Our thanks to Azlan Adnan, Yves Basset, Mark Buccowich, Antoinette J. Condo, Scott Miller and Jochen Weber for kindly sharing information for this week's Forest Information Update.
ECOLOGICAL CONSEL SOUGHT - from Doug Baker "Dear Colleagues, I am presently working on a project to help East Timor with its information base and with decisions regarding how to manage aspects of its future economy, society, and environment. The project is being undertaken by Columbia University's International Conflict Resolution Program in conjunction with Fafo, a research institute in Norway, and cooperates closely with the United Nations. We take no position on the outcome of the coming "consultation", whether for autonomy or independence.
My part in this is to create what is to be essentially a "State of the Environment" report as well as to make recommendations for future management structure and capabilities. What I am looking for is counsel on aspects of this, ranging from assessment of the sector in both the institutional and the physical senses, country-wide ecological assessment, land use planning, as well as on building future capabilities for imagery analysis and GIS, etc.
All that I can offer you is the opportunity to do some good in a place which is in desperate need as well as an acknowledgment in the report. As always, responsibility for what goes into the report will continue to be mine." If you feel that you have either bits of advice or want to offer continuing advice, please contact Doug Baker directly at Environmental and Natural Resource Information, 5709 Butterfield Dr., Clinton MD 20735 USA. Tel:+1- 301 856-8259 Fax:+1- 301 877-9292. E-mail: dsbaker@erols.com Home page: www.erols.com/dsbaker
Brown, P. 1998. Climate, biodiversity, and forests: Issues and opportunities emerging from the Kyoto Protocol. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. iv + 36 pp.
Bryant, D., D. Nielsen, and L. Tangley. 1997. The last frontier forests: ecosystems & economies on the edge. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. 42 pp.
Buckland, S.T.; Anderson, D.R.; Burnham, K.P.; Laake, J.L. 1993. Distance sampling: estimating abundance of biological populations. Chapman and Hall, London, reprinted 1999 by RUWPA, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. 446pp. This book is a comprehensive treatment of distance sampling methods for estimating density and abundance of biological populations. It covers both line transect and point transect (variable circular plot) methods in detail, as well as discussing other less widely used methods such as cue counts and trapping webs. There are many clear examples throughout. Distance Sampling is available in both paper and electronic formats. See: http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/distancebook/
Cook,C.G.; D.E. Escobar, J.H. Everitt, I. Cavazos, A.F. Robinson, M.R. Davis. 1999. Utilizing airborne video imagery in kenaf management and production, Industrial Crops And Products 9(3):205-210. See abstract at: http://www.elsevier.nl:80/inca/publications/store/5/2/2/8/2/5/
Manly, B.F.J. 1997. Randomization, bootstrap and Monte-Carlo Methods in Biology. 2nd ed. Chapman & Hall.
Ridgway, R. L., W. P. Gregg, R. E. Stinner, and A. G. Brown (eds.) 1999. Invasive species databases: Proceedings of a workshop. Charles Valentine Riley Foundation, Silver Spring, Maryland. vi + 50 pp. http://www.nbii.gov/invasive/workshops/proceeds_lv.html
Thrupp, L. A. 1998. Cultivating diversity: Agrobiodiversity and food security. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. vii + 80 pp.
Westbrooks, R. G. 1998. Invasive species: changing the landscape of America: fact book. Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds, Washington, D.C. vi + 109 pp.
Wolfire, D. M., J. Brunner, and N. Sizer. 1998. Forests and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Opportunity in a time of crisis. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. 28 pp.
Part II of the proceedings of the Second International Forest Canopy Conference held at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens last November, entitled: Forest Canopies 1998: Global Perspectives, is nearly ready for publication in Selbyana 20(1). Part I of the proceedings was published in Selbyana 19(2) last December, and included the conference abstracts, an article by Jeffrey McNeeley entitled "The science of the canopy: Who needs the information and how they use it; as well as 15 "non-conference" papers on taxonomy and canopy ecology. For more information contact: Bruce K. Holst - Editor, Selbyana, The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (SEL), 811 South Palm Ave., Sarasota FL 34236 USA. Phone: +1-941-955-7553 ext. 12, Fax: +1-941-951-1474. E-mail: bholst@virtu.sar.usf.edu. URL: http://www.selby.org
27 July 1999. Monitoring forest conditions, fragmentation and land conversion in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Seminar. Speakers: Gerry Hertel, Denny Ward, Chuck Dull, and Keith Douce. Location: Yates Building, 14th & Independence Ave, SW, Training Room, 2nd Floor (2SE), Washington, DC. Time: 12:00N-1:00 PM
2-6 August 1999. 9th Annual National Gap Analysis Program Meeting. Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Contact: Continuing Education Registration, 205 Morris Hall, UW-LaCrosse, La Crosse, WI 54601 USA. Tel: +1-608-785-6500. Fax: +1-608-785-6547. URL: http://conted.uwiax.edu
24 September 1999 - Integrated assessment of Environmental Problems -linking science, technology and economics in managing uncertainty. Royal Society, London, UK. Contact: Sarah Teather, The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, UK. Email: sarah.teather@royalsoc.ac.uk
27-31 March 2000. 28th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment. Cape Town, South Africa. Contact: The 28th ISRES Technical Committee, PO Box 452, Stellenbosch, 7599, South Africa. Fax: +27-21-883-8177. URL: http://www.isres.co.za.
Glossary of terms related to the Convention on Biological Diversity - http://www.kbinirsnb.be/bch-cbd/glossary.htm
For an index to species data for vertebrates and vascular plants at specific protected areas worldwide see: http://ice.ucdavis.edu/mab
NASA's Earth Observatory - "where you can monitor regional and global changes on our planet almost as they happen" - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
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