• 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).

• RELASKOP-TECHNIK, the manufacturer of Spiegel-Relaskop, has a new, very light and handy instrument for measuring tree-diameters up to 100 cm (40 inches), the BITTERLICH SECTOR-FORK, in its program. With an attachment measurements up to 200 cm (80 inches) are possible. For more information please visit www.relaskop.at or contact us via e-mail at relaskop@relaskop.at

• MEDIAMAPPER - from Red Hen Systems, Inc. The multimedia desktop mapping solution. Take pictures and generate GIS map layers. The images are linked to the map. Click a location to view what's there. Export interactive map layers to ArcView, MapInfo, or HTML. A forestry demo exported from MediaMapper to HTML is available at www.mediamapper.com. Ask us about multispectral mapping! Current MediaMapper users include the USDA Forest Service, many weed control districts, and environmental consulting firms. To find out more, call 800-237-4182, or e-mail info@redhensystems.com. See our home page at www.redhensystems.com.

• Ard Lengkeek -  Agroforestry tree geneticist, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya.  http://www.cgiar.org/icraf.
• Beth Schulz - USDA Forest Service, Anchorage Forestry Sciences Lab., Alaska
• Jagdesh Singh - Assistant Commissioner of Forests (Forest Resource Information), Guyana. http://www.sdnp.org.gy/forestry/
• Jan Vassbotn - ELC Geomatics Intern, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Canada http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/forests/t&t_research/randd.htm
• Laurence Bowdige - Canada
• Leticia Piña - Ing. Forestal, Chile
• Pat McKay - REMSOFT - Intelligent Software for the Environment, Canada www.remsoft.com
• Sotirios Koukoulas - Research Fellow, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/civil/
• Sylvie Porter - Personal Assistant, Foret Ressources Management, France. http://www.foretressmanagement.com

LANDSAT 4/5 OPERATIONS TO END - Via Rich Calnan - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has begun decommissioning Landsats 4 and 5 - two Earth observation satellites -- and a highly successful chapter of an ongoing science story is about to close. Landsat 4, launched by NASA in 1982, and Landsat 5, a duplicate satellite launched in 1984, have both performed far beyond their two-year design lifetimes, sending hundreds of thousands of 100-mile by 100-mile land-surface images to U.S. and international ground receiving stations. ….Landsat 7, in orbit since 1999, has provided images of all major U.S. cities, as well as timely images of the recent devastating floods in the Midwest, wildfires in the Western United States from 2000, flood damage in North Carolina from Hurricane Floyd in 1999. The imagery also has been used to monitor volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Mexico, Hawaii, Italy, and Central America, and to document change over time, such as receding glaciers in Alaska and the Alps, deforestation in the tropics, and recent and past wildfires in the outback of Australia and in remote areas of Siberia. In depth information about other USGS programs may be found on the USGS home page: http://www.usgs.gov.

MAKING CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE FOR SMALL-SCALE PRODUCERS - From Duncan Macqueen - In order to access Western timber markets, developing country producers have increasingly had to undergo independent certification of the sustainability of forest management and the chain of custody through which timber passes. Independent certification is expensive since it includes site visits by accredited certification bodies. The cost of audit is relatively inelastic (i.e. costs are relatively independent of the size of operation to be certified). Small-scale producers are therefore at a disadvantage in meeting the requirements for certification. One option is to group together with other producers to spread the costs of certification. Through project R7589, the Forestry Research Programme (FRP) has been supporting the development of a Group Certification Guide for an "off-the-shelf" scheme which has received widespread acclaim, not only from forest producers, but also from the best known independent accreditation authority, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). On 7 May 2001, FRP received formal endorsement for the Group Certification Guide from the FSC: "This valuable guide, written by some of the leading experts in forest management certification provides useful tips on how to design and organize a forest management group. It is written in an easy to read style and contains tools to support every stage of FSC certification: from group formation through to monitoring and evaluation. The Forest Stewardship Council welcomes this contribution to improving access to certification for all forest managers and owners." (7 May 2001. FSC.). For further information contact: Dr Ruth Nussbaum, Director, ProForest Ltd., 57 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1ST, UK. Tel: +44 1865 243 439; Fax: +44 1865 790 441. Email: ruth_nussbaum@sgsgroup.com.

WOOD LOGISTICS CLUB - a non-profit, worldwide society of researchers. Until 31.12.2000, altogether around 300 researchers from all over the world, have joined our Club. The network of Logistics in Forest Sector is intended to support and to initiate - creative, original thinking - dissemination of research results & information - exchange of knowledge and ideas - networking - researcher cooperation - joint projects - world-wide, chain-long, holistic perspectives into our field. Thematic Scope of the Network has been defined (http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/logistics/scope.htm ). All research which contributes to understanding or management of logistics issues relevant to Timber, or to Wood Fiber: paper industries and wood product industries. You are welcome to recommend Our Network to new people. Anyone who wishes to join, should send an email message to:
logistics-forest-subscribe@yahoogroups.com , or directly to the Coordinator personally, Kim Sjöström - sjostrom@technologist.com.

GOODBYE DBH-SQUARED - Foresters have long used the transformation of dbh to dbh-squared as the prediction variable when constructing local volume tables.  That was a very useful procedure before computing power became readily available, as
it was much easier to calculate linear regressions than to determine and calculate appropriate nonlinear models.  Unfortunately, the local volume tables constructed in this manner sometimes gave obviously poor predictions, especially for the smaller diameter classes.  With the
availability of powerful, almost-free software, such as the shareware program, CurveExpert, readily available for downloading off the Internet, the construction of reasonable local volume tables could not be easier.  It's an exciting time to be a mensurationists! - Submitted by
Harry V. Wiant, Jr., hwiant@juno.com,  http://homestead.juno.com/hwiant/index.html. 

OPPORTUNITIES - Several readers of FIU are seeking employment in the forestry field. If you have jobs available and are in need of good people, please consider posting your vacancies in FIU (there is no charge for this service) and the following outlets:
http://foresters.org/jobs/
http://forestry.about.com/education/forestry/msub14.htm
http://www.safnet.org/market/careercenter.htm
http://stateforesters.org/news.html

• TEMPORARY JOBS - The Colorado State Forest Service has several summer positions open for university students or recent graduates. These are listed at: www.colostate.edu/Depts/CSFS

• COMPUTER PROGRAMMER POSITION GS-9/11/12 - From Chip Scott - We are hiring a Computer Specialist (programmer) to work on a variety of Forest Inventory and Analysis applications here at Station headquarters. Newtown Square, PA, USA is on the western edge of the Philadelphia suburbs. The location provides excellent access to Philadelphia while being in an area with plenty of greenspace and close to beautiful hester County with its more affordable housing. The announcement opened on 11 May 01 and closes on 7 June 01. The vacancy is open two ways, to status Government employees via http://fsweb.ne.fs.fed.us/hrm/employment/index.html and clicking on: NE/NA permanent positions and clicking on: NESC-RM-01-19G and NESC-RM-01D-18 or to those outside the federal government, see: www.usajobs.opm.gov.

• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN FOREST BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - The Forest Policy and Forest Management Group of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University seeks a highly qualified and enthusiastic ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN FOREST BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (Universitair Docent) on a full-time (1,0fte), permanent basis. The successful candidate must be prepared to cover the field of Forestry Economics in teaching (45%, at undergraduate and graduate level) as well as in research (45%, incl. Project acquisition). Special attention is given to processes of decision-making and information requirements on the operational, strategic and tactical management level of organisations, enterprises, and projects in forest and nature management. Insights in and enlightenment of the various relations between people and forests are thereby forming the central point of departure. Beside educational and research tasks the successful candidate has to take over service related activities and organizational responsibilities (10%). <Qualifications:> * PhD in Forestry Science or Economics with relevant specialisation and working experience (under certain circumstances also PhD-training discussible) * Experienced, active scientist with international orientation and demonstrated abilities in conducting research, project acquisition, supervision of students, as well as a distinguished list of publications * Excellent communicative and educational skills; active involvement in societal discussions about the role of forests and forestry <Salary:> Max. ƒ 9150,00 gross/month (for a full-time week) <Information:> Prof. Dr. H. Schanz, E-mail: Heiner.Schanz@bhhk.bosb.wau.nl Phone: 31.317.478011/478004 <Please direct inquiries to:> Prof. Dr. Heiner Schanz, Forest Policy and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 342, 6700 AH Wageningen/The Netherlands, Tel. +31/317/478011, email: Heiner.Schanz@bhhk.bosb.wau.nl For more information also visit web site: http://www.dow.wau.nl/forestry/

• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN FORESTRY ECONOMICS - The Forest Policy and Forest Management Group of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University is seeking a highly qualified and enthusiastic ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN FORESTRY ECONOMICS (Universitair Docent) on a part-time (0,5fte), permanent basis. The successful candidate must be prepared to cover the field of Forestry Economics in teaching (45%, at undergraduate and graduate level) as well as in research (45%, incl. Project acquisition). Special attention lays on micro- and macroeconomic aspects of forestry, including taxation, valuation and financing of forests, Forest Resource Economics as well as international trade in forest products. Insights in and enlightenment of the various relations between people and forests are thereby forming the central point of departure. Beside educational and research tasks the successful candidate has to take over service related activities and organisational responsibilities (10%). <Qualifications:> * PhD in Forestry Science or Economics with relevant specialisation and working experience (under certain circumstances also PhD-training discussible) * Experienced, active scientist with international orientation and demonstrated abilities in conducting research, project acquisition, supervision of students, as well as a distinguished list of publications * Excellent communicative and educational skills; active involvement in societal discussions about the role of forests and forestry. <Salary:> Max. ƒ 9150,00 gross/month for a full-time week <Information:> Prof. Dr. H. Schanz, E-mail: Heiner.Schanz@bhhk.bosb.wau.nl. Phone: 31.317.478011/478004 <Please direct inquiries to:> Prof. Dr. Heiner Schanz, Forest Policy and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 342, 6700 AH Wageningen/The Netherlands, Tel. +31/317/478011, email: Heiner.Schanz@bhhk.bosb.wau.nl For more information also visit web site: http://www.dow.wau.nl/forestry/

• FOREST PRACTICES ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR - The Washington Department of Natural Resources is seeking an experienced manager to serve as Forest Practices Adaptive Management Director.  The Director will manage a research and monitoring program associated with implementation of the Forests and Fish Forest Practices Rules in Washington State.  This is a permanent position with medical, leave, and retirement benefits.  Starting salary is $5,186 per month.  Minimum requirements are a M.S./M.A. degree in a natural resource science field and two years professional experience managing a research program or researching/monitoring aquatic resources in a forest environment; a Ph.D. in a natural resource science field will substitute for all the experience.  Preferred qualifications are a M.S./M.A. or Ph.D. in a natural resource science field, five years experience in research/monitoring, two years experience managing a team of scientists, and two years experience developing and managing a $200,000+ annual budget.  To apply, please refer to the attached job description and send a cover letter detailing your ability to meet the specified “knowledge and skills” along with a resume to: Jeff Grizzel, WA DNR-Forest Practices Division,  P.O. Box 47012,  Olympia, WA 98504-7012 USA. Applications must be received no later than Friday, June 1st, 2001.  Questions can be directed to Jeff Grizzel at +1-360-902-1423 or jeff.grizzel@wadnr.gov

• Borrini-Feyerabend, G., et al. 2000. Co-management of Natural Resources: Organising, Negotiating and Learning-by-Doing. GTZ and IUCN, Kasparek Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany). http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/cmnr.html
• Bryant, Peter J. 1999. Biodiversity and conservation. A Hypertext Book. School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine. http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm#Table.
• Bunk, Steve. 2001. Biodiversity Lovers, Unite - Integration and outreach challenge researchers. The Scientist 15[10]:1, May 14, 2001. http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/may/bunk_p1_010514.html
• Carver, Steve; Fritz, Steffen. 1998. Mapping the Wilderness Continuum. University of Leeds. http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/pgrads/s.fritz/wmpaper98.html
• Commission on Life Sciences. 2000. Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management. http://books.nap.edu/books/0309053285/html/index.html
• Fix, W. L. n.d. How to Make and Use the Tree Measuring Stick. FNR-4. Woodland Management, Cooperative Extension Service, Purdue University. http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/~agcom/Pubs/FNR/FNR-4.html
• Johnson, James E. 1998. Forest Landowner's Guide to The Measurement of Timber and Logs. Publication Number 420-085. http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-085/420-085.html
• Kapos, V. et al. 2000. Developing a map of the world's mountain forests. In: M.F. Price and N. Butt (eds.) Forests in sustainable mountain development: A state-of-knowledge report for 2000. CAB International, Wallingford: 4-9. Copies of the printed map are available at: http://www.wcmc.org.uk/habitats/mountains/region.html
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• Kline, Jeffrey D. et al. 2001. Integrating Urbanization into Landscape-level Ecological Assessments. Ecosystems 4:3-18. http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/10021/bibs/1004001/10040003.html
• Koukoulas, Sotirios; Blackburn, Alan. 2001. Introducing new indices for accuracy evaluation of classified images representing semi-natural woodland environments. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 67(4):499-511.
• Lahav-Ginott, S. et al.2001. Evaluating the viability of Acacia populations in the Negev Desert: a remote sensing approach. Biol. Conserv. 98(2):127-137.
• Monaghan, Thomas A. n.d. There could be a "Pot of Gold" on your land.http://msucares.com/pubs/is1417.htm
• Pyysalo, U. 2000. A Method to Create A Three-dimensional Forest Model from Laser Scanner Data. The Photogrammetric Journal of Finland 17(1):34-42.

23-24 May 2001. Introduction to GIS. Ruston, Louisiana, USA. Contact: Marta Graves. Tel: +1-318-257-3714. Email: mgraves@lans.latech.edu.

25 May 2001. GIS applications for natural resource managers. Ruston, Louisiana, USA. Contact: Marta Graves. Tel: +1-318-257-3714. Email: mgraves@lans.latech.edu.

29 May 2001. Luncheon “The Role of the U.S. Forest Service in Promoting Sustainability of Natural Resources ” - Dale Bosworth, Chief, USDA Forest. Service. 11:30 Social Time, 12:00 Luncheon. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Madison Bldg, Montpelier Room, Dining Room C 101 Independence Avenue, SE (Capitol South Metro Stop.) Buffet Menu Cost $17.00. RSVP by May 28 with reservation to: Terri Bates, +1-703-538-1134 or email: mtbates@erols.com

30-31 May 2001. GIS in forestry and natural resources. Athens, Georgia, USA. Contact: Arlene Bolton. Tel: +1-706-542-3063. Email: Arlene_Bolton@gactr.uga.edu. URL: www.georgiacenter.org/conferences/forestry.

10-13 July 2001. Global Change Open Science Conference - Challenges for a Changing Earth. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Will Steffen. Email: sec@igbp.kva.se. URL: www.sciconf.igbp.kva.se.

12-15 August 2001. Supply Chain Management for Paper and Timber: 2nd World Symposium for Logistics in the Forest Sector. Vaxjo, Sweden. Contact: Kim Sjostrom, Espoo, Finland; Email: sjostrom@technologist.com; URL: http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/logistics/main.html

12-15 August 2001. 37th Annual Conference and Tradeshow. International Society of Arborists (ISA), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Contact: URL: www.isa-arbor.com

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

12-18 August 2001. Forest modelling 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

20-25 August 2001. Interpreting Global Bioscapes. Cooper River Delta, Alaska, USA. Contact: URL: www.earthsystems.net

29 August - 2 September2001. 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

3-14 September 2001. Developing the Eucalyptus of the Future. Valdivia, Chile. Contact: Dr. Roberto Ipinza; Fax: 56-63-224677; Email: ripinza@valdivia.uca.uach.cl; URL: www.infor.cl/iufro2001

5-7 September 2001. 82nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Woodlands Forum. Quebec City, QC, Canada. Contact: Guillaume Gignac, Executive Director, Canadian Woodlands Forum. Tel: +1-514-392-6946;
Email: ggignac@cwfcof.org; URL: www.cwfcof.org

10-14 September 2001. Use of geographic information systems. Reading, UK. Cost: 575£. Contact: Mrs. Lorna Turner, Statistical Services Centre, University of Reading, Harry Pitt Building, Whiteknights Road, PO Box 240, Reading RG6 6FN, UK. Tel: +44-118-931-8025. Fax: +44-118-975-3169. Email: stats-workshop@reading.ac.uk. URL: www.reading.ac.uk/ssc

25-28 September 2001. International Conference on Advancing Community Forestry: Innovations and Experiences. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Contact:Dr. Somsak Sukwong, Executive Director, Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific(RECOFTC), Kasetsart University, PO Box 1111, Bangkok 10903, Thailand. Tel: (662) 940-5700; Fax: (662) 561-4880. E-mail: ftcsss@ku.ac.th. URL: http://www.recoftc.org/conference2001_welcome.html

3-4 October 2001. Short course “Basic Statistics for Foresters.” Redding, California, USA. Mason, Bruce, & Girard, Inc. Cost of the 2-day course in $300. Contact Steve Fairweather +1-503-224-3445; sfairweather@masonbruce.com

8 November 2001. Geospatial information & technology Association North and Central Texas Annual Conference. Arlington, Texas, USA. Contact: Tony Gale, GITA NCT Chapter President, 1999 Bryan St., Suite 2000, Dallas, TX 75201 USA. Tel: +1-214-245-1000. Fax: +1-214-245-1001. Email: tgale@ene.com. URL: http://www.gita.org/industry/indevents.html.

8-9 November 2001. 11th Annual Greek ESRI User Meeting. Contact: Marathon Data Systems, 38 Kifissias Ave., GR-151-25 Maroussi, Athens, Greece. Tel: +30-1-619-8866. Fax: +30-1-619-8825. Email: marathon@otenet.gr. URL: http://www.marathondata.gr.

8-10 November 2001. Working Landscapes in the Midwest: Creating Sustainable Futures for Agriculture, Forestry, and Communities. Lake Lawn Resort, Delevan, Wisconsin, USA. Contact: Marin Bryne, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy at Tel: +1-612-870-3436 or e-mail: marin@iatp.org

GIS newsgroups - http://www.geo.uni-bonn.de/members/haack/gis-newsgroup.html

GIS/GPS/RS Web Forum - http://www.ggrweb.com/gpsbbs.html

Global Production Efficiency Model (GLO-PEM) -  http://www.geog.umd.edu/glopem/GloPEM_Descrip.html

NatureServe, Online encyclopedia of Life - http://www.natureserve.org/

The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget (Listing of abstracts from international
conference, May 2000) - http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/carbon/abstracts/toc_2.htm

Timber Estimation Shortcuts - http://www.state.tn.us/agriculture/forestry/lit/tp20.pdf

Ultimate Map/GIS Directory - http://www.tenlinks.com/MapGIS/

Understanding Log Scales and Log Rules - http://www.utextension.utk.edu/pbfiles/PB1650.pdf