FOREST INFORMATION UPDATE VOL. 10 NO.

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December 2009
Welcome to this edition of Forest Information Update. What about that climate change
“treaty” surprise at the COP15 in Copenhagen? We have a link to the article and the
actual draft of the treaty in this edition. Feel free to follow up this edition with
discussions and news items at the new Forest Information Linked-in group at
http://tinyurl.com/filink

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Kind regards, Mike Smith, Editor and Director mike.smith@forestinformationupdate.com

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. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN FOREST FINANCE AND ECONOMICS COURSE -

The Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, will again
present the “Continues Education in Forest Finance and Economics Course” in 2009.
This two week block course will cover the theory of discounting and financial analysis
procedures, financial decision tools, land valuation and relevant contemporary South
African forestry economic topics. For more information see www.sun.ac.za/forestry
or contact Cori Ham at cori@sun.ac.za.
Note also
2010 Precision Forestry Symposium. The 4th Precision Forestry Symposium will be
held at the Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch University, from 1 to 3 March
2010. More details in meetings below.

. LASER TECHNOLOGY, INC. is the innovator and pioneer of reflectorless distance

measurement and the leading manufacturer of pulse-laser products and mapping
systems. Introducing the Criterion RD1000, the first patented electronic BAF-
scope/dendrometer that displays direct read-outs of heights, diameters and BAF values
for IN/OUT determinations. The illuminated and adjustable bar scales is what makes
this product so unique! The TruPulse series, a low-cost professional rangefinder that
measures horizontal, vertical and slope distance as well as height...and now azimuth! It
provides crystal-clear optics and superior performance with +/-1 ft. (30 cm) distance
accuracy and +/- 1 degree azimuth accuracy. Visit: http://www.lasertech.com/ for
more info!

. ESRI - As the leader in GIS technology, ESRI offers innovative solutions that will help
you create, visualize, analyze, and present natural resources information better and
more clearly. Working with location information, ESRI's GIS software and solutions give
you the power to solve problems you encounter every day. Forestry and other natural
resource organizations around the world are using this ESRI software to make smart
and timely decisions. ESRI provides powerful GIS solutions to more than 300,000
clients in more than 189 countries and offers mapping technology to meet today's global
needs. Using ESRI technology, you too can unlock the spatial component of your
valuable data and see your organization's information from a new perspective. For
more information, contact them at 800-447-9778 in the US or 909-793-2853, ext. 1-
1235. Or go to the web site at
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forestry&utm_medium=text ad&utm_source=forestryinfoupdate&utm_content=forestry
Or
http://tinyurl.com/fiu4esri

INPUT - This month's input comes from: Gyde Lund, Krishna Devkota, Gary Krupnick,
Nelson Wong, Lance Olsen, Tina Etherington, Gandhiv Kafle, Artur Gil, Ross Mayhew,

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Infosylva, Peter van Sluijs, Clive Richardson, Mani Ram Banjade. Thank you all for
sharing your information!

HAVE YOU HEARD? NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

‘DANISH TEXT’ RAISES FURORE - According to The Guardian, developing countries

“react furiously” after a draft text allegedly written by the UN conference’s host country
was leaked Tuesday. - For more than a week a rumour has circulated that Denmark,
host of the ongoing UN conference on climate change, has drawn up a compromise
text. On the afternoon of the conference’s second day, The Guardian published what it
claimed to be this text. The British newspaper also claims to have read “a confidential
analysis of the text by developing countries” which “shows deep unease”. See the text
here:
http://tinyurl.com/fiucopenhagen

. CARBON CREDITED FARMING (CCF) WARNS CENTRAL AND LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS ABOUT COMPLACENCY OVER ENERGY POLICIES - Speaking as
an official participant at the Powering towards 2020 Conference in London, Carbon
Credited Farming Plc’s (CCF) Managing Director, Gregg Fryett, reprimanded central
and local governments for “Sleepwalking into a cold, dark future where power shortages
are commonplace and black-outs the order of the day”.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuccf

. THE FORESTS DIALOGUE SPEAKS UP ON REDD - The Forests Dialogue (TFD)

recently released a report based on four international dialogues on REDD. The
dialogues engaged nearly 100 leaders from forest stakeholder groups across the
business, environmental, scientific, Indigenous Peoples’ and forest-based communities
spectrums between April and September 2009. The press release, executive summary
and recommendations from the TFD report are available:
TFD REDD-plus Press Statement [en]
http://tinyurl.com/fiudialogue1

. FORESTRY CARBON MARKET ON CARDS - Financial Express, in New Delhi

reported: Irrespective of the outcome of the climate change negotiations in
Copenhagen, the stage is set for creation a forestry carbon market, says Pavan
Sukhdev, study leader, The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity (TEEB).
http://tinyurl.com/fiucards

. U.S. FOREST SERVICE TO ADD $40 MILLION IN BARK BEETLE FIGHTING

FUND - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the U.S. Forest Service will
commit an additional $40 million to address public safety concerns and forest health
needs arising from the millions of acres of dead and dying trees from bark beetle
infestations in the West. Vilsack made the announcement on a conference call with
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter. For more information, go to the news release at:
http://tinyurl.com/fiubeetle

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. TREE HARVESTER OFFERS TO SAVE INDONESIAN FOREST - Reducing
Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD, is expected to be part
of a new climate treaty. Unlike the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a new treaty is expected to
tackle deforestation, which alone accounts for 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas
emissions. As outlined in the following article, halting deforestation in tropical forest
nations like Indonesia and Brazil, the world’s fourth biggest emitter, is considered crucial
to reining in global warming.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuredd

. SHOULD LARGE-SCALE TIMBER CONSTRUCTION BE BANNED? – An

interesting article and additional comments on a call to ban multi-storey wooden
buildings.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubanned

. WILD MONEY - The Human Rights Consequences of Illegal Logging and Corruption
in Indonesia’s Forestry Sector.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuhrw

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.

. COMMUNITY FORESTRY INVENTORY GUIDELINES - Shree Krishna Gautam,

Department of Forest Research and Survey, Nepal, wrote: Dear Foresters, Forest
Department of Nepal is going to revise the Community Forestry Inventory Guideline
2061. For that purpose a central level task group has been formed in order to
recommend further major changes in the existing guideline. As a member of that group,
I would like to request you to provide suggestions, and comments on CF guideline
2061.For your rigorous review, I have also attached a Nepali version of CF guideline
2061 herewith. Your comments and suggestion for revision of existing guide line will be
significant in sustainable forest management in Nepal. With regards, Shree Krishna.
shreek_gautam@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:

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 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/

. HYDROCLIMATE MODELING POSTDOC POSITION - Two-year position for a

PostDoc in the area of hydroclimate modeling : Barcelona Spain. The Institut Català de
Ciències del Clima (IC3) is a climate research institute created by the Government of
Catalunya in 2008. IC3 is offering a two-year postdoctoral contract to an outstanding
candidate in the area of hydroclimate modeling, working at the UDIC (Climate and
Impact Dinamics Unit) lead by Dr. Xavier Rodó who is also the IC3 director. For more
information, go to:
http://www.ic3.cat/

. DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL (RESEARCH) - Via dei Tre Denari 472/a,

Maccarese, Italy. Based at Bioversity’s headquarters, in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy,
the successful incumbent will be both an inspiring scientific leader and excellent
research manager. Reporting to the Director General, the Deputy Director-General
(Research) will have responsibility to lead the process of setting the strategic direction
and priorities of Bioversity’s research and for managing the overall research portfolio,
ensuring that it is geared towards the delivery of outcomes and impact.
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/bioversity_international_homepage.html

. BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICIAN - Cambridge United Kingdom. We are looking for a

Biodiversity Informatician to work in the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) at the
European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). The Biodiversity Informatician will establish and
develop integration between ENA molecular data and records available from external
biodiversity and taxonomic resources. For further information please visit
http://www.embl.org/
and http://www.ebi.ac.uk/

. PRIZE OFFERED FOR FORESTRY AND FOREST INDUSTRY SCIENCE - Call to

nominate candidates for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize - The purpose of the Prize is to
recognize, encourage and stimulate path breaking scientific achievements which
contribute significantly to broadening knowledge and to technical development within
the fields of importance to forestry and forest industries. Nominations are accepted by
e-mail or airmail at any time of the year and are considered at two meetings of the

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Committee each year. Candidates will be judged and graded initially on the basis of this
short nomination. The Prize will be awarded in the Prize Ceremony in Stockholm,
Sweden. For more details, go to:
http://www.mwp.org

. PHD SCHOLARSHIP - "Verification of Groundwater Monitoring Strategies based on

3D Modeling and Interactive 3 D Visualization" :Halle Germany. Former chemical
industrial sites are often characterized by groundwater contaminations which are
subject of a groundwater monitoring. The PhD candidate should have expertise in
groundwater research and geosciences and should have excellent computing and
modelling skills. Further requirements are interest and willingness to work on an
interdisciplinary topic that combines geology, computer sciences and
hydrogeology/hydrochemistry. Please note that you have to apply by application form.
You can find the form here:
http://www.higrade.ufz.de/index.php?en=14667

. SUPERVISORY NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST - This

position serves as the subject matter expert and program manager for vegetation
inventory, monitoring, mapping, and forest mensuration for the Pacific Southwest
Region. For further information about the duties of the position, please contact Jayne
Handley at 707-562-9019.
https://www.avuecentral.com/casting/aiportal/control/fromUSAJobs?
referenceCode=AUKDK

. RESEARCH ECONOMIST/ FORESTER - This position is located with the Northern

Research Station, Research Work Unit FS-NRS-13, Institute for Applied Ecosystem
Studies: Theory and Application of Scaling Science, located at Rhinelander, WI. For
more information, contact Eric Gustafson at (715) 362-1152 or egustafson@fs.fed.us
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?
JobID=84763215&JobTitle=Research+Economist
%2f+Forester&q=forest+inventory&sort=rv%2c-
dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd=3876&pp=50&jbf574=AG11&vw=d&re=134&FedEmp=
N&FedPub=Y&caller=basic.aspx&ss=0&AVSDM=2009-11-24+00%3a03%3a00

. FORESTRY/CARBON ABATEMENT PROJECT - GreenCollar is very interested in

engaging with suitably qualified forestry professionals who have an active interest and
experience in forestry related carbon abatement projects.
http://www.thesciencejobs.com/jobs/mathematics/10845

. PHD AND MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE ADAPTATION - CSIRO has advertised a

series of PhD scholarships, including one on the topic: "Mainstreaming climate
adaptation into conservation management and planning". Please find enclosed some
additional information that clarifies the type and subject of research that we are seeking
to support with this scholarship. Contact Michael Dunlop, Land-water-biodiversity-
climate analyst, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems at email:
michael.dunlop@csiro.au

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. BOTANY FELLOWSHIP - The Singapore Botanic Gardens is pleased to offer an
annual Humphrey Morrison Burkill Research Fellowship on a competitive basis to a
qualified botanist with special interest in the flora of South East Asia. For more
information, contact Dr. Chin See Chung, Director, Singapore Botanic Gardens:
chin_see_chung@nparks.gov.sg

HAVE YOU READ?

Obtain from your local library or from the sources provided.

THE PUBLICATION LIST

. Finnish Forest Sector Economic Outlook 2009-2010. Slow growth in demand for
forest industry products. Although the economic outlook is improving in the European
export markets, the situation is not about to return quickly to the pre- recession level.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuoutlook

. Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World. .(CIFOR 2009 . ISBN:

9781844077564, Paperback 413 pages:. Price USD $95.00. Earthprint.
http://tinyurl.com/fiugoverning

. ESA BULLETIN 140 (November 2009). 17 November 2009. This issue celebrates the
anniversary of the beginning of Europe’s independent adventure into space, the first
launch of Ariane 1 in 1979.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuesa140

More than 30 free e-books covering a range of GIS topics are currently available.
Download the ESRI Best Practices e-books for free at www.esri.com/bestpractices

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

BIODIVERSITY

. Alan Grainger et al. Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen. Current Biology, 17

November 2009 (Vol. 19, Issue 21, pp. R974-R976).
http://tinyurl.com/fiubiodiversity

. Edited By Leslie Lipper, C. Leigh Anderson and Timothy J. Dalton. Seed Trade in
Rural Markets: Implications for Crop Diversity and Agricultural Development.
Earthscan, published November 2009, 224 pages ISBN 9781844077854.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuseed

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. A. Keuroghlian & D. P. Eaton. Importance of rare habitats and riparian zones in a
tropical forest fragment: preferential use by Tayassu pecari, a wide-ranging
frugivore. Journal of Zoology. VL: 275, NO: 3, PG: 283-293, YR: 2008. DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00440.x. US:
http://tinyurl.com/fiurare

. Young, K.R. 2009. Andean land use and biodiversity: humanized landscapes in a
time of change. Ann. Mo. Bot. Garden 96(3):492-507.

BIOFUEL

. Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources: Assessing Biofuels.

(UNEP 2009). ISBN: 9789280730524. Paperback 36 pages + CD-ROM. Price: USD
$30.00.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuassess

. Heating with Biomass: A Feasibility Study of Wisconsin Schools Heated with

Wood.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuheat

CLASSIFICATION/MAPPING

. J. van Alphen et al. Flood risk mapping in Europe, experiences and best
practices. Journal of Flood Risk Management. Volume 2 Issue 4, Pages 285 – 292,
Published Online: 20 Aug 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuflood1

. Josse, C. G. et al. Ecological Systems of the Amazon Basin of Peru and Bolivia:
Classification and Mapping. NatureServe.Arlington,Virginia,USA.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuamazon2

. Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Ecological Classification for Conservation.
http://tinyurl.com/fiusee

. Sarah Ryker. Mapping Arsenic in Groundwater. Geotimes, November 2001.

http://tinyurl.com/fiuarsenic

CLIMATE CHANGE/CARBON

Isla S. Castañedaa, Stefan Mulitzab,. Enno Schefußb, Raquel A. Lopes dos Santosa,
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damstéa and Stefan Schoutena. Wet phases in the Sahara/Sahel
region and human migration patterns in North Africa. PNAS. November 10, 2009;
106 (45).

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http://tinyurl.com/fiuwet

. Melanie Lenart. An unseen carbon sink - Wetlands store vast amounts of

carbon, but efforts to make them eligible for credits under a global climate treaty
could prove tricky. Nature Reports Climate Change. Published online: 26 November
2009 | doi:10.1038/climate.2009.125.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuunseen

. Closing the Gaps: Disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in
developing countries. Commission on Climate Change and Development, Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, Sweden.
http://tinyurl.com/fiugaps

. Mark Charlesworth & Chukwumerije Okereke. A call to reason. Nature Reports

Climate Change. Published online: 12 November 2009. doi:10.1038/climate.2009.118.
http://tinyurl.com/fiucall

INVENTORY/MONITORING

. B.J. MacVicar, H. Piégay, A. Henderson, F. Comiti, C. Oberlin, E. Pecorari.

Quantifying the temporal dynamics of wood in large rivers: field trials of wood
surveying, dating, tracking, and monitoring techniques (p 2031-2046), Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms. Volume 34 Issue 15, Pages 2031 – 2046.
http://tinyurl.com/fiurivers

. DNA Barcoding: A New Tool for Identifying Biological Specimens and Managing
Species Diversity.
http://tinyurl.com/fiudna

. Nielsen, S.E., Johnson, C., Heard, D.C., and Boyce, M.S., 2005. Can models of
presence-absence be used to scale abundances? Two case studies considering
extremes in life history. Ecography 28, 197-208.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuscale

. U.S. Drought Monitor. The Drought Impact Reporter is an interactive tool developed
by the NDMC to collect, quantify, and map reported drought impacts for the United
States. The Drought Impact Reporter was created in response to the need for a national
drought impact database. For article details, go to
http://tinyurl.com/fiudrought

and for diagram

http://tinyurl.com/fiumonitor

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MISCELLANEOUS

. Ackerman PA, Längin D and Antonides C (Editors) 2006: Precision Forestry in

plantations, semi-natural and natural forests. Proceedings of the International
Precision Forestry Symposium, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, March 2006.
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch. ISBN 0-7972-1121-7.
www.sun.ac.za/forestry/precision

. Sue Anne Batey Blackman and William J. Baumol. Natural Resources. The Concise
Encyclopedia of Economics. 2008. Library of Economics and Liberty. Retrieved
December 9, 2009 from the World Wide Web:
http://tinyurl.com/fiuconcise

. Amory B. Lovins, & L. Hunter Lovins et al. Going Green, Profitably. Harvard
Business Review (HBR Article Collection). 40 pages. Publication date: Jul 01, 2007.
Prod. #: 2280-PDF-ENG.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuprofit

REMOTE SENSING/GIS

. S. Sudhakar, P. R. C. Prasad, M. L. Arrawatia, K. Sudha, Shilpa Babar and S. K. S. V.

Rajeshwar Rao. Landscape analysis in Fambong Lho wildlife sanctuary, East
district, Sikkim, India using remote sensing and GIS techniques. Journal of the
Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Volume 36, Number 2 / June, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/fiusanctuary

. Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis and Geoffrey H. Griffiths. A GIS-based empirical model for

vegetation prediction in Lefka Ori, Crete. Plant Ecology, Volume 184, Number 2 /
June, 2006.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuprediction

. Hudak A.T., Evans J.S., Stuart Smith A.M. LiDAR Utility for Natural Resource
Managers. Remote Sensing. 2009; 1(4):934-951.
http://tinyurl.com/fiumanagers

. Lahsen, Myanna (Lead Author); Sidney Draggan (Topic Editor). 2008. Large-Scale
Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds.
Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National
Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth
May 14, 2007; Last revised January 30, 2008; Retrieved December 8, 2009].
http://tinyurl.com/fiuatmosphere

Jeff Thurston and Dr. Michael Gould. Empowering Students Using GIS. ESRI has
always invested heavily into GIS education. V1 Magazine, December 4, 2009.

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http://tinyurl.com/fiustudents

RESOURCE ANALYSIS/MODELING

. Climate and Human Activities-Sensitive Runoff Model (pdf). The Climate- and
Human Activities-sensitive Runoff Model (CHARM) is a simplified rainfall-runoff model
developed to assess water availability over large regions where very little data is
available. Land Use Change and Agriculture (LUC) program staff direct substantial
efforts toward formulating methodology and developing and enhancing the associated
models. Courtesy of IIASA.
http://tinyurl.com/fiusensitive

. Wilkins, O., Waldron, L., Nahal, H., Provart, N.J., Campbell, M.M. (2009). Genotype
and time of day shape the Populus drought response. The Plant Journal. 60, 703-
715.
http://tinyurl.com/fiugenotype

. E. Gaume, M. Borga. Post-flood field investigations in upland catchments after

major flash floods: proposal of a methodology and illustrations (p 175-189).
Published Online: Nov 18 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuupland

. B.M. Jackson, H.S. Wheater, N.R. Mcintyre, J. Chell, O.J. Francis, Z. Frogbrook, M.
Marshall, B. Reynolds, I. Solloway. The impact of upland land management on
flooding: insights from a multiscale experimental and modelling programme.
Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 1, Issue 2, Date: August 2008, Pages: 71-
80.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuupland2

. Nielsen, S.E., and Haney, A., 2003. Vegetation composition, dynamics, and
management of a bracken-grassland and northern-dry forest ecosystem.
Environmental Management 31, 810-821.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuvegetation1

. Sandker, M., Campbell, B.M., Nzooh, Z., Sunderland, T., Amougou, V., Defo, L., and
Sayer, J. 2009. Exploring the effectiveness of integrated conservation and
development interventions in a Central African forest landscape. Biodivers.
Conserv. 18(11):2875-2892.

Magnani F, Nolè A, Ripullone F, Grace J. Growth patterns of Pinus sylvestris across

Europe: a functional analysis using the HYDRALL model. Journal of
Biogeosciences and Forestry published by SISEF. Research Article: vol. 2, pp. 162-171.
http://tinyurl.com/fiupinus

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SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

. Robert Ferrier (Editor), Alan Jenkins (Editor). Handbook of Catchment

Management. ISBN: 978-1-4051-7122-9. Hardcover. 560 pages. November 2009,
Wiley-Blackwell.
http://tinyurl.com/fiucatchment

CAPTURED ON VIDEO
Download videos from the web or from the sources provided.

. Challenges and Opportunities in Managing the World’s Forests. RFF Seminar.

November 5, 2009. Download video of this seminar at
http://www.rff.org/Events/Pages/Challenges-and-Opportunities-in-Managing-the-Worlds-
Forests.aspx

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

. 13 December 2009. Forest Day 3. Copenhagen, Denmark. Forest Day 3 will take
place alongside the 15th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change and will be hosted by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, the
Government of Denmark, and CIFOR.
http://www.mailprosx.com/mp/link.php?M=115574&N=784&L=3173&F=H

. Impact and Implications of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on

Sustainable Development & Climate Change: Proposals for an Integrated Global
Response to the Crisis. Economic Research and Sustainable Development Network.
Conference Dates and Locations:
7th -- 11th Dec. 2009 in Toronto, Canada
14th -- 18th Dec.2009 in New York, USA
Email: development.network@canada.com

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. 14-17 Dec 2009. Asia and the Pacific Forest Products Workshop – Green
Technology for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
IUFRO 5.00.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/activities/

Contact: Sim Heok-Choh, simhc(at)frim.gov.my; sim(at)apafri.org

http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/activities/

. 14-18 December 2009. NH03: Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards during the Fall
AGU meeting to be held in San Francisco, USA. You are invited to submit your abstract
for presentation (oral and poster) by September 3, 2009. For more details, go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php?
show=detail&sessid=269

. 16-20 December 2009. Le Rendez-Vous Des Collectivites Locales D'afrique.

Marrakech, Royaume du Maroc.
http://jeuneafrique.neolane.net/r/?id=he3fff,394be1a,396161a

. 28-30 December. ICECS - Dubai 2009: The 2nd International Conference on

Environmental and Computer Science
http://www.icecs.org/

. 3-13 January, 2010. The Smithsonian's Center for Conservation Education and
Sustainability and the George Mason Center for Conservation Studies are offering a
graduate and professional course, Effective Conservation Leadership, to be held at
the Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia.
Contact zootraining@si.edu

. 2 February 2010. World Wetlands Day 2010 - Wetlands, Biodiversity, and Climate
Change.
http://ramsar.org/wwd/10/wwd2010_advance.htm

. 10-15 February, 2010. GEOProcessing 2010: The Second International

Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and
Services. St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. Submission deadline: October 5, 2009.
General page:
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/GEOProcessing10.html
Call for Papers:
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/CfPGEOProcessing10.html

. 2010 Precision Forestry Symposium. The 4th Precision Forestry Symposium will be
held at the Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch University, from 1 to 3 March
2010. The theme of the symposium will be "Developments in Precision Forestry since
2006". The symposium will be presented by the Department of Forest and Wood
Science (Stellenbosch University) and the Chair of Forest Work Science and Applied
Informatics (Technische Universität München).

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http://academic.sun.ac.za/forestry/pf%202010/PF%202010%20Home.htm

. 8–19 March 2010. International Training Event: Third Executive Forest Policy
Short Course – Enhancing Forest Policy in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
RECOFTC, Bangkok, Thailand, Registration deadline: 31 December 2009>
http://www.mailprosx.com/mp/link.php?M=115574&N=900&L=3523&F=H

. 13-20 March 2010. DISCCRS V: Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research

Symposium. Saguaro Lake Ranch, USA. Contact email/website:
info@disccrs.org
http://disccrs.org/DISCCRSposter.pdf

. 8-9 April, 2010. Species Introductions and Re-introductions. Mississippi State

University, Starkville, MS, USA.
http://www.cfr.msstate.edu/wildlife/symposium/

. 9-15 April, 2010. 4th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks. Langkawi

Global Geopark, Malaysia. Email:
rasanubari@langkawigeopark.com.my
web site:
http://www.geoparks2010.com/

. 12-14 April, 2010. International Conference on the Efforts in Response to Forest-

Related Natural Disasters. The 1st Forest Science Forum. Beijing, China.
http://www.gfsf2010.org/

. 15-17 April 2010. Special Session on Uncertainty in Geographical Information,

25th Mini Euroconference on Uncertainty and Robustness in Planning and
Decision Making (URPDM 2010). A special session on Uncertainty in Geographical
Information will be organized in the 25th Mini Euroconference on Uncertainty and
Robustness in Planning and Decision Making (URPDM 2010) (http://www.inescc.
pt/urpdm2010), that will take place in Coimbra (Portugal). Deadline for the submission
of short papers (4 to 6 pages): 30th of November 2009. The papers to be included in
this session should be sent to
ugi_urpdm2010@inescc.pt
and should be prepared following the instructions provided on the web page
http://www.inescc.pt/urpdm2010/guidelines.html

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

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

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

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. 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

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

. 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

. 28 Jun – 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/

. 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
http://ipl.uv.es/raqrs

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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. Selecting Between the Many Types of Portable Chain Saw Mills
http://www.tubeinator.com/tubenews/?p=2233

. Land Use Change and Agriculture. Agro-Ecological Zoning

http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/Research-AEZ/index.html?sb=8

. How global warming is already affecting us (the U.S.) and the tough choices we
have to make.
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/projects/project_display.php?
proj_identifier=2009/10/26/climate_race_project

. Natureandpoverty.net launches new online platform. IUCN NL coordinates the

Natureandpoverty.net programme; a learning network to facilitate linking and learning
between NGOs that work in the field of nature conservation and poverty alleviation. As
part of this programme an online interactive platform has been established.
http://www.natureandpoverty.net/

. MIT Red Balloon Team Wins Darpa Network Challenge. The Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that the MIT Red Balloon
Challenge Team won the $40,000 cash prize in the DARPA Network Challenge, a
competition that required participants to locate 10 large, red balloons at undisclosed
locations across the United States. The MIT team received the prize for being the first to
identify the locations of all 10 balloons.
https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/default.aspx

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