 2001. Geomatics for Natural Resource Management (GEO-NRM). Training course. Los Baños, Philippines. (6 weeks) US $3,600. The course gives an introduction to data acquisition and management and mapping technologies with examples on application to natural resources management. The module on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) advances in surveying and mapping using GPS, including field surveying exercises and data input and GIS mapping. A third module covers the concept of the watershed as the basic management unit in natural resources management. A final module exposes the participant to the integration of Geomatics technology into the daily operation and decision-making functions of the organization. The Director, Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (TREES), University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College, Laguna PHILIPPINES; Tel. No.: +(63 49) 536-2268 or 536-2736; Fax: +(63 49) 536-3340; Email: trees@laguna.net

12-16 August 2001. Inheriting the Future - CIF/IFC Annual General Meeting and Conference. Whistler, B.C., Canada. Contact: Marc Beese: Email: mabeese@hotmail.com; URL: www.cif-ifc.org/agm2001/default.html

12-17 August 2001. Wetland Delineation with Emphasis on Soils & Hydrology. Anchorage, Alaska, USA. (6 days, $1100) Contact: Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039 USA. getinfo@wetlandtraining.com, URL: http://www.wetlandtraining.com

12-18 August 2001. Forest modeling for ecosystem management, forest certification, and sustainable development. Vancouver, B.C. Canada: Contact: Dr. Valerie LeMay; Email: forestmd@interchange.ubc.ca, URL: www.forestry.ubc.ca/forestmodel

27 August - 2 September 2001. Geomorphology: Ongoing Evolution of Landforms and Landscapes - Course. Humboldt Field Research Institute, Dyer Bay Rd, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680-0009, USA. Tel: +1-207-546-2821, Email: humboldt@nemaine.com, URL: http://maine.maine.edu/~eaglhill

28 August - 8 October 2001. Sustainable Forest Resources Management and Project Planning (SUSTAIN). Training course. Los Baños, Philippines. (6 weeks) US $3,600. Provides mid-level resource planners, project managers and technical experts with appropriate handle for a sustainable forest resources management planning (SFRMP); expounds on the principles, techniques, and analysis of issues and problems in forest resources management; demonstrates the how to’s of preparing a project plan using the concepts and methodologies of SFRMP. The Director, Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (TREES), University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College, Laguna PHILIPPINES; Tel. No.: +(63 49) 536-2268 or 536-2736; Fax: +(63 49) 536-3340; Email: trees@laguna.net

29 August-2 September 2001. The Transformation to Sustainable Planning: Decision-making, models, and tools. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Contact: Sustainable Cities Research Institute: Email: ri.conf@unn.ac.uk; URL: www.sustainable-cities.org.uk/conference/index.html.

10-15 September 2001. IUFRO International Symposium - Developing The Eucalypt of the Future -- Simposio Internacional IUFRO Desarrollando El Eucalipto Del Futuro. Valdivia, Chile. Contact: Santiago Barros A., Forest Engineer, Forest Institute, Box 3085, Huérfanos 55, Santiago - CHILE.  Telephone +56- 2- 6930700; Fax +56 -2- 6381286 sbarros@infor.cl. URL: http://www.infor.cl

11-15 November 2001. The Changing Role of Forestry in Europe; Between Urbanisation and Rural Development. Wageningen, The Netherlands. Sponsored by IUFRO Division 6 on Social, Economic, Information and Policy Science. A call for papers is open until 15 April 2001. Up-dated and detailed information on the symposium is available through the internet-page of Alterra: www.alterra.wageningen-ur.nl/forestrysymposium.htm. For more information: Marjanke Hoogstra, Alterra – Green World Research, P.O. Box 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands, tel. +31-317-477729, fax +31-317-419000, e-mail: m.a.hoogstra@alterra.wag-ur.nl

Directories of Experts in Agriculture (includes some forestry) - http://www.agnic.org/experts/

Remote Sensing Note (syllabus on remote sensing) - http://spatium.spacetech.co.kr/RemoteSense/CONTENTS.htm#12

Bienvenidos al Sistema de Informacion Forestal de Nicaragua - http://www.sifor.gob.ni/index.htm?contenido.htm&0

Agricultural Information Resource Centers (Worldwide listing on a CD Available for purchase) - http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/airc.htm

Forest Monitoring in Europe with Remote Sensing - http://www.vtt.fi/aut/rs/proj/fmers/final/

Remote Sensing Research at VTT Automation 1998–1999 - http://www.vtt.fi/aut/rs/docs/annual98_99.html

Canadian Forests - Canada's National Forestry Page with links to all the major Canadian forestry websites - http://www.canadian-forests.com