Hi Folks! Sorry to have missed sending out FIU last week. I had the honor of participating in the Off-Forest Tree Resources of Africa Workshop last week in beautiful Arusha, Tanzania. This meeting was organized under the capable leader ship of August Temu (ICRAF) and Roger Malimbwi (Sokoine University). Nearly 70 people participated mainly from Eastern Africa. Many excellent papers were presented - the ones dealing with the inventory of this neglected resource interested me the most. A proceedings and recommendations will be forthcoming probably towards the end of the calendar year. We will post an announcement when they are available. To the organizers and hosts of the meeting - Asante! Gyde
Contributions for this week's update come from Eduard Westinga and Barry Wyatt. Thank you both for sharing!
You may be interested in the TROF Project (Assessment and Monitoring of Tree Resources Outside the Forest). This program is being developed by Centro Agronomico de Investigacion y Ensenanza (CATIE). For further information, contact Dr. Christoph Kleinn at Catiel. Email: ckleinn@computo.catie.ac.cr.
HIDDEN PLOTS and PLOT CONFIGURATIONS - Dr. Peter Lovett is looking for publications on hidden plots and comparisons of forest plot configurations. If you have any to share, please contact Peter directly c/o The Shea Project, Covol Uganda, P.O. Box 6908, Kampala, Uganda. Email: covol@bushnet.net.
Bj÷rklund, L. 1999. Identifying heartwood-rich stands or stems of Pinus sylvestris by using inventory data. Silva Fennica 33(2): 119-129. Abstract
Carande, Richard E. 1999. Next-generation radar opens new doors. Imaging Notes 14(4):24-26.
Cooke, Don. 1999. Creating better spatial data. Imaging Notes 14(4):12.
Dees, M. 1998. Regressionsschatzer bei forstlichen Trakt-Grossrauminventuren. Allg. Forst-u.J.-?Ztg. 169(10-11):177-185.
Dees, Matthias; Pelz, Dieter R.; Koch, Barbara. 1998. Integrating satellite based forest mapping with Landsat TM in a concept of large scale forest information system. Photogrammetrie-Fernerkundung-Geoinformation 4:209-220.
FAO. 1998. Asia-Pacific Forestry Towards 2000 - Report of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Outlook Study. 242 p. Contact: Information Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme de Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.
Giri, Chandra Prasad, et al. 1998. Land use/land cover change in South-East Asia. UNEP/DEIA/TR.98-3. 67 p. UNEP Environment Assessment Programme for Asia and th Pacific. Bangkok.
Hutchins, Kevin. 1999. A resampling primer. Imaging Notes 14(4):10-11.
Koch, Barbara; Dees, Matthias; Pelz, Dieter R. 1998. Konzept zur nutsung von satellitendaten bie der Bundeswaldinventur. AFZ/DerWald 24:1458-1460.
Lund, H. Gyde. 1999. A forest by any other name. Environmental Science and Policy 2(2):125-134.
NŠsset, Erik. 1999. Point accuracy of combined pseudorange and carrier phase differential GPS under forest canopy. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(5):547-553. See abstract
Prendergast, John R.; Quinn, Rachel M.; Lawton, John W. 1999. The gaps between theory and practics in selecting nature reserves. Conservation Biology 13(3):484-492.
Schistad Solberg, A.H. 1999. Contextual data fusion applied to forest map revision. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 37(3): 1234-1243.
Traub, B.; Kleinn, Ch. 1999. Zur Erfassung von Flchenfragmentierung und struktureller Diversitt Measuring Fragmentation and Structural Diversity. Forstw. Cbl. 118:39-50. See abstract
28-30 September 1999. 1999 Midwest Forest Mensurationists 33rd Annual Meeting. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Dr. David J. smith, Ontario Forest Research Inst., 1235 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 2E5, Canada. Tel: +1-705-946-2981 x 118. Fax: +1-705-946-2030. Email: smithda@gov.on.ca or Carla Coconcelli, Forest Dynamics Consulting, PO Box 22066, Cambrian Mall Postal Outlet, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6b 6H4, Canada .
29 September - 1 October 1999. Green forest certification. Hagerstown, Maryland, USA. Contact: Green Forest Certification, DNR Forest Service, Atthn. Pam Cressman, Tawes State Office Bldg., E-1, Annapolis, MD 21401 USA. Tel: +1-410-260-8515.
10-12 January 2000. (reminder) Second International Conference - Geospatial Information in Agricuture and Forestry. Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. Contact: agriculture@erim-int.com. Fax: +1-734-994-5123. Web Page.
7-12 August 2000. (reminder) XXI IUFRO World Congress - Forests and Society: The Role of Research. Kuala Lumbur, Malaysia. Contact: IUFRO 2000 Congress Secretariat, FRIM, Kepong, 52109 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +6-03-6372135. Fax: +6-03-6365687. Email: iufroxxi@frim.gov.my. Web Page.
Eduard Westinga reports that the INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AEROSPACE SURVEY AND EARTH SCIENCES User Requirements Study for remote sensing based spatial information for the sustainable management of forests may be found at Web Page. Check it out. It is an excellent report. You can contact Eduard at westinga@itc.nl
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