This week's input come from Wendy Avis, Margrit Bernard, Bill Feidt, Steffen Fritz, Ron Hall, George Lightner, Robin Maille, Scott Miller, Juan M. Pulhin, and Jerry Vanclay . Thanks for the material folks. It is your information that keeps FIU going!
IUFRO 4.02/4.11/4.12 (Inventory, Statistics, Remote sensing) NEWSLETTER #26, October 1999 letter is available by post, email, and from IUFROnet . If you prefer to get your copy by email (it's fast, cheap and you can search it electronically), you can subscribe by sending the message SUBSCRIBE IUFRO-402 to LISTSERV@CGNET.COM. If you no longer need your hardcopy, please help to cut postal costs by letting Rita Mustikasari (R.Mustikasari@cgiar.org) know, and she will remove you from the mailing list. If you want to keep getting your newsletter by post, please keep us informed of any address updates - Jerry Vanclay - JVanclay@scu.edu.au web site
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGENENT - Alfredo Unda writes "I would appreciate to know web pages where I can get information related to implementation of sustainable forest management with small and medium landowners. I am especially interested on examples of preliminary work with them in order to implement techniques to improve their forest management." If you have any information to share, please contact Alfredo directly at: Alfredo Unda, Forest consultant, Instituto Forestal, Huérfanos 554, Santiago, Chile. Phone:(562)693-0841, fax:(562)693-0798. Email: aunda@infor.cl
WHY BECOME A FORESTER? Juan M. Pulhin is conducting a study on "Profiling the Forestry Profession: Trends, Realities and Needs." This study is being prepared by FTPP members from University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in preparation for an international workshop on forestry education planned for 2000. Juan is studying what sorts of people become foresters; what they are being trained to do; what they actually do; the approaches they employ in accomplishing this; and the issues, needs and challenges they face in accomplishing these tasks. Juan seeks input from forestry undergraduates, forestry graduates and non-forestry graduates (especially from S.E. Asia). If you wish to participate in this most interesting survey, please contact Juan directly at jpulhin@laguna.net for a copy of the questionnaire.
WHAT IS WILD LAND? is a PhD student at the University of Leeds and is interested in wild land perception mapping. He has designed an Internet questionnaire to capture information on wild land perception in Scotland. If you are interested in completingthe questionnaire or contact Steffen at pgsf@geography.leeds.ac.uk
EXOTIC PESTS -Guy is looking for some refereed journal articles on exotic pests invading Canada or the US. If you have any ideas or suggestions please contact Guy directly at "Guy and Sheila" nfld@brunnet.net
Bas A.M. Bouman, Hans G.P. Jansen, Rob A. Schipper, Andre Nieuwenhuyse, Huib Hengsdijk, Johan Bouma. 1999. A framework for integrated biophysical and economic land use analysis at different scales. Agriculture, Ecosystems And Environment 75(1-2): 55-73. Abstract
Brooks, Colin N.;Adina M. Merenlender. 1999(?) Characterizing the Spatial Pattern of Vegetation Regeneration in a Cleared Watershed. see web page
Choudhury, Keya; Jansen, Louisa J.M. (eds.) 1998. Terminology for Integrated Resources Planning and Management. , aimed at fostering common language for evaluating biophysical, socio-economic and legal attributes of land. - see web page. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 69 p.
FAO. Digital soil map of the world and derived soil properties on CD-ROM. FAO. Instructions for ordering
FGDC Biological Data Working Group. 1999. Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Part 1: Biological Data Profile. Final Draft. Oct.
McGaughey, B.D.; Thompson, C.M. 1998. From World-Wide Webs to Satellite Sensing: The Potential Impacts of Information Technology on Regulatory Compliance and Testing. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 4(1):7-10.
McGill, D.W.; R. Rogers, A.J. Martin, and P.S. Johnson. 1999. Measuring Stocking in Northern Red Oak Stands in Wisconsin. North. J. Appl. For. 16(2):144-150. Abstract
Quattrochi, Dale A.; Jeffrey C. Luvall. 1999. Thermal infrared remote sensing for analysis of landscape ecological processes: methods and applications. Landscape Ecology 14(6):577-598.
Sinclair, Fergus L. 1999. A general classification of agroforestry practice. Agroforestry Systems 46 (2):161-180.
Tady, Troy P. 1999. Down-To-Earth Remote Sensing: "Real World" Applications of Satellite Imagery. web page
Traub, B.; Kleinn, Ch.. 1999. Zur Erfassung von Flächenfragmentierung und struktureller Diversität – Measuring Fragmentation and Structural Diversity. Forstw. Cbl.118: 39-50
(See also http://www.agnic.org/whatsnew/ and http://www.agnic.org/mtg/99k.html and Calendar of remote sensing/GIS events
18 November 1999. Korean Forestry - A history of restoration. International Forestry Brown Bag Seminar. Speaker: Sang Kyun Kim, Director of Forestry Administration, Korea. 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Conference Room, USDA Forest Service International Forestry Office, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington DC 20005-3401, Suite 5500W. Contact : Gary Man, USDA Forest Service, Tel : 202-273-4740, E-mail : g.man@if.arctic.com
22-24 November 1999. Recent advances on oak health in Europe. Warsaw, Poland. For information contact: "Tomasz Oszako" Oszakot@ibles.waw.pl web site
21-25 February 2000. Designing Multipurpose Resource Inventories - An International Short Course. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. This course will provide grass roots and hands on experience in designing multipurpose resource inventories. The intent is to provide instructions so that the participants design MRIs in their own countries and also provide training in their respective regions. Participation will be limited to approx. 40 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. Note: If you are interested in seeing the proposed course content send me an email and ask for "MRI" - Gyde.
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: web site
27-31 March 2000. 28th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. Cape Town, South Africa. Contact: Deidre' Cloete, 28th ISRSE Technical Committee, P.O. Box 452, Stellenbosch, 7599 South Africa. Tel: +27-21-886-4496. Fax: +27-883-8177. URL: http://www.isrse.co.za.
18-20 June 2000. Western Mensuration Meeting (WMM). Whitefish, Montana, USA. We are in the early stages of planning for this meeting. Contacts are: George Lightner (glightner/r1@fs.fed.us) or Mic Holmes (mholmes@plumcreek.com). Additional details on the meeting see: http://www.westernforestry.org/wmens/m2000.htm
25-30 June 2000. Multipurpose Management of Mountain Forests: Concepts, Methods, Techniques. Pralognan-la-Vanoise. The contact is Martin Price, 11 Bevington Rd., Oxford OX2 6NB, UK. Fax: +44-186-528-4691. Email: martin.price@ecu.ox.ac.uk
16-18 October 2000. Issues in Environmental Pollution (IEP) 2000: Issues in Global Change. Conflicting demands on water, air and land resources in a changing global environment. Lisbon, Portugal. Contact: Gill Heaton, IEP 2000 Conference Secretariat, Hillside Cottages, Wheatley Road, Islip, Oxford OX5 2TF, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1865 373625. Fax: +44 (0)1865 375855. E-mail: gill.heaton@virgin.net. URL: http://www.elsevier.nl:80/homepage/sag/iep2000/
Information on the INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATION YEAR (IBOY) may be viewed at http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/IBOY.
IMAGES IN TREES - of Paul Rolans. His unique perception of trees adds a whole new dimension to the general idea of what trees and forests are. The examples as shown on our web-sites are part of a much larger photo archive, put together during 4 years of research. Please visit our web-sites: http://www.stars-international.de
THE BETA VERSION OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE CALCULATOR is now available. A full release of Version 1.0 of this software is expected in January, 2000. Please visit the Calculator web site at http://www.climcalc.net where you can: 1) Download a copy of the Beta Version, 2) Order a CD-ROM of the Beta Version, and 3) Fill out a quick user survey to provide feedback on the Calculator. The Climate Change Calculator is an interactive software tool designed to raise people's awareness of the greenhouse gases they produce through their daily activities and lifestyle choices. This Canada-specific tool will help people of all ages learn about their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and will suggest measures they can take to reduce emissions.
USFS INTERNATIONAL NEWS - The USDA Forest Service is happy to announce that Issue No. 3 of the International Programs News is now available for viewing on the Forest Service/International Programs website. This issue focuses on invasive plant and insect species that affect urban and wildland trees in the US as well as Eastern Europe, Russia, China, and the Pacific Islands. In addition, it has our regular features which include Meeting and Workshop Announcements, News Bits from Around the World, and New Journals, Books and Websites. Please visit the website at http://www.fs.fed.us/global/news
MAPS - Access to National Geographic Maps on the Web - http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
As always, please share as appropriate. Thanks, Gyde