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FOREST IINFORMATION UPDATE VOLUME 13 NUMBER 3 FEBRUARY 2012
Welcome to this edition of FIU. Welcome to this edition of FIU. Our Forestry Country Reports on Argentina and Australia are now available. The facts and figures reports include general background on each country – geographic, climate change and carbon credits political and economic – as well as details of forestry and the forest industries. Go the link below or please feel free to contact me for more information.
http://tinyurl.com/southacrs
Kind regards
Mike Smith, Editor and Director info@southem.com
INTRODUCTION
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ESRIFORESTRY GIS CONFERENCE- Solutions and Resources for Today's Forest Management Challenges
Join forestry professionals from around the world and explore how they use GIS to
. Calculate land values
. Evaluate resource assets
. Automate data storage and management
. Increase forest revenue and economic value
. Support and track regulatory activities
This conference is a unique opportunity to learn about projects from forestry users, talk to onsite GIS specialists, participate in discussions and workshops, and explore the advantages of GIS in a setting just for foresters.
WHEN: May 1–3, 2012
WHERE: Esri Headquarters, Redlands, CA
Go to:
http://www.esri.com/events/forestry/
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Forest list – See http://joyx.joensuu.fi/pipermail/forest-list/
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International Forest List (IFL) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ifl-tech2000/
Nepalese Foresters - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nepaleseforesters/
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Global e-Forum on Climate Change and Global Warming -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateConcern/
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INPUT - This month's input comes from: Krishna Devkota, Gary Krupnick, Nelson Wong, Lance Olsen, Tina Etherington, Gandhiv Kafle, Artur Gil, Rosa Cañada Torrecilla, Ross Mayhew, Ghan Shyam Pandey, Rajesh Rai, Colin D. MacLeod, Paulo A. V. Borges, Infosylva, IUFRO, and many more. Thank you all for sharing your information!
HAVE YOU HEARD? NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
GLOBAL FUNDING ‘VITAL’ TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE - Global funding is vital for countries like India to address concerns related to climate change as mitigation efforts ultimately involve costs, says India’s Economic Survey 2011-12, reported. zeenews.india.com. The article said this is first time the survey has made a pointed reference to the challenge posed by climate change.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuvital
FOREST GROWTH IN NORTH USA OUTPACING OTHER PARTS OF COUNTRY - U.S. Forest Service scientists have released an assessment that shows forest land has expanded in northern states during the past century despite a 130-percent population jump and relentless environmental threats. At the same time, Forest Service researchers caution that threats to forests in the coming decades could undermine these gains. (Source: USFS statement)
For more details; see the link in Articles, Inventory/Monitoring below.
BULGARIAN ECO ACTIVISTS FEAR FORESTRY ACT CHANGES WILL BRING LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS - Bulgarian environmentalists have been staging protest rallies protest rallies against looming amendments to the Forestry Act. They will reiterate demands to the Members of the Parliament to not pass at second reading the amendments, which give big investors rights to build in Bulgarian mountains. They insist if passed they will doom Bulgaria to cheap felling of State and private woods to build ski lifts and tracks, to landslides and floods.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubulgaria
INSANE RUSSIAN ATTACK BIKE IS POWERED BY A CHAINSAW – Charley Cameron writes: Other than the fact that it was constructed in Russia, we aren’t entirely sure who’s responsible for this mean-looking chainsaw bike. See what it’s all about:
http://tinyurl.com/fiuchainsaw
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.
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/
FORESTS, TREES AND LIVELIHOODS - Philip, M.S.; ed. AB Academic Publisher Oxon, UK.
http://tinyurl.com/fiulivelihoods
PHD COURSE AGRICULTURE LANDSCAPE RESPONDING TO MULTIPLE DRIVERS - University of Évora,Évora, Portugal. 24th-29th of June, 2012. Deadline for applications: 10th of April, 2012. More info at:
http://tinyurl.com/fiumultiple
ECONOMIC AND NATURAL POTENTIALS - The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) is seeking candidates for four doctoral student positions within the multidisciplinary project "Economic and natural potentials of agricultural production and carbon trade-offs in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Russia (EPIKUR).
www.iamo.de
PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION AND SURVEY PROGRAMMES IN GREAT BRITAIN - Invitation to The U.K. Forestry Commission is inviting tenders for a Plant Health Inspection Service for controlled wood, wood products and bark entering Great Britain from abroad.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuukinfd
PLANTATION FOREST GENERAL MANAGER IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA - USD 4,500 / Monthly. Location: Rabaul,Papua New Guinea. Full-Time. Postal Code: 610. Overall in-charge for PNG operations as to Forest Plantation, Forest Harvesting, Wood Processing and sale of processed wood products for export market.
http://tinyurl.com/fiupngmngr
PHD STUDENTSHIPS IN FISH BIOLOGY - The University of Glasgow is offering 3 PhD studentships funded for 3 years in fish biology. The projects will be based at GlasgowUniversity's Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment on Loch Lomondside and at the Loughs Agency in Ireland (approximately 50% time in each location). Preliminary applications comprising a full CV, including contact details for 2 referees and a covering letter explaining why you are particularly suitable for this studentship, should be sent to: colin.adams@glasgow.ac.uk
OSMASTON SCHOLARSHIP IN FORESTRY AT UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, UK. Scholarship for postgraduate research in the nature, history, environmental significance and management of forests at University ofOxford for the academic year 2011-2012, UK.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuosmaston
HAVE YOU READ?
Obtain from your local library or from the sources provided.
BCN - Biological Conservation Newsletter. March 2012 - Issue No. 327
http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
BIODIVERSITY
José Hidasi-Neto, Jos Barlow & Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso, 2012, Bird functional diversity and wildfires in the Amazon: the role of forest structure. Animal Conservation, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00528.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubird
de Wasseige, et al. The Forests of the CongoBasin - State of the Forest 2010. Publications Office of the European Union Luxembourg.
http://tinyurl.com/fiucongobasin
David George Haskell. The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature. Viking, 265 pp., $25.95.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuforestunseen
Arnold, M; Powell, B.; Shanley, P.; Sunderland, T.C.H. 2011 Editorial: Forests, biodiversity and food security. International Forestry Review 13(3): 259-264
http://tinyurl.com/fiufoodsecurity
Smith, R.K., Ryan, E., Morley, E., and Hill, R.A. 2011. Resolving management conflicts: could agricultural land provide the answer for an endangered species in a habitat classified as a World Heritage Site?Environ. Conserv. 38(3):325-333.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuendangered
BIOFUEL/BIOMASS
Michiel A Keyzer, Max D Merbis, Roelf L Voortman. The Biofuel Controversy. De Economist (2008). Volume: 156, Issue: 4, Pages: 507-527.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubiofuelscontroversy
CLASSIFICATION/MAPPING
Dinov ID, Rubin D, Lorensen W, Dugan J, Ma J, et al. (2008) iTools: A Framework for Classification, Categorization and Integration of Computational Biology Resources. PLoS ONE 3(5): e2265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002265.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuitools
Simard, M. et al., Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116 (G4), 2011. doi:10.1029/2011JG001708.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuspaceborne
G.W. Trompf. The classification of the sciences and the quest for interdisciplinarity: a brief history of ideas from ancient philosophy to contemporary environmental science. Environmental Conservation. Volume 38 / Issue 02, pp 113 – 126. Published online: 31 May 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuquest
Vaclavik, Tomas. Mapping land-use/land-cover change in the Olomouc region, Czech Republic. URISA Journal. Jan 1, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuczech
Michael C Wimberly, Janet L Ohmann. A multi-scale assessment of human and environmental constraints on forest land cover change on the Oregon (USA) coast range. Landscape Ecology (2004). Volume: 19, Issue: 6, Publisher: Springer, Pages: 631-646.
http://tinyurl.com/fiumultiscale
CLIMATE CHANGE/CARBON
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation: IPCC Summary Fri, Nov 18, 2011 - The Summary for Policymakers of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) was approved today by member governments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
http://tinyurl.com/fiumanagerisks
Summary for policymakers at:
http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX
Overview of the CAP Health Check and the European Economic Recover y Plan Modification of the RDPs.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuhealthcheck
Juan Forero. In OneBrazilianFarmTown, Reviving the Forest. National Public Radio. 15 December, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/fiureviving
M. B. Enghoff, et al. An isotope view on ionising radiation as a source of sulphuric acid, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 5039–5064, 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiusulphuric
INVENTORY/MONITORING
L.-M. Rebelo, C.M. Finlayson, N. Nagabhatla. Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. Volume 90, Issue 7, May 2009, Pages 2144–2153.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuwetlandinventory
The USDA Forest Service's EasternForest and WesternWildlandEnvironmentalThreatAssessmentCenters recently unveiled a product that helps natural resource managers rapidly detect, identify, and respond to unexpected changes in the nation's forests by using web-based tools. ForWarn, a satellite-based monitoring and assessment tool, recognizes and tracks potential forest disturbances caused by insects, diseases, wildfires, extreme weather, or other natural or human-caused events. The tool focuses efforts of existing forest monitoring programs and potentially results in time and cost savings and is available at
http://tinyurl.com/fiuforestthreats
Shifley, Stephen R. et al. Forests of the Northern United States. Year: 2012. Publication: Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-90. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 202 p.
http://tinyurl.com/fiunorthern
Rio Verde Foothills Area Plan – Inventory and Analysis. Maricopa County Planning and Development.
http://tinyurl.com/fiurioverde
Arthur P. J. Mol. Environmental Reform in the Information Age - The Contours of Informational Governance. CambridgeUniversity Press. 2008. Online ISBN: 9780511491030.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuinfoage
LEGAL MATTERS
U.S. Attorney’s Office Reaches Two Settlements For $29.5 Million With PG&E Regarding Damage Caused By TwoForest Fires. United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. Eastern District of California
http://tinyurl.com/fiupg-e
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,MICHAEL KARL McNEIL, Defendant and Appellant. 2d Crim. No. B236420. Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.
http://tinyurl.com/fiumkm
MISCELLANEOUS
Edition Number 174, 15 March, of Gazeta Rural features the AgroBraga trade show.
http://tinyurl.com/fiugazeta174
RESOURCE ANALYSIS/MODELING
R.Kerry Turner. Ecological-economic analysis of wetlands: scientific integration for management and policy. Ecological Economics, Volume 35, Issue 1, October 2000, Pages 7-23.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuecoanalysis
Gardali T, Seavy NE, DiGaudio RT, Comrack LA (2012) A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of California's At-Risk Birds. PLoS ONE 7(3): e29507. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029507.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuriskbirds
Renee M. Clary and James H. Wandersee. A mixed methods analysis of the effects of an integrative geobiological study of petrified wood in introductory college geology classrooms. Article first published online: 8 DEC 2006. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Volume 44, Issue 8, pages 1011–1035, October 2007.
http://tinyurl.com/fiumixed
Nagubadi, Rao V., and D. Zhang. 2005. Determinants of timberland use by ownership and forest type in Alabama and Georgia. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 37(1):173-186.
http://tinyurl.com/fiudeterminants
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
Press release: Forestry scientists from Göttingen “minders” of China’s forests. Nr. 25/2012 - 28.02.2012
http://tinyurl.com/fiuminders
Wan, M.; Colfer, C. J. P.; Powell, B. 2011. Forests, women and health: opportunities and challenges for conservation. International Forestry Review 13(3): 369-387
http://tinyurl.com/fiuchallenges
R. "Fitz" Fitzhenry. Local Economy Sees Big Benefits from Recovery Act. US Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, on September 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/fiurecovery
Kwaschik, Ralf (ed). 2011. Cross-border value chains for non-timber forest products in four different Asian countries. INBAR.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuborder
CAPTURED ON VIDEO
THE CARBON HUNTERS: On the trail of the climate's hottest commodity
World journeys to the remote rainforests of Brazil, where several American companies have been on the hunt for an increasingly valuable new commodity -- carbon. But investing in big tracts of forest in order to soak up the carbon they may have to account for in proposed energy legislation is not without its costs.
http://tinyurl.com/fiucarbonhunters
THRILL SEEKING BEES DO HAVE PERSONALITIES – NEW STUDY SUGGESTS - Entomologists at the University of Illinois reported that honeybees that scout for food or additional lodgings exhibit distinct patterns of activity in their brains known to be associated with thrill seeking in humans.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubees
YOU'RE INVITED!
24-25 April, 2012. Invest in Forest. 1st international conference on forest investment in the Baltic Sea region countries. Riga, Latvia.
http://investforest.com/
30 April-5 May, 2012. Sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD SBSTTA-16). Convention on Biological Diversity.
http://www.cbd.int/sbstta16/
and
Advanced drafts are now available for peer review on the review of documents in preparation for SBSTTA-16 web page.
http://www.cbd.int/sbstta16/peerreview/
1-3 May, 2012. SmallWood 2012 Conference: Forest Restoration for a New Economy. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
http://www.forestprod.org/smallwood/
22 – 24 May, 2012. Forest Fires 2012. 3rd International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires. New Forest, UK.
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/images/stories/pdf_cfps/2012/forestfires2012cfp.pdf
SHORT INTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL COURSES ON FIELD IDENTIFICATION OF TROPICAL PLANTS (TROPICAL DENDROLOGY) GIVEN IN COSTA RICA EVERY YEAR, SINCE 1993. (two weeks): March-April (en Español); June-July (in English). Learn while you travel over Costa Rica. Courses given in 4 different environments (Life Zones). Highly efficient teaching methodology. Students are prepared to pre-identify, down to family and important genera level, about 80% of the trees and shrubs in the Tropics. Visit our Website for you to learn about the course and read testimonies from previous students. Costs: US$ 1600.00 which covers every basis needs while you are in Costa Rica. Airfare is not included. Visit www.hjimenez.org. Direct contact: Dr. Humberto Jiménez-Saa. Apdo. 86-1200/ San José, Costa Rica. FAX: (506) 22534963. Phones: (506) 2291-0862; 2231-1236 hjimenez@racsa.co.cr
16-19 April, 2012. International Biomass Conference & Expo. Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
http://biomassconference.com/ema/DisplayPage.aspx?pageId=Home
2-4 May 2012 . USA. Forest Energy Forum. Seminars and technical meetings. Doral Resort - Miami- USA. Contact Stephen Reid.
info@theforestenergyforum.com
www.forestenergyforum.com
7-8 May 2012 - Directors' Forum: Governance of Forest Research and Education – Innovations in Participatory Management. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. IUFRO 9.02.00 . Contact: Konstantin von Teuffel, konstantin.teuffel(at)forst.bwl.de.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90200/activities/
22-24 May 2012. Forests for People - International Experiences and the Vital Role for the Future. Alpbach/Tyrol, Austria. IUFRO Task Force on Forests for People, http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forests-people/
25-26 June 2012 - IUFRO MELIACEAE MEETING – The first meeting of IUFRO working party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae. This meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. The purpose of the meeting is to share the latest in research and applications for a global perspective on solutions for the tropical timber species of the Meliaceae (subfamily Swietenoideae). This meeting will be held in conjunction with the IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress in Africa (IUFRO = International Union of Forest Research Organizations; FORNESSA = Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa). For more information, see “Upcoming IUFRO Meetings” at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10200/10204/activities/unit/1.02.04/
8-13 July, 2012 – IUFRO CONFERENCE V DIVISION. Lisboa – Portugal. This International conference will focus on the topic of Forests and Forest Products of future and current importance. For more information, go to:
http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=37
8th Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference – Peter Bettinger writes: We are scheduling the 8th conference in this series for Dec. 11-13, 2011 in Athens, GA. Please send any ideas regarding practical "software updates" or "how to" presentations to me (pbettinger@warnell.uga.edu)
5-12 August 2012. Ecological Society of America - The 97th Annual Meeting will be held, in Portland, OR. This meeting’s theme is "Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems”.
http://esa.org/portland/
12-13 December 2012. International Conference on Forest Mountain & People 2012. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
http://www.icimod.org/?q=6525
13-15 March 2013. Small Log Conference. Forest Business Network’s 6th Bi-Annual Small Log Conference. Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
http://www.forestbusinessnetwork.com/our-events/slc/
4-7 May 2012. Geography International Symposium - Climate Change for Sustainability. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
http://www.geographysymposium.geo.ugm.ac.id/geography_symposium.html
July 22-25, 2013, the conference Forest Genetics 2013 will be held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. This conference is a joint meeting of four organizations:
www.forestgenetics2013.ca
WHILE SURFING THE WEB…INTERESTING LINKS
For a complete listing of links go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forest_information_update/
The European Network for Rural Development is the hub that connects rural development actors across the EU.
http://enrd.ec.europa.eu/en/home-page_en.cfm
ENRD Forestry
http://enrd.ec.europa.eu/themes/forestry/en/forestry_en.cfm
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