TTTT Links by Subject
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Below are a few links by subject, click on them to follow.
| Web Site Links | Rating | e-mail address |
| Useful Sites: | |||
| Check to see if
viruses are in fact hoaxes Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability Symantec Anti Virus Research Center McAfee Associates Virus Hoax List Dr. Solomons Hoax Page The Urban Legends Web Site Reference Pages Datafellows Hoax Warnings MDK-12 Community Internet Hoax Resources |
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| Online atlas - download and run it on your PC (Windows 95) - send a postcard to Olivier Collard 14, rue Marcel Pagnol 42270 SAINT-PRIEST FRANCE | Download | ||
| Spellchecker - many applications including e-mail programmes | Web Site | ||
| Travlang - online guide for travelers needing to learn key words and phrases of the countries they plan to visit. | Web Site | ||
| Rivendell International Communications - translations, dictionaries and much more | Web SiteFree online sources | TTTTT | |
| Translations from English
to Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German and vice-versa are available
(SYSTRAN - up to $20 free trial!!!) |
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| Translate online | Altavista
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| Translate short phrases in many languages | Web Site | ||
| Arabic Translation Services 1 page free sample translation Arabic to/from English, French, Italian, or Spanish | Web Site | ||
| Forestry: | |||
| Some forestry data on various countries | Web Site | ||
| ARBEC (ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation) articles posted free from April 16 till September 30 1998. New articles will be posted monthly and members can access them via the ARBEC's web site. ARBEC specialises in publication of research coming out from the bio-diverse rainforests of ASEAN (a grouping of nations consisting of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Brunei). | Web Site | ||
| Do we have enough forests | Web page | ||
| Tropical forest resources. FAO paper no. 30. Rome: Reproduced with permission, from: Lanly, J. 1982. | Web page | ||
| ForestScience.Info - Giving you access to 64 years of research in forest and wood science | Web Site | ||
| Forest World - several searchable online databases | Web Site | ||
| International Forestry Cooperation | Web Site | ||
| Pinchot's Practical Forestry | Web Site | ||
| Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the retiring President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science presented her Presidential Address | Web Page | ||
| Conferences etc.: | |||
| IUFRO XX World Congress | Web Site | ||
| XI World Forestry Congress | Web Site | ||
| Santiago Declaration | Web Page | ||
| CIESIN Dataset Guide - UNCED Collection | Web Page | ||
| Definitions, Dictionaries and Glossaries: | |||
| Definitions of deforestation, reforestation, and afforestation. | Web Page | ||
| WORLD DICTIONARY OF TREES - Forestry links @ Sylva | Web Site | ||
| Dictionary | Web Page | ||
| Mining Company natural resource inventory glossary | Web Site | ||
| NCSU Extension Forestry has a Woodland Owner Note "Understanding Forestry Terms" | Web Site | ||
| Definitions of "forest", "reforestation", "afforestation", and "deforestation" by H.G Lund for IUFRO and the IPCC/UNFCCC meeting (Rome) | Web page | ||
| "Trends in forest terminology" mailing list archives (IUFRO Working Unit ) 6.03.02 including "old-growth forests," "natural forests," primary forests," "virgin forests" and related terms. | Web archives | ||
| List of links for on-line forest terminology in English and other languages by Anita Nuoponen, a terminologist from the University of Vaasa in Finland, | Web Site | ||
| SylvaVoc (IUFRO's clearinghouse for multilingual forest terminology) is finalizing a project for an on-line database. | Web Site | ||
| "International Bibliography of Dictionaries, Glossaries and Terminological Publications in Forestry and Related Sciences" (SylvaVoc) | Web Site | ||
| USA federal forest service - forestry glossary | Web Site | ||
| Forest terminology | Web Site | ||
| Forest terminology | Web Site | ||
| The Dictionary of Forestry, edited by John A. Helms. To order write to Society of American Foresters, Attn.: Linda O'Keefe, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA | |||
| One-Look Dictionaries (general information) | Web Site | ||
| WWWebster's Dictionary (general information) | Web Site | ||
| Financial and Fiscal (Economics, Taxation): | |||
| Currency calculator | Web Site | TTT | |
| Assigning Economic Value to Natural Resources | Web Site | ||
| International Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development : Sticks, Carrots, and Games | Web Page | ||
| Courseware for Econ 423 -- Environmental and Natural Resources Economics | Web Site | ||
| An Economic Analysis of Timber Harvesting Regulations for Coastal British Columbia. | Web Page | ||
| The Indonesian Economic Crisis Implies Immense Changes in the Forest Sector | Web Page | ||
| World Bank's World Development Indicators for 1998 | Web Site | ||
| World Trade Organisation | Web Site | ||
| Forest Education: | |||
| Forest Education Initiative (Scotland) | Web Site | ||
| Temperate Forest Foundation ( USA)- including teachers tour | Web Site | ||
| Tropical Forest resource group = Training , research, management in all areas of tropical forestry | Web Site | ||
| Forestry Profession: | |||
| Registered Forester status: | |||
| SAF (Society of American foresters) administers a national Certified Forester ® program which does not substitute for state programs to register or license | Web Site | TTTT | |
| Alabama State (USA) Board of Registration for Foresters | Web Site | ||
| California (USA) Forest Practice Rules Act 1998 | Web Site | ||
| North Carolina State Board of Registration for Foresters - Bill | Web Site | ||
| South Carolina - requirements for registration - Bill | Web Site | ||
| Requirements West Virginia (USA) Click on Chapter 30 and scroll down to Article 19. | Web Site | ||
| British Columbia (Canada) must be a member of the Association of BC Professional Foresters (ABCPF) to be a registered professional forester (RPF) | Web Site | ||
| Ontario (Canada) Professional Foresters Association (OPFA) is working towards licencing | News release | ||
| Institute of Chartered Foresters (United Kingdom) | Web Site | ||
| Environmental Issues: | |||
| Forestecology.com | Web Site | ||
| ECOCART® promotes better understanding about environmental issues (renewable resources in tropical countries). Information on scientific studies of vegetation including databases, maps, GIS and books. | Web Site | ||
| The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387:252-259. Costanza, R, et al. May 15, 1997. The researchers came up with annual per hectare values and total global values for all ecosystems. The global total was over $33 trillion per year. The per hectare temperate/boreal forest value was $277 ($112 per acre per year). | Web Site extra information |
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| 1992 UNCED Forest Principles UN Environmental Summit. Ftp text of Agreement on Environment and Development | |||
| Joint Implementation Program - Carbon Sequestration | Web Site | ||
| Global Warming | Web Site | ||
| The Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Verification of Climate Change Mitigation Projects | Download | ||
| (UNFCCC) German Advisory Council on Global Climate Change report | Web Site | ||
| GLOBE's "Checklist for Buenos Aires" - Ministerial negotiating session November 1-13, 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. International cooperation to combat climate change | Web Site | ||
| Euroabstracts - FREE bimonthly review of new R&D publications (books, magazines, CD-ROMs and web sites covering environment, information technology etc.) RTD Help Desk, EC, DG XIII/D/2, L-2920 Luxembourg. | Web Site | ||
| Global Land Environment since the Last Interglacial | Web Site | ||
| Journal of Industrial Ecology | Web Site | ||
| The similarities and differences between logging and fire (Adobe PDF file on home page) publication by the Wildlands League a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society | Web Page | ||
| A bibliography titled Water Quality and Forestry can be requested via email | |||
| Environmental effects of planted forests in New Zealand: The implications of continued afforestation of pasture (180 p.) FRI Bulletin #198 | Web Site | ||
| Phytoremediation - use of plants, including trees, to remove, destroy or sequester hazardous substances from the environment. | Web Site | ||
| Report on the Conference
on Environmental Monitoring Surveys Over Time - the current state of statistical methodology for environmental surveys |
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| Gyde Lund's list of Biodiversity publications | Web Site | ||
| Global Diversity - Species Numbers of Vascular Plants - Great resource for those researching into biodiversity (in English & German) | Web Site | ||
| Missouri Botanical Garden. - rainforest site | Web Site | ||
| The World List of Threatened Trees - Tree Conservation Information Service -WCMC | Web Site | ||
| EE Link Endangered Species | Web Site | ||
| Re-introduction of the Przewalski or Wild Horse to the forest and steppe reserve of Hustain Nuruu in Mongolia | Web Site | ||
| Red Squirrels are in decline - reasons vary from competition from grey suirrels, loss of habitat, parapox virus etc | Web Site | ||
| Red Squirrel conservation - Durham Wildlife Trust | Web Site | ||
| Red Squirrel report by WARWICKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST | Web Site | ||
| Health and Safety: | |||
| Lyme Disease Foundation | Web Site | ||
| Lymes Disease - spread by ticks | Web Site | ||
| Other links on Lyme Disease | Web Site | ||
| ISM - Accident/Incident Management software customised for forestry . Contact: Allan Wissing @ Computer Craft (North Island, New Zealand) | Web Site | ||
| Chainsaw Safety: | |||
| HomeSafe - Chainsaws | Web Site | T | |
| Safety with Chainsaws - Red Earth | Web Site | TTt | |
| General Safety Precautions for use of Chain Saws - OREGON Cutting Systems | Web Site | TTt | |
| Chainsaw Safety - A Training Curriculum for the Appalachian Trail | Web Site | TTT | |
| Mill Site Chainsaw Safety - Forest Applications Training, Inc. | Web Site | TTT | |
| Workplace Health and Safety - Safety Links - Rural | Web Site | ||
| NASD Video Database Hand-Power Tools - Chain Saws Menu | Web Site | Tt | |
| Chain Saw Safety - Advice from an Expert (Part I) Dated: 04/05/98 | Web Page | ||
| Forest Design: | |||
| Land cover classification/land use - FAO's Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN) and the Soil Resources, Management and Conservation Service (AGLS) | Web Site | ||
| Forest Landscape Design Principles | Web Site | ||
| Landscape preference model. - including online scenic preference questionnaire | Web Site | ||
| GIS Applications in Tropical Forestry | Web Site | no access found | |
| Vegetation mapping | Web Site | ||
| Vegetation Mapping - Classification System and Field Methods | Web Site | ||
| Road Construction: | |||
| Ground Preparation (including draining): | |||
| Web Ring resources for geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering | Web Site | ||
| SoilVision - knowledge-based database software for the managing and estimation of soil properties. | Web Site | ||
| Soil Conditioner - Terracottem (Sanjay Somani - India) | Web Site | ||
| Forest Soils - information page by the Temperate Forest Foundation | Web Site | ||
| The VH Mulcher - Invention that does spot site preparation | Web Page | TTT | |
| Individual Species: | |||
| TreeGuide: The Natural History of Trees - database access to over 800 tree species | Web Site | ||
| A multimedia CD-ROM with links to the Internet containing detailed information on over 600 major tropical and subtropical tree and shrub species. | Details Demo |
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| "Theobroma grandiflorum" | Web Page | ||
| "Bactris gasipaes", | Web Page | ||
| "Bertholletia excelsa", | Web Page | ||
| "Bixa orellana" | Web Page | ||
| Balsawood (Ochoroma lagopus) " Balsos of Colombia "- for information (Spanish) Hector Muñoz General Gerente A.A: 52874 Medellín, Colombia South America (Telephone 57-4-2331331) | ??? | ||
| Castanea (Sweet Chestnut) - Portuguese site | Web Site | ||
| Cedar of Lebanon | Web Site | ||
| Elm (Ulmus) - The Morton Arboretum, Illinois, USA | Web Site | ||
| DED resistant Elm - Manchester NH Urban Open Space project | Web Site | ||
| EUCLID: An interactive key to the identification of Eucalypts. Brooker, M.I.H. et al. 1997. CD-ROM and manual. $120 US. CSIRO Publishing. | Web Site | ||
| Silver Fir and Mediterranean Fir - photos and references of firs in Greece, Corse, Spain, and Italy | Web Site | ||
| Chinese Fir by Chen Bowang (China) | Web Page | ||
| Oak Stands, Advances In Research In Intermediate | Web Page | ||
| Paulownia (Toad Gully Nursery, Australia) | Web Site | TTt | |
| Paulownia by Chen Bowang (China) | Web Page | ||
| Radiata Pine - taper, dbh-ht and growth functions | Web Site Web Site |
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| Teak: Julio Centino (Venezuela) | Web Site | ||
| Teak: An exploration of market prospects and the outlook for Costa Rican plantations based on indicative growth tables" Teak activities in Costa Rica, quality, prices and market prospects, the volumes which are produced and the profitability of these plantations. | Web Site | ||
| Teak 2000 - a new initiative launched in 1996 in the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam | Web Site | Tt | |
| Developments re release of Wollemi Pine around the world will be announced in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney web page | Web Site | ||
| The Virtual Foliage Homepage at the University of Wisconsin plant identification (not just trees) found in Eastern North America | Web Site | ||
| Species identification mainly
North America:
http://www.colby.edu/info.tech/BI211/PlantFamilyID.html
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery.htm
http://bluehen.ags.udel.edu/udgarden.html
http://plants.usda.gov/plants/ http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/bonap/bonap_state_dist_ref.html http://www.wisc.edu/botany/virtual.html http://plants.usda.gov/plants/photogal.cgi |
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| An Introductory Guide to Native British Trees (sponsored by U-Net) | Web Site | ||
| The seven most cultivated conifers in the U.K. by Peter Tomlin | Web page | TTT | |
| Trees and Religion: | |||
| Chrisitanity and Nordic Mythology | Web Site | ||
| Druidism and sacred trees | Web Site | ||
| Seahenge - The wooden 'henge' rescued from the sea off the Norfolk coast, UK | Web Site | ||
| Genetics and Tree Breeding | |||
| Forest Genetic Resources No. 25 Annual bulletin produced by the Forest Resources Development Service of the FAO Forestry Department. | Web Page | ||
| Simulation model ECO-GENE is now available on Download free | Web Page | ||
| CoTrix. A new 32 bit version computer analysis programme = inheritance analysis on complex DNA banding patterns Download free from the subdirectory SOFTWARE of our homepage | Home Page | ||
| A tree genetics section has been included in the Newhoo Genetics hierarchy. Submit any web resources related to forest or tree genetics - Select "add URL". | Web Site | ||
| "Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits" -chapter 2 of on-line book | Web Site | ||
| Seedling Production: | |||
| Roots on cuttings and seedlings of Norway spruce | Web Site | ||
| The Seed Page - (general link to seed sources and ref. books) | Web Site | TTTT | |
| Seed Germination Database - (a good starting point) | Web Site | TTT | |
| Shivalik Seeds Corporation, India | Web Site | ||
| Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative - Pine | Web Site | ||
| Mycorrhizae: | |||
| Cultural enhancement of mycorrhizal fungi on southern pines (paper by Mitchell, R.J. and D.B. South. 1992) | Web page | ||
| Cost of Mycorrhizal Inocula | Web page | ||
| Natural Regeneration: | |||
| Planting: | |||
| Planting Morphologically Improved Seedlings with Shovels | Web Page | ||
| Treeplanting Web Page: straight talk about planting by and for treeplanters: | Web Site | ||
| Treeplanting page in the US. | Web Page | ||
| Northwest Reforestation Contractors Association ( Eugene, Oregon, USA) | Web Site | ||
| Some info for New Zealand | Web Page | ||
| Whitfield Manufacturing - Tree seedling transplanters, fire ploughs etc. | Web Site | ||
| Maintenance (fertilising, weeding, cleaning etc.): | |||
| National Strategy - Invasive Plant Management -USA | Web Site | ||
| Forest Pests, Diseases and other Damaging Agencies: | |||
| Forest health | Web Site | ||
| EL EFECTO INVERNADERO y sus relaciones con bosques tropicales se encuentra | Web Site | ||
| Advice on Tropical Pests and Diseases - Eric Boa | |||
| Insects: | |||
| Entymology Web site in Sweden | Web Site | ||
| Forest insect pests (Poland) by Marcin Nader | Web Site | ||
| USA sites | |||
| USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Home Page (tree health and pests throughout North America) | Web Site | ||
| Clemson University - Description of Shade and Forest Insects | Web Site | ||
| Colorado State Forest Service - Forest and Tree Pests | Web Site | ||
| Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry (Ohio) - Forest Pests | Web Site | ||
| North Carolina State University - Center for Integrated Pest Management | Web Site | TTTT | |
| University of Wisconsin - Dept. of Entomology (Madison, WI , USA) | Web Site | ||
| West Virginia University - Tree, Shrub, and Woody Ornamental Pest Management | Web Site | ||
| Bugwood - (Entymology and Forestry) | Web Site | ||
| Gypsy Moth in North America - an introduced pest devastating the forests | Web Site | TTTTT | |
| Southern Pine Beetle Dendroctonus frontalis is the most destructive forest insect in the American south. | Web Site | ||
| Western Pine Beetle Dendroctonus brevicomis is the most destructive forest insect in the American west. | Web Site | ||
| Pale Tussock Moth | Web Site | ||
| Diseases: | |||
| Pine Disease Index - Handbook of diseases of Pine | Web Site | ||
| Fire: | |||
| Forests and Fire - a new subject-oriented site focusing on forest fires. Includes the International Meeting on Public Policies Affecting Forest Fires (FAO) | Web Site | ||
| Steve Shooks page for firefighting foams etc. | Web Site | ||
| Forest Health Science Panel - fuel loading for fires | Web Site | ||
| Global information on forest fires | Web Site | ||
| The ecological role of fire in temperate and boreal forests in Ontario. It describes some basic fire ecology within these systems and also discusses the difference between the ecological impacts of fire and logging. | Adobe Acrobat File | ||
| Climate (incl air pollution and wind): | |||
| Air pollution and forest health observations | Web Site | ||
| Committee for the National Institute for the Environment -
Air Pollution and Forests |
Web Site | TT | |
| EC-funded STORMS Project with online demo of the programme |
Web Site Demo |
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| Observation that limbs and trees have become increasingly brittle and prone to breakage in recent years. | Web Page | ||
| IPCC report on IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FORESTS | Web Page | ||
| Global Plant Protection Information System Note: (under construction) | Web Site | ||
| Management including sustainability: | |||
| Certification: | |||
| Certification Jump Point | Web Site | ||
| Certified wood products, certification, and sustainability in general | Web Site | TTT | |
| Context Institute Sustainable Culture Information Service | Web Site | T | |
| EFI - Certification Information Service | Web Site | ||
| Helsinki pan European
Process - adopted Criteria and Indicators |
Web Page | ||
| Adopted Criteria and Indicators also found on the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe | Web Site | ||
| Summary of the ten FSC (Forest Stewardship Council ) Principles | Web Site | ||
| ITTO's Executive Summary on Timber Certification | Web Page | ||
| WWF in Europe works on group certification of smaller landowners. Check the "Forests for life" campaign | Web Site | ||
| Article "FSC certifies 10 million hectares of forests -- so what?" | Web page | ||
| Polish FSC case, the only identified "corrective action" was to distribute, in the forest administration, the FSC principles and criteria | Web Site | ||
| Certification of Forest Management and the Use of Performance Indicators. - Australian Forest Growers Conference. 9th. July, 1998 | Web Site | ||
| Forest Trends - section on certification (results of Netherlands meeting - 1999). | Web Site | ||
| Certification concerns: | |||
| "Flor y Fauna" Teakwood scheme (WWF is a partner) unchallenged certification | Web Site | ||
| Julio Centino (Venezuela) - see TEAK section | Web Site | ||
| Journalists in the Netherlands published parts of the Centeno report which highlights WWF involvement in a questionable commercial operation | Web Site | ||
| Sustainable Development etc.: | |||
| Expert Workshop on Sustainable Development of Non-Wood Goods and Benefits from Boreal and Cold Temperate Forests | topurchase report | ||
| FAO Geographic Information System in Sustainable Development Note: World Soil Resources Map information available for downloading: Arc/Info format for datasets & MSWord format for documentations. | Web Page | ||
| FAO (Sustainable Development Department) - 53 georeferenced maps & image analysis software free for downloading | Web Page | ||
| International Model Forest Network - management, conservation and sustainable development of forest resources. | Web Site | ||
| Club de Bruxelles conference on Eur.forestrt | Web Site | ||
| Model Forest Conferences, Meetings, and Workshops | Web Site | ||
| Gaia Forest Conservation Archives--Sustainable Forestry Documents | Web Page | ||
| 18 Laws of sustainability by Professor Albert Bartlett (1998) | Web Page | ||
| How can we feign sustainability.... | Web Site | ||
| Sustainable management of forests - questionnaire in three languages (English, French and Spanish). The purpose is to start up an interactive discussion with persons interested in identification of spatial information needs for sustainable management of forests. | Web Site | ||
| Forest Certification and Resource Inventory - Sustainable forest management is the process of managing permanent forest land to achieve one or more clearly specified objectives of management | Web Page | ||
| Forest certification - involves checking by an 3rd party independent certification company | Web Page | ||
| Forests are evaluated according to international standards and certified as well managed by a qualified independent auditor (or certifier). | Web Page | ||
| UNEP-WG-Sustainable Product Development | Web Page | ||
| LEAD-Europe The aim is that these leaders will help to establish sustainable development actions globally | Web Site Web Site |
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| Low Forest Cover (LFC). - parameters for deciding if the level of forest cover for each country is adequate | Web Site | discussionlist | |
| Description of the Multipurpose Resource Inventories (MRI) project completed as a joint venture between the European Forest Institute, IUFRO 4.02 and the USDA Forest Service | Web Page Web Page |
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| Carbon sequestration: | |||
| Study of research done on carbon sequestration in the forests of the PNW at Oregon State University. Their key finding is that rather than sequestering carbon, forests have been a significant source of carbon | Web Page | ||
| Carbon in Forests - bibliography and description of model used | Web Page Model |
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| Paper by G Marland and B Schlamadinger - the relative advantages of carbon sequestration in trees versus substituting wood energy for fossil fuel energy. | Web Page | ||
| Silvicultural Systems: | |||
| Silviculture Links | Web Site | ||
| Recent research regarding forests of the Pacific Northwest | Web Site | ||
| Australian National University Forestry Silviculture - information about native forest silviculture in Australia and course information for forestry students | Web Site | ||
| Biofuels: | |||
| Biannual newsletter on the fuels derived from forest biomass. Covers wood energy and also its use to combat greenhouse gas emissions (FAO) | Web Site | ||
| Energy From Biofuels | Web Site | ||
| New York State Energy Research and Development Authority | Web Site | ||
| State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry -Biomass | Web Site | ||
| Short Rotation Coppice (some info. from Game Conservancy) | Web Site | TTT | |
| Agroforestry: | |||
| Agrobyte - Nos dirigimos a ustedes porque hemos visto en sus webs que están interesados de algún modo en el mundo agrario o forestal. | Web Site | ||
| Inventory, Mensuration and Computing: | |||
| Vista - the visual statistics system - statistics package available free | Web Site | ||
| Regression graphics package available | Web Site | ||
| Component Object Model (COM) - a basic structure for ecological modeling. Can provide an integrated ecosystem model. | Web Site | ||
| CORBA an open standard for integrated programming (30 platforms to date) | Web Site | ||
| Growth and yield model software for loblolly, slash, and longleaf pines. (Tom Matney of Mississippi State University) Download free | Web Page | ||
| (AIRIES) Artificial Intelligence Research In Environmental Science | Web Site | ||
| NED Northeast Decision Model. Download free - very customizable and does cruise calculations, stand simulations and makes silviculture recommendations. | Web Site | ||
| Australian National University - Forestry Mensuration and Modelling site offers general information about forest measurement in Australia and course information | Web Site | ||
| Remote Sensing: | |||
| APID (Autonomous Probe for Industrial Data Acquisition) - unmanned helicopter - Scandicraft Systems AB( Linköping, Sweden) | Web Site | ||
| Treemail web with new info on digital elevation models( DEM) under remote sensing | Web Site | ||
| CSIRO web site has info on remote sensing . | Web Site | ||
| The Remote Sensing Tutorials:
An Outline Handbook. CD-ROM. Tutorial can be accessed on the Internet |
Tutorial | e-mail: | |
| Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) Coarse Resolution Design Team. 1) Click on Planning Papers 2) on CEOS Pilot Project: 3) (GOFC) | Web Site | ||
| First SPOT 4 Vegetation Instrument Launched 24 March 98. | Image Images |
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| NASA Research Announcements | Web Site | ||
| NASA web resource called "Live from the Rain Forest". | Web Site | ||
| Mapping: | |||
| GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and GIS (Geographical Information Systems): | |||
| Agrobyte project - information and communication technologies including Internet services, GIS/GPS, CAD and forest and agricultural engineering databases. Also technical manuals on fruit and pine | Web Site | ||
| Efficiency of environmental economic mechanism in Ukraine: GIS applications | Web Page | ||
| ESRI Professional Services: Markets: Forestry (GIS) technology | Web Site | ||
| Oregon State University Forest Science Laboratory gopher - database of GIS files obtained by e-mailing a request form | |||
| Role of L&GIS In Economic and Environmental Management | Web Page | ||
| The National Spatial Data Infrastructure: A reality check on the Mappa Mundi | Web Page | ||
| Mensuration: | |||
| Forest Measurement and Modelling from ANU. Covers almost everything from Abney levels to Wheeler Pentaprism | Web Site | TTTTTT | |
| Sample plots etc.: | |||
| Fieldmanual for concentric circular plots or transects for some special variables related to certain structures in the field. | Web Site | ||
| Plot shapes - circular, rectangular ....... | Web Page | ||
| Dot grid acre calculator - will work with any scale whatsoever (in feet per inch). The JavaScript version will work on any web browser that can run JavaScript (Netscape 2.0 or MS IE 2.0 or newer), on most O/S Download free | DOS JavaScript |
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| Inventory: | |||
| Distance sampling for estimating the density and/or abundance of biological populations. New software for PCs make it easer to use. | Web Site | ||
| TCM/PAM System, timber cruising software (field application and in-lab report generation) includes a library of methods and procedures applicable world-wide | e-maile-mail | ||
| KRUZIT, a forest inventory and database management system | Web Site | ||
| Modelling: | |||
| Woodstock/Stanley spatially explicit forest estate modelling system | Web Site | ||
| Timber Harvesting and Marketing: | |||
| Forest Engineering Group | Web Site | ||
| History of the Chainsaw | Web Site | ||
| Husqvarna has an excellent site showing felling and limbing techniques using the chain saw. It starts off with an introduction and continues through the various techniques for various situations with lots of graphics to assist in the explanations. | Web Site | ||
| Journal of Forest Engineering
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| Yarders | Web Site | ||
| Inchworm - innovative harvesting system with less impact than a horse | Web Site | ||
| Terrain Classification in Czech Rep. | Web SiteWeb page | ||
| Marketing: | |||
| The ANU (Australia) Forestry Market Report offers up to-date information on timber products marketing | Web Site | ||
| Timber Properties: | |||
| Database Wood Properties (german - English version due soon). The database contains values of the most interesting technical and anatomical wood properties of more than 500 wood species | Web Site | ||
| Environmental properties of wood, produced by the Forest & Wood Products Research and Development Corporation in Australia. The growing of trees and the use of wood will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. | Web Site | ||
| Australian National University Forest Products Technology site offers general information about forest products in Australia and course information | Web Site | ||
| "Expert System on Tropical Timber" by Albert Hilaire ANOUBON MOMO (a camerounian engineer). The software gives some a database on more than 500 timbers from Africa, Latin America and Asia. (still under development) | |||