This issue contributors include: Bill Ciesla, Mushinzimana Emmanuel, Ron Hall, John Healey, Michael Köhl, Tom Gardner-Outlaw, Andy Gillespie, Scott Miller, Salvador Sanchez, Andrew Tolfts, and Vivek Varma. Thanks for sharing everyone!
OVERSTORY is a free e-mail journal for agroforesters, gardeners, researchers, professionals, and enthusiasts, reaching subscribers in over ninety countries. Each issue focuses on design concepts for tropical agricultural systems using trees and other perennial plants. Recent topics include: Multipurpose Trees, Mycorrhizae, Understory Crops, Perennial Leaf Vegetables, Multipurpose Windbreaks, Tree Domestication, and Live fences. For a sampling of past issues and instructions on how to subscribe, visit http://www.agroforester.com/overstory/osprev.html or contact overstory@agroforester.com.
FIA ANNUAL BUSINESS REPORT AVAILABLE - The USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program is the major national inventory and monitoring system for forested ecosystems of the US. They have just published a 1998 Annual Business Report, modeled on a corporate annual report, covering the period 1 October 1997-30 September 1998. This report includes descriptions of accomplishments, future plans, and basic financial information for the program. Copies are available from Andy Gillespie, FIA Staff, Washington DC. Email: agillesp/wo@fs.fed.us.
EUROPE REPORT AVAILABLE - Eurostat, DG VI and XI have published a report on the development state of the European agriculture, environment and rural environment. The report includes general information, statistics, etc. e.g. on Forestry measures under the common agricultural policy. The report can be found on: http://europe.eu.int/comm/dg06/envir/report/en/index.htm
NEXT FIU 22 OCTOBER - Due to some upcoming extended travel (a much insisted upon vacation and 36th wedding anniversary present by (and for) my wife), the next issue of FIU will not be coming out until 22 October - computer willing. If you have any contributions to make for that issue or any email messages, please have them to me before 29 September or after 20 October. Thanks, Gyde
CARBON SEQUESTRATION INFO. sought. My name is Salvador Sanchez, I am from El Salvador, Central America, and I would like to know about CARBON SEQUESTRATION, I am the owner of approx. 70 ha. of Cupressus lucitanica cultivation in my country. I would like to know in addition, if the coffee plantation are internationally selected for the benefits of the carbon sequestration. Please answer me at sahesa@ejje.com. Thank you in advance. Salvador Sanchez
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION IN RADAR REMOTE SENSING - The Remote Sensing Laboratory at the Department of Physical Geography at the Stockholm University, Sweden invites applications for an one-year (possibly longer, depending on new budget) Postdoctoral research position to begin 1 January, 2000. The annual salary is USD$30,000 or CAD$45,000 with full social benefits. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in research projects focusing on evaluation of airborne and spaceborne multisensor SAR for land cover and vegetation mapping in a Swedish environment. Applicants should have background knowledge and research experience in Radar Remote Sensing for land applications, as well as skills in image processing and analysis. A PhD is required at the time of appointment. Interested applicants may send, no later than October 1, their CV, a sample of their scholarly publications and other relevant information to Dr. Yifang Ban at yifang@natgeo.su.se or Fax: +46-8-164818. Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.natgeo.su.se/naturgeo/rsgis/pages/jobs.htm
WANTED - Senior Project Officers - Sustainable post-industrial land restoration and re-creation of high biodiversity habitats. University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Institute of Environmental Science. (Reference Number: 99/124). Salary: £16,286 - £20,811 p.a. Applications are invited for two senior project officers to participate in an exciting project on the use of novel strategies for the sustainable reclamation of post-industrial land to woodland and moorland ecosystems. One project officer should be experienced in the field of land restoration, including tree establishment, while the other should have experience in applied ecology or environmental science. The project will mainly involve demonstrating novel restoration strategies within Europe's largest slate quarry, located in North Wales, but will also include direct liaison with end-user communities in the UK, Spain and Ireland. Candidates should have a higher degree in a related subject or proven experience in the government/industrial sector. Both posts will be fixed term for three years. Application forms and further particulars for both posts should be obtained by contacting Personnel Services, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG. Tel: (01248) 382926/388132. E-mail: pos020@bangor.ac.uk Please quote reference number 99/124 when applying. Closing date for applications: Friday 8th Oct., 1999. Committed to equal opportunities.
FORESTRY RESOURCE TECHNICAL OFFICER - TONGA - To be filled immediately. The position requires a person with a strong commitment to community based sustainable development, with substantial practical experience of community development (preferably in a Pacific island context), and with skills, knowledge and experience in agroforestry systems, tree propagation, nursery development, participatory methodologies, and training. The appointment will be for eighteen months, with possible extension. A salary and housing package of T$ 30,000 to T$ 37,000 p.a. (US$ 18,650 - US$ 23,000) is available dependent on the skills and experience of the person appointed. Additional benefits include medical insurance and relocation expenses. Contact: The Director, Tonga Trust, P.O. Box 519, Nuku'alofa, Tonga. Fax: +676 24898. Email: tcdt@kalianet.to
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - FSPI - The Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI) is a Regional non-governmental organization with a focus on integrated community development in the Pacific Island nations. The FSPI secretariat is based in Port Vila, Vanuatu, with independent affiliated network agencies in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Australia, UK and USA. The Executive Director is responsible directly to the Chairman of the FSPI Board for the day to day operations of the Secretariat, including the supervision of Secretariat staff. Candidates are sought who have over 10 years of experience and a proven track record of successful development management and fundraising. Please write below for a detailed Terms of Reference: FSP International, PO Box 951, Port Vila, VANUATU. Please mark your envelope "EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION". Email: fspi@wantok.org.vu. Applications for this position close on 15 November 1999 for recruitment. April 2000. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted further.
Brown, Sandra L., Paul Schroeder, Jeffrey S. Kern, 1999. Spatial distribution of biomass in forests of the eastern USA. Forest Ecology And Management 123(1):81-90. Abstract at: http://www.elsevier.nl/cgi-bin/cas/tree/store/foreco/cas_sub/browse/browse.cgi?year=1999&volume=123&issue=1&aid=4705
Cannell, MGR. 1999. Growing trees to sequester carbon in the UK: answers to some common questions. Forestry 72(3):237-247. http://www3.oup.co.uk/foresj/hdb/Volume_72/Issue_03/720237.sgm.abs.html
Carlsson, Mattias. 1999. A method for integrated planning of timber production and biodiversity: a case study. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(8):1183-1191. See abstract at: http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/cjfr/x99-058.html
Ciesla, William; Attilio Antonio Disperati, Flavio Sergio Mendes e Carlos Mendes. 1999. Mapeamento Aéreo Expedito Para a Classificação da Mortalidade de Árvores Causadas Pela Vespa-da-Madeira (Sirex Noctilio) em Plantações Brasileiras de Pinus. See at: http://www.fatorgis.com.br/artigos/florest/vespa/vespa.htm
Claessens, H.; D Pauwels, A Thibaut and J Rondeux. 1999. Site index curves and autecology of ash, sycamore and cherry in Wallonia (Southern Belgium). Forestry 72(3):171-182. Abstract at: http://www3.oup.co.uk/foresj/hdb/Volume_72/Issue_03/720171.sgm.abs.html
Ducey, Mark J. 1999. What expansion factor should be used in binned probability proportional to size sampling? Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(8): 1290-1294. See abstract at: http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/cjfr/x99-109.html
Fouquet, Marc; Sweeting, Martin. n.d. Earth Observation Using Low Cost SSTL Microsatellites- http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/CSER/UOSAT/papers/iaf96/microeis/microeis.html
Gardner- Outlaw, Tom; Engelman, Robert. 1999. Forest futures - population, consumption and wood resources. Population Action International.68 p. The accelerating loss of the world's forests presents one of the major environmental challenges of the next century. The growth of human population–from a few million people in prehistory to 6 billion today–looms large among the factors contributing to this loss. Yet many analyses of forest decline despair that population growth is an inevitable force that must be reckoned with but cannot be influenced. This publication challenges that view. Its purpose is not only to examine population's role in forest loss, but also to highlight the value of population policies that simultaneously improve human well-being and brighten the prospects for conserving the world's remaining forests. The report can be accessed on PAI's web site (http://www.populationaction.org/why_pop/forest/forest_index.htm) in PDF format. Anyone interested in obtaining a complimentary hard copy can contact Tom Gardner-Outlaw via e-mail (tgo@popact.org) or write Population Action International, 1120 19th Street, NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20036 USA.
Gollin, M. A. 1999. New rules for natural products research: Dwindling natural resources have spurred tighter regulations for biodiversity prospecting. Nature Biotechnology 17:921-922.
Lindenmayer, D.B.; B.G. Mackey, I.C. Mullen, M.A. McCarthy, A.M. Gill, R.B. Cunningham, C.F. Donnelly. 1999. Factors affecting stand structure in forests -- are there climatic and topographic determinants? Forest Ecology and Management 123(1): 55-63. See abstract at: http://www.elsevier.nl/cgi-bin/cas/tree/store/foreco/cas_sub/browse/browse.cgi?year=1999&volume=123&issue=1&aid=4706
Morellet, Nicolas; Benoît Guibert. 1999. Spatial heterogeneity of winter forest resources used by deer, Forest Ecology and Management 123(1):11-20. See abstract at: http://www.elsevier.nl/cgi-bin/cas/tree/store/foreco/cas_sub/browse/browse.cgi?year=1999&volume=123&issue=1&aid=4695
Pandey, Deep Narayan. 1999. Ethnoforestry. Book on line. You can access by visiting: http://education.vsnl.com/deep/index.html
Stellingwert, Donald A.; Hussin, Yousif A. n.d. Measurements and Estimations of Forest Stand Parameters using Remote Sensiong. VSP Scientific Publishers, Zeist, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6764-251-7. 272 p. Price DM1150. Email: vsppub@compuserve.com. URL: http://www.vsppub.com.
27-29 September 1999. Second Annual Earth Technologies Forum. Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. To receive a program or to register, contact Erika Fischer at +1-703-807-4052 or fax +1-703-243-2874. You may also check the Forum's home page at http://www.earthforum.com
20-22 October 1999. International Symposium: Remote Sensing and Integrated Technologies. Istanbul, Turkey. Contact: Nebiye Musaodlu, Remote Sensing Division, Istanbul Technical University. Fax: +90-212-285-6587.
25-27 October 1999. Pecora 14: Land Satellite Information III: Demonstrating the Value of Satellite Imagery. Contact: Kass Green, Pacific Meridian Resources, 5915 Hollis Street, Building B, Emeryville, CA 94606 USA. Tel: +1-510-654-6980. Fax: +1-510-654-5774. URL: http://www.asprs.org/satellite_imaging_conference.
5-6 November 1999. ACM GIS'99 -7th ACM Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Kansas City, USA. For details see: http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~cmbm/acmgis99/. For CIKM see: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/cikm/1999/. For registration see: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/cikm/1999/reg-form.regular-attendee
29 November - 2 December 1999. International Workshop on Promoting Cooperation for Biodiversity Conservation And Sustainable Rural Development In Mountain Ecosystems: The Case Of Andes And The Himalayas. Kathmandu, Nepal. Organized by the HimalAndes Initiative with the sponsorship of Ashoka, Innovators for the Public Global Collaboration Fund. Contact: Alejandro Camino D.C., HimalAndes Initiative, Independencia 461, Miraflores, Lima 18 Peru. Tel.: +511- 867-7771. Fax: +511- 444-3396. E-mail: acamino@mail.cosapidata.com.pe
6-9 December, 1999. International Symposium on Sustainable Development in Semi-Arid Regions - WORLD SEMI-ARID '99 (Note - this is a change of dates). João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil. Contact: Prof. Dorival C. Bruni, President of BIOSFERA, Brazilian Society for the Environment (BIOSFERA), P.O.Box 2432, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 20001-970, Brazil. Tel/Fax: (+55 21) 221-0155/ 2217626. Tel: (+55 21) 252-1631. E-mail: biosfera@biosfera.com.br. Web site: www.biosfera.com.br
9-13 January 2000. IUFRO -Cairns 2000. Developing policies to encourage small-scale forestry. Cairns, Australia. Contact: Dr. John Herbohn, email: john.herbohn@jcu.edu.au
10-12 January 2000. 2nd International Conference on Geospatial Information for Agriculture and Forestry. Buena Vista, Florida, USA. ERIM, P.O. Box 134008, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4008 USA. Tel: +1-734-994-1200 ext. 3234. Fax: +1-734-994-5123. Email: agriculture@erim-int.com. URL: http://www.erim-int/CONF/ag.html.
26-28 January 2000. 3rd Conference on Fusion of Earth Data. Ecole des Mines de Paris, Sopia Antipolis, Cote d'Azur, France. Email: fusion@cenerg.cma.fr. URL: http://www-datafusion.cma.fr/conf
21-25 February 2000. Designing Multipurpose Resource Inventories - An International Short Course. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Participation will be limited to approx. 20 students. Contact: Dr. Miguel Caballero Deloya, Head. Area of Environmental Economics and Sociology Research Program, CATIE 7170. Turrialba, Costa Rica. TELFAX: 556 8514
Tel: 556 6431 Ext. 2522. Electronic mail: caballer@catie.ac.cr
23-25 February 2000. Workshop: Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management: Challenge and Innovation in the 21st Century. Alberta, Canada. See: http://www.ualberta.ca/~gis1/wshop/index.htm
13-16 June 2000. 20th Symposium. A Decade of Trans-European Collaboration in Remote Sensing. University of Dresden, Germany. Email: earsel@meteo.fr. URL: http://www.tu-dresden.de/fghgik/aktuell/earsel.htm.
12-14 July 2000. ACCURACY 2000 - 4th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tel: +31-20-525-7448. Fax: +31-20-525-7431. Email: accuracy@frw.uva.nl. URL: http://www.gis.wau.nl/Accuracy2000
16-23 July 2000. GEOINFORMATION FOR ALL - XIX Congress for the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Ms. Saskia Tempelman, ITC, PO Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, the Netherlands. Fax: +31-53-48-74-335. Email: isprs@itc.nl. URL: http://www.itc.n./~isprs.
11-14 September 2000. 2nd Int. Conf. GIS for Earth Science Applications. Menemen, Turkey. Contact: Anadolu Univeristy, Space & Satellite Sciences Research Institute. Tel: +90-222-322-2071 ext. 6805. Fax: +90-222-323-9129. Email: icgesa@anadolu.edu.tr. URL: http://icgesa.anadolu.edu.tr.
13-15 September 2000. 1st EARSeL Workshop on Remote Sensing for Developing Countries. Gent, Belgium. Email: earsel@meteo.fr
21-25 May 2001. 21st EARSeL Symposium. Marne-la-Vallee (Paris), France. Email: earsel@meteo.fr
31 May - 2 June 2002. 22nd EARSeL Symposium. Prague, Czech Republic. Email: earsel@meteo.fr
GIS data sets on the web - (Primarily USA and Canada - but others may be welcomed) - http://www.coastnet.com/~letham/gisfacts091.html
World map on species biodiversity- number of vascular plants - http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/system/phytodiv.htm
Interested in the latest biotechnologies? Check out what the Agriculture people are doing at http://www.biotech-info.net.
As always, please share as appropriate. Have a great weekend and we'll see you 22 October. Cheers. Gyde