FOREST INFORMATION UPDATE VOL. 11 NO.

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April 2010
Welcome to this edition of Forest Information Update. Natural resources have often
been linked to sometimes prolonged and bloody conflicts A link to the article
“Classification of Natural Resources” in our Articles of Interest section highlights the
lack of research linking conflict and natural resources. Economist Päivi Lujala’s paper
develops a classification system to be used in resource exploitation and conflict risk
research. Although the article focuses on the minerals sector, forestry has been a
fundamental factor in many conflicts worldwide. Think “blood diamonds”, think
mahogany, or the impact on indigenous peoples of cattle ranching in the Amazon. I
trust this is and our other links to sources are of interest. Please, feel free to contact me
if you have any queries about content or sponsorship. Kind regards, Mike Smith, Editor
and Director info@southem.com

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HAVE YOU HEARD? NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

. NETWORKS EMERGE AS KEY ACTORS IN COMMUNITY FORESTRY -

Community networks have emerged as an important force in enhancing forest tenure
security and livelihood benefits for forest-dependent communities.
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Headlines/Networks+emerge+as+key+actors+in+community+f
orestry.htm

. NEW BOREAL FOREST BIOMASS MAPS PRODUCED FROM RADAR SATELLITE

DATA - Having a large-scale boreal forest biomass inventory would allow scientists to
understand better the carbon cycle and to predict more accurately Earth’s future
climate. However, obtaining these maps has been wrought with difficulty – until now.
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_for_our_climate/SEMWYRCKP6G_0.html

. NEW YORK CITY IMPLEMENTS ‘TREES’ TO REDUCE ENERGY AND CARBON

FOOTPRINT - New York City will take an unprecedented step toward reducing its
energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by deploying TRIRIGA's
environmental sustainability software, TREES, across more than 4,000 government
buildings throughout New York City.
http://www.tririga.com/company/company-news?t=pr&pr=182

. FOR U.S. FORESTS, REDD BEGINS AT HOME – This article via the World
Resources Institute discusses why the US should apply REDD principles to its own
forests. Sylvain Martel delivered comment on this on our Forest Information Linkedin
group.
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?
viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=18124196&gid=2304033&trk=EML_anet_qa
_ttle-d7hOon0JumNFomgJt7dBpSBA

. HOW TREES ARE RESTORING HOPE - Armenia has learned the hard way what it
means for a country to lose its forests—and the huge backbreaking effort required to

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replant them. But, as this National Geographic report notes, in its struggle and
determination to restore its trees, Armenia is an inspiration for the rest of the planet.
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/03/trees-restore-hope-
to-armenia.html

. OUTCOME OF THE WORKSHOP ON TRADE MEASURES AND TIMBER

MARKETS - 23 March 2010
Cedric Pène. Email: cedric.pene@unece.org
Website: http://timber.unece.org/index.php?id=270

BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED...

This section is devoted to resource inventory tips and miscellaneous blurbs for
whatever uses you care to make. Please limit contributions to one paragraph or so.
Thanks, Mike Smith.

HELP!

FEEDBACK

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – “Pay it forward!” If you can help with any of the requests
below, please take the time to do so. Your kind assistance will be appreciated and
rewarded.

. AIRBORNE LASTER MAPPING FOR FORESTRY BIOMASS - Jon Coleman writes:

Has anyone used Airborne Laser Mapping for forestry biomass calculations/carbon
credit calculations? Interested in any feedback on this method. Jon can be contacted via
lasermapping@live.co.uk

. COMMUNICATING HEALTH AND SAFETY TO NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS - Sheri

Hester writes: I need to identify people in the agricultural industry in the U.S. who can
tell me how they communicate health and safety information to their non-English or
limited English speaking employees (orally, signage, hands-on demonstrations,
etc.).For more details contact Sheri Hester, a Health Information Specialist, in Orise,
Oak Ridge, TN, 37830 at
E-mail: Sheri.Hester@orise.orau.gov
http://www.orise.orau.gov/healthcomm/

. Sources Of Bark For Quinine - Mark Willhite, World Forest Investment, Inc writes:
Hi, I am looking for sources of bark for quinine from Chinchona ledgeriana and C.
succribra from the tropical Andes region of South America, particularly Bolivia. This is
an initial inquiry to determine if there is an economically feasible supply. Please provide
details that you have regarding location, point of delivery, production amounts, etc.
Thanks. Contact Mark at:
mark.willhite@juno.com

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. MODELING FOREST FIRES CAUSED BY LIGHTENING - M. Waseem Ashiq writes
via the GAOF list: Hi all, Forest fires caused by lightening play an important role in
forest dynamic especially at landscape scale. I have interest to model the forest
landscape dynamics caused by forest fires (lightening origin) under future climate
change scenario. I will be working with BFOLDS (Boreal Forest Landscape Dynamic
Simulator) model for study area in Ontario. I am particularly interested in literature
and/or guidance that; (1) How lightening causing forest fire is distinguished/modeled
spatially? (2) How it (lightening causing forest fire) can be modeled for future climate
change scenarios? I will highly appreciate your input.
waseempfd@yahoo.com

OPPORTUNITIES - Several readers of FIU are seeking employment in the forestry

field. If you have jobs available and are in need of good people, please consider posting
your vacancies in FIU (there is no charge for this service) and the following outlets:
http://lists.topica.com/lists/wood
http://stateforesters.org/news.html
http://www.canadian-forests.com/job.html
http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/forest.html
http://www.devnetjobs.org
http://www.foresters.org/portal
http://www.forestryusa.com/jobs.htm
http://www.HigherEdJobs.com
http://www.postdocjobs.com/jobseekers/search_fellowships.shtml
http://www.safnet.org/careercenter/classifieds.cfm
http://www.careerjet.com
http://www.mygreeneducation.com/
http://www.getforestryjobs.net/

RESEARCHER POSITIONS AVAILABLE

. MODELLING TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS - Met Office, Exeter, UK. Enquiries and

applications to Mr Chris Jones, chris.d.jones(at)metoffice.gov.uk (deadline for
applications: 1 October, 2010).
http://www.greencycles.org/vacancies/metofficeresearcher/

. TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION, CLOUDS, AND

CARBON FLUXES, University of Cambridge, UK. Enquiries and applications to Dr
Andrew D. Friend, adf10(at)cam.ac.uk (deadline for applications: 1 July, 2010).
http://www.greencycles.org/vacancies/athamhybrid.html

. RESEARCH INTERN - Vacancy Announcement for Research Intern at Winrock

International. This non-profit organisation is looking for a Research Intern for work in
Nepal. Contact Gopal Raj Joshi
gjoshi@winrock.org.np
gopal.joshi@gmail.com

. CERTIFICATE OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION -

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Vulnerabilities and Capacities in the Context of Climate Change. Deadline for
Applications: 30 May 2010. At EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
http://cooperation.epfl.ch/Jahia/site/cooperation/op/edit/pid/72010

. INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY THEME 2010: CALL FOR PROPOSALS.

Source: Sara Manuelli (Mountain Partnership Secretariat) 16 March 2010. The United
Nations General Assembly has designated 11 December, from 2003 onwards, as
“International Mountain Day”. It is observed every year with a different theme relevant to
sustainable mountain development. This year the Mountain Partnership Secretariat is
calling for contributions in choosing the International Mountain Day 2010 theme.
To make a proposal, please visit: www.surveymonkey.com/s/MNFCHWT
For more information, please see: www.mountainpartnership.org

. ICIMOD PHOTO CONTEST – MOUNTAIN BIODIVERSITY - This year is the UN

International Year of Biodiversity 2010, with the slogan “Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity
is our life”. ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) is
marking the occasion with a Photo Contest on the biodiversity of the Hindu Kush
Himalayan region and its role in people’s lives. Images will be judged on criteria such
as (a) quality/visual appeal, (b) novelty, and (c) overall effectiveness in conveying the
thematic category. For more information, please contact:
photocontest@icimod.org
or visit
www.icimod.org/photocontest/2010/

. FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT RESEARCH - Post-Doctoral Research in

Forest Resource Assessment. USA, Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA. The USDA Forest
Service is filling a post-doctoral position emphasizing forest resource assessment to
start immediately. The position is administered by the USDA Forest Service, Northern
Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis program (NRS-FIA). For further
information on this position contact Dr. Hobie Perry; (651) 649-5191;
charleshperry@fs.fed.us

. ACP-FLEGT SUPPORT PROGRAMME: SECOND CALL FOR PROPOSALS - The

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announces the second call for
proposals for pilot projects and technical assistance through the Forest Law
Enforcement, Governance and Trade Support Programme for African, Caribbean and
Pacific Countries (ACP-FLEGT Support Programme).
http://www.fao.org/forestry/acp-flegt/en/

HAVE YOU READ?

Obtain from your local library or from the sources provided.

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THE PUBLICATION LIST

. Strategies and financial mechanisms for sustainable use and conservation of

forests: experiences from Latin America and Asia. Proceedings of an Inter-Regional
Workshop. Chiang Mai, Thailand, 20 – 22 November 2006. New Publication (FAO). You
can find the publication on:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1329e/i1329e00.htm
For copies of the publication, write to : Patrick.Durst@fao.org

. Mediterranean Pines under a Global Change Scenario: Threats and Adaptive

Solutions. Proceedings are available from the IUFRO Meeting "Global Change and
Mediterranean Pines: Alternatives for Management" that took place from 10 to 12
February 2010 in Palencia, Spain. The meeting offered an excellent platform for
international debate on the ecology and silviculture of Mediterranean pines with a focus
on climate change, its potential effects and adaptive solutions. Abstracts are available
for download from the IUFRO Unit 1.01.10 webpage:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/10110/activities/
and the Meeting webpage: http://www.research4forestry.eu/

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

BIODIVERSITY

. Geoffrey C. Bowker. Mapping biodiversity. Journal of Geographical Information

Science, Volume 14, Issue 8 February 2000, pages 739 – 754.
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/864074253-
7581313/content~db=all~content=a713811622

. Beazley, Karen, Smandych, Lara, et al. Biodiversity considerations in

conservation system planning: Map-based approach for Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ecological Applications, ISSN: 1051-0761. 2005.
http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Environmental-issues/Biodiversity-considerations-in-
conservation-system-planning-Map-based-approach-for-Nova-Scotia-Canad.html

BIOFUEL

. John W. Koning, Jr. and Kenneth E. Skog. Use of wood energy in the United
States — an opportunity. Biomass Volume 12, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 27-36
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B75CD-48XK5NV-
67&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1987&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_s
ort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1306783395&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=
C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b75c11cfe8fbcb0a14a252
3b11e1b6e1

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. Coordinating Lead Author: R.NeilSampson Lead Authors: Nadia Bystriakova, Sandra
Brown ,Patrick Gonzalez, Lloyd C. Ireland, Pokka Kappa, Roger Sedro ,Ian D.
Thompson Contributing Authors: Charles V. Barber, Roland Overfill. Review Editors:
Marian de los Angeles, Choral Satyr Timber, Fuel, and Fiber.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=UFVmiSAr-
okC&oi=fnd&pg=PA243&dq=related:P9PO-
SvYRUYJ:scholar.google.com/&ots=l6HwOY_3_m&sig=G7dU4_IdeZPMtTzsU2-
cFvS28oI

CLASSIFICATION/MAPPING

. Lujala, Päivi, 2003. 'Classification of Natural Resources for Conflict and Growth
Research', presented at the 2003 European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
Joint Session, Workshop #9 on Geography, Conflict, and Cooperation, Edinburgh, 28–2
April.
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ECPR/events/jointsessions/paperarchive/edinburgh/ws9/Lujala.
pdf
or
http://www.prio.no/Research-and-Publications/Publication/?oid=56166

. Xiangming Xiao, Chandrashekhar M. Biradar, Christina Czarnecki, Tunrayo Alabi and

Michael Kelle. A Simple Algorithm for Large-Scale Mapping of Evergreen Forests
in Tropical America, Africa and Asia. Remote Sens. 2009, 1(3), 355-374;
doi:10.3390/rs1030355.
http://search.creativecommons.org/?q=biodiversity+%2B+mapping+
%2B+article&sourceid=Mozilla-search

. Daniel O. Mcinerney, Juan Suarez-Minguez, Ruben Valbuena, and Maarten

Nieuwenhuis. Forest canopy height retrieval using LiDAR data, medium-resolution
satellite imagery and kNN estimation in Aberfoyle, Scotland. Forestry, April 2010;
83: 195 - 206.
http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/83/2/195?
maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=map&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0
&volume=83&issue=2&resourcetype=HWCIT

. Yingxin Gu, Jesslyn F. Brown, Tomoaki Miura, Willem J. D. van Leeuwen and Bradley
C. Reed. Phenological Classification of the United States: A Geographic
Framework for Extending Multi-Sensor Time-Series Data. Remote Sens. 2010, 2(2),
526-544; doi:10.3390/rs2020526.
http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/2/2/526/pdf

CLIMATE CHANGE/CARBON

. Christopher Joyce. Fire Can Be Good For Global Warming. National Public Radio.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124980708&ft=1&f=1007

. Florinsky, I.V. (Ed.), 2010. Man and the Geosphere. Nova Science Publishers, New
York, 385 p.
ISBN 978-1-60876-387-0. For a summary:
http://iflorinsky.narod.ru/MG_summary.htm

. Oregon State University (2010, April 25). Topography of mountains could

complicate rates of global warming. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100421121452.htm

. Mark Murphy. Which Trees Fight Global Warming the Best. Published January 17,
2008.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/531191/which_trees_fight_global_warming_th
e.html?singlepage=true

INVENTORY/MONITORING

. Edited by F. Conant, P. Rogers, M. Baumgardner, C. McKell, R. Dasmann, and P.

Reining. Resource Inventory and Baseline Study Methods for Developing
Countries. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1515
Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20005. 1983. 539 p. U.S. $22.95, ISBN 0-
87168-258-3. J. Environ. Qual. 1987 16: 285-a-286-a.
http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/3/285-a?
maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=inventory&andorexactfulltext=and&
searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

. Mark A. Higgins, Kalle Ruokolainen. Rapid Tropical Forest Inventory: a

Comparison of Techniques Based on Inventory Data from Western Amazonia.
Conservation Biology. Volume 18, Issue 3, Date: June 2004, Pages: 799-811.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118784248/abstract

. Jaap de Gruijter, Dick Brus, Marc Bierkens, and Martin Knotters. Sampling for
Natural Resource Monitoring: Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., Jun 2007; 71: 1421.
http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/content/full/71/4/1421?
maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=resource+monitoring&searchid=1&
FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

. Michael Mesterton-Gibbons and E.J. Milner-Gulland. On the strategic stability of

monitoring: implications for cooperative wildlife programmes in Africa. Proc R
Soc B, 7 July 1998; 265: 1237 - 1244.
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/cgi/content/abstract/265/1402/1237?
maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=resource+monitoring&searchid=1&
FIRSTINDEX=10&resourcetype=HWCIT

. Ali Tura, James Schuelke, and Juan Soldo. Special Section: Unconventional

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Resources and Co2 Monitoring. The Leading Edge, Jul 2009; 28: 791.
http://idv.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/3/147?
maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=resource+monitoring&searchid=1&
FIRSTINDEX=10&resourcetype=HWCIT

MISCELLANEOUS

. The influence of the moon on plants. In Spanish: La influencia de la luna en las

plantas.
http://luistejeiro.blogspot.com/2010/04/la-influencia-de-la-luna-en-las-plantas.html

. Craig A. Ledbetter. Self-Pollinating Almonds Key to Bountiful Harvests. April 2010

issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/apr10/almonds0410.htm

REMOTE SENSING/GIS

. Kai Liu, Xia Li, Xun Shi, and Shugong Wang. Monitoring mangrove forest changes
using remote sensing and GIS data with decision-tree learning. Wetlands
28(2):336-346. 2008. doi: 10.1672/06-91.1.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1672/06-91.1

. Schoonmaker, Lisa. GIS saves the trees: mapping the 1998 ice storm in Maine.
Point of Beginning. July 01, 2003.
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6975661_ITM

. Tsutsui Kazutaka, Saito Kaoru, Kumagai Yoichi, Yoshioka Taro. Development of an

Information System for Trees by Applying GIS. (PAPERS OF THE 13th SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH MEETING (13)) [in Japanese].
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004305623/en/

. Sharifah N. Syed Omar, Faisal kh. M. Jeber, Shattri Mansor. GIS/RS for landslides
zonation in Pos Slim-Cameron Highlands district, Peninsula Malaysia. Disaster
Prevention and Management. 2004. Volume: 13, Issue: 1. Pp: 24 – 32. ISSN: 0965-
3562. Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
http://195.92.228.61/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=E7BB67AE491F6EE85826
3AB8677EF3DB?
contentType=Article&hdAction=lnkhtml&contentId=871039&history=false

. Ramos M. I.; Gil A. J.; Feito F. R.; Garcia-Ferrer A. Using GPS and GIS tools to
monitor olive tree movements. Computers and electronics in agriculture. ISSN 0168-
1699. CODEN CEAGE6. 2007, vol. 57, no2, pp. 135-148 [14 page(s) (article)] (3/4 p.).
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18753758

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. Shomar, Basem; Fakher, Sami Abu; Yahya, Alfred. Assessment of groundwater
quality in the Gaza Strip, Palestine using GIS mapping. Journal of Water Resource
and Protection (JWARP). February 1, 2010.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Assessment+of+groundwater+quality+in+the+Gaza+Strip
%2c+Palestine+using...-a0221274323

RESOURCE ANALYSIS/MODELING

Christina Prell; Klaus Hubacek; Mark Reed. Stakeholder Analysis and Social
Network Analysis in Natural Resource Management. Society & Natural Resources,
Volume 22, Issue 6 July 2009, pages 501 – 518.
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?
content=10.1080/08941920802199202

. Yemshanov, D., McKenney, D.W., Pedlar, J.H., Koch, F.H., and Cook, D. 2009.
Towards an integrated approach to modelling the risks and impacts of invasive
forest species. Environ. Rev. 17:163-178.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Towards+an+integrated+approach+to+modelling+the+risk
s+and+impacts+of...-a0219520231

. Annelie Carlsbecker, Ji-Young Lee, et al. Cell signalling by microRNA165/6 directs

gene dose-dependent root cell fate. Nature. Published online 21 April,
doi:10.1038/nature08977.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature08977.html

. Richard L. Church, Alan T. Murray, Michael A. Figueroa and Klaus H. Barber.

Support system development for forest ecosystem management. European
Journal of Operational Research
Volume 121, Issue 2, 1 March 2000, Pages 247-258.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VCT-3Y51T2P-
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67&_fmt=high&_coverDate=03%2F01%2F2000&_rdoc=1&_orig=article&_acct=C00005
0221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6aa1156b278b05749fe13fdf48b34
d02#aff4

. Cang Hui, John S. Terblanche, Steven L. Chown and Melodie A. McGeoch.

Parameter landscapes unveil the bias in allometric prediction. Methods in Ecology
and Evolution. Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 69-74. Published Online: 18 Jan 2010.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123243867/HTMLSTART?
CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

. Paul M. Markowski, Yvette P. Richardson. Mesoscale Meteorology in Midlatitudes.

The Royal Meteorological Society. Advancing Weather and Climate Science Series.
http://dmmsclick.wiley.com/click.asp?p=6085579&m=25292&u=480644

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. Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for Environmental, Social and
Economic Effects of Multifunctional Land Use in European Regions.
http://www.ip-sensor.eu/

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

. Ned H. Euliss Jr., Loren M. Smith, Douglas A. Wilcox, and Bryant A. Browne. Linking
Ecosystem Processes with Wetland Management Goals: Charting a Course for a
Sustainable Future. Wetlands 28(3):553-562. 2008. doi: 10.1672/07-154.1.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1672/07-154.1

. Becker, C.G., Loyola, R.D., Haddad, C.F.B., and Zamudio, K.R. 2010. Integrating
species life-history traits and patterns of deforestation in amphibian conservation
planning. Divers. Distrib. 16(1):10-19.
http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkzYg2dNL3gQB391LBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTE1anNxMj
R1BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkA1VLMDcwNV83MDU-/SIG=12cljo
i47/EXP=1272261280/**http
%3a//www.uq.edu.au/marxan/docs/Becker_etal_DDI2009.pdf

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YOU'RE INVITED!
For a more complete listing of upcoming inventory and monitoring related meetings,
see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/infomeets/
http://www.agnic.org/mtg/index.html
http://www.asprs.org/asprs/meetings/calendar.html
http://www.conferencealerts.com/
http://www.efi.int/events
http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/events/event_calendar/
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/resource/frames/agenda.html
http://www.fao.org/forestry/for/forc/free/education/courses.asp
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar-of-meetings/
http://www.safnet.org/meetings/index.cfm
www.conferencealerts.com

. 3-4 May 2010. International Thematic workshop on Geographic Information

Analysis for economical and spatial development and planning. Case studies,
methods and models. First announcement and call for abstracts. University of Trieste
(Gorizia Branch), Via B. Alviano, 18, Gorizia (Italy).

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http://sites.google.com/site/geoganmodgolocal2010/
e-mail: geoganmodlocal@gmail.com

. 4-6 May 2010. International Biomass Conference & Expo. Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA.
http://www.biomassconference.com/

. 4-6 May 2010. Workshop on the Assessment of Forest Fire Risks and Innovative
Strategies for Fire Prevention. Rhodes, Greece.
http://www.iufro.org/info/discover/noticeboard/

. 11-14 May 2010. 13th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science:

“Geospatial Thinking”. Guimarães, Portugal. Call for Papers. Go to:
http://agile2010.dsi.uminho.pt

. 14 May 2010. 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference

(BSSRC). First call for papers and posters - Please consider presenting a paper or
poster at the 16th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference (BSSRC),
including the special session, Southern Forest Science in Support of a Low Carbon
Economy. Formatted papers for inclusion in the proceedings are due to the conference
proceedings committee on March 1, 2011. For more information, please contact Chris
Maier (cmaier@fs.fed.us) or call 919-549-4072.

. 25-27 May 2010. People, Forests and the Environment: Coexisting in Harmony.
Casablanca, Morocco. IUFRO 4.02.01.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40201/

. 31 May – 2 June 2010. 12th International Symposium on Legal Aspects of

European Forest Sustainable Development. IUFRO Division 6: Social, Economic,
Information and Policy Sciences, Research Group 6.13.00: Forest Law and
Environmental Legislation. Registration requested by 31 January 2010. For more
information contact Peter HERBST, Wulfenstr. HP@net4you.at
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61300/activities/

. 31 May-3 June 2010. 30th EARSeL SYMPOSIUM "Remote Sensing for Science,
Education, and Natural and Cultural Heritage", hosted by: UNESCO Headquarters,
Paris, France.
http://www.earsel.org/symposia/2010-symposium-Paris/index.php

. 31 May 2010. Pre-registration for a Virginia Cooperative Extension, College of

Natural Resources on-line course which aims to give Virginia landowners the
opportunity to gain an understanding of basic forest management principles and
techniques through an online course. To register for the course, download the
registration brochure from the Events Calendar at the Virginia Forest Landowner
Update webpage<http://www.cnr.vt.edu/forestupdate/>
(http://www.cnr.vt.edu/forestupdate/). For additional information, e-mail Jennifer

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Gagnon<mailto:jgagnon@vt.edu> (mailto:jgagnon@vt.edu) or call (540) 231-6391.

. 7-8 June, 2010. Forest-People Interaction, organised by Institute of Forestry, Nepal.

http://www.forestrynepal.org/event/4398

. 28 June-2 July 2010 – 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference. New Session

Added: Post-. Copenhagen: Delivering REDD+. For more details on the conference, go
to:
http://www.cfc2010.org/index.html

. 21-22 June 2010. Second Open source GIS UK Conference. CGS, University of
Nottingham, UK.
http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Eosgis10/gvsig.pdf

. 6-9 July, 2010. The Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg (GI_Forum) at the University of
Salzburg, Austria.
http://www.gi-forum.org/

. August 9-13, 2010. Northern Primeval Forests: Ecology, Conservation and

Management PRIFOR 2010 conference, Sundsvall, Sweden. Julia Rauchfuss, Dept of
Natural Sciences, Engineering & Mathematics, Mid Sweden University. 851 70
Sundsvall, Sweden. Email & web site:
julia.rauchfuss@miun.se
www.prifor2010.org

. 23-28 August 2010. XXIII IUFRO World Congress "Forests for the Future:
Sustaining Society and the Environment", Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Invitation: http://www.iufro.org/auth/events/congresses/world-congress-2010/
1st Announcement: http://www.iufro2010.com/text/upload/1st_Announcement.pdf

. Forestry Information Session - At the World Forestry Congress there will be a

session on “The evolving role of information specialists in today’s rapidly changing
world: are libraries still relevant?” Visit: http://www.cfm2009.org/
Contact: vanda.ferreira(at)fao.org

. 9-11 June, 2010. Conference on Forest Ecosystem Genomics and Adaptation. A

call for abstracts is NOW OPEN for the scientific conference on 'Forest ecosystem
genomics and adaptation', organized by the EVOLTREE Network of Excellence
(www.evoltree.org). San Lorenzo de El Escorial
(Madrid), Spain. Website:
www.ecosystemgenomics2010.fgua.es

. June and July dates 2010. The Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic
Information Science announces the 8th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic
Information Science. To be held at the following locations:
14-18 Florence (Firenze), Italy

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Interfacing social and environmental modeling

and
4-10 July 2010. Las Navas, Spain
20th Anniversary Meeting on Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic
Space
http://vespucci.org/presentation

. 28 June – 1 July, 2010. International Workshop on Collective Action, Property

Rights, and Conflict in Natural Resources Management. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
http://www.mailprosx.com/mp/link.php?M=115574&N=1119&L=4335&F=H

. 28 June – 2 Jul 2010. 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference. Edinburgh,

Scotland, UK. Organized by the British Forestry Commission. Contact: cfcc(at)in-
conference.org.uk
http://www.cfc2010.org

. July 20-23, 2010. Accuracy 2010. International Spatial Accuracy Research

Association (ISARA). Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment
in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Leicester, UK.
http://www.accuracy2010.org/

. 23-28 August, 2010 – Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the
Environment. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
http://www.iufro2010.com/

. 3 - 6 SEPTEMBER, 2010. International Conference in Landscape Ecology.

Organized by CZ-IALE Brno – Prague, Czech Republic. "Landscape structures,
functions and management: response to global ecological change". Details are available
at:
http://www.iale.cz/en/downloads/ICLE10_1ozn.pdf

. 7-9 September 2010 – ForestSat 2010 - organized by the Laboratorio do Territorio

(LaboraTe), a research and teaching group at the University of Santiago de Compostela
(USC), which incorporates teachers and researchers from diverse areas of knowledge.
The event will take place at the USC university campus in city of Lugo (Galicia, Spain).
http://forestsat2010.usc.es/en/index.html

. 20-14 September 2010 - Structures and Processes of the Initial Ecosystem

Development. Cottbus, Germany. IUFRO 1.06.00.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10600/

http://lsb-server.umwelt.tu-cottbus.de/MYRES_2010/myres4/index.html

. 27 September-1 October 2010. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing,

to be held in Valencia, Spain, from. For further information please visit the website at

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http://ipl.uv.es/raqrs

. 30 September-2 October 2010. Workshop: Value of Geoinformation 2010,

Hamburg, Germany. First announcement. Call for extended abstracts. Further
information, contact Alenka Poplin.
alenka.poplin@hcu-hamburg.de

. 18-20 October 2010. Opportunities and Risks for Douglas-Fir in a Changing

Climate. Freiburg, Germany. IUFRO 1.01.00. Contact: Kaisu Makkonen-Spiecker,
kaisu.makkonen-spiecker(at)forst.bwl.de.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/activities/

. 19-21 October 2010. IX Seminar on Remote Sensing and GIS applied to Forestry.
Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil. IUFRO 4.02.05
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40205/
Contact: Tomasz Zawila-Niedzwiecki, tzawila(at)ibles.waw.pl
http://www.9seminarioflorestal.com.br/home/

. 23-25 November 2010. International Conference on Forestry Education and

Research for the Asia-Pacific Region. Manila, Philippines.
http://worldagroforestry.org/sea/ph/node/110

. 29 November to 03 December 2010. The Fifth Session of the International

Conference Geotunis 2010. The use of GIS and remote sensing for sustainable
development. Tunisia.
http://www.geotunis.org/

. 14-17 February, 2011. 16th Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference.

Charleston, SC www.ncsu.edu/feop/BSSRC

. 10-15 April 2011. ISRSE 2011 - Abstract Submission Now Open. 34th International
Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. Sydney convention and Exhibition
Centre. The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring. Email:
isrse34@arinex.com.au

. 15-19 March 2011. 3rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties
(FESP 2011), to be held in Guimarães, Portugal. Contact
fespiii@gmail.com

WHILE SURFING THE WEB…INTERESTING LINKS

For a complete listing of links go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forest_information_update/

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. World Forestry Center - Founded in 1964 in Portland, Oregon, the World Forestry
Center is a non-profit educational institution.
http://worldforestry.org/

. Texas Forestry Museum – The Texas Forestry Museum is home to the story of the
forests of Texas.
http://www.treetexas.com/

. BC Forest Discovery Centre - The museum's collections include over 5,000

artefacts ranging from operational steam locomotives to chainsaws, as well as a dozen
heritage buildings.
http://www.discoveryforest.com/?home,1

. International Facebook Forum of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IFPRS)

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108825379155284&ref=mf&v=info

. Atlas of the Biosphere

http://free-gis-data.blogspot.com/2009/04/atlas-of-biosphere.html

. Forestry Atlas of Nicaragua - Atlas Forestal de Nicaragua

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29564692/atlas-forestal-de-nicaragua

Comic Book Cartography - A Collection of Maps and Diagrams

http://comicbookcartography.posterous.com/

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