[ANFES] 2011-11-20 NRMI: This Issue: Carbon Mapping and Allometric Equations (Part 1 of 3) and Some Other Good Thing

2011-11-20 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST

This Issue: Carbon Mapping and Allometric Equations (Part 1 of 3) and Some Other Good Things

BUT FIRST, WON’T YOU PLEASE HELP?

Work Opportunities Sought. Dr. Stephan Fuller writes, “I am sitting in Canada essentially recuperating from a leg injury suffered while working on a climate change project in Ethiopia (to which I could not return while recuperating from surgery). After 7 months new work is definitely a major priority. (Perils of the free-lancers lifestyle – after giving up a full-time job in 1993 and starting to work in Asia). I am actually a climatologist by original training but have made a living in 27 countries doing projects mostly under CBD and GEF. Now the pendulum has returned and UNFCCC seems to be sponsoring almost everything (along with the bi-laterals of course). I have also moved from actually doing project implementation into either project design and/or M&E (mid-term and final). But at the moment a long term assignment would be wonderful – managing almost anything! No job is too small. CV available upon request outlining 32 years of professional experience.” If you know of any possibilities, please contact Stephan at fullers@kingston.net.

Biomass Assessment Training Sought. Yolanda Hawker Glen is interested in a list of short courses where she can learn how to assess forest biomass. Her country is in the process of setting up a hydro power plant and she is the flora researcher on the project. She writes “There are a lots of trees and I would like to do some research about them. I think that this would be a great research project.” If you know of any training material or short courses please contact Yolanda at yolls73@yahoo.com

 Carbon Mapping and Allometric Equations (Part 1of 3). Earlier this month Yogendra Kumar Karna wrote, “I am doing my MSc research in Carbon mapping for tropical forests in Chitwan districts of Nepal. So I am desperately searching for allometric equations of some of the major forest tree species of Nepal. These tree species are as following: Asna/Saj - Terminalia tomentosa, Bhalayo - Semecarpus anacardium, Botdhangeo - Lagerstroemia parviflora, Sal - Shorea robusta, Chilaune - Schima wallichii, and Sindure - Mallotus philippensis. If someone will provide me these equations, I would be very grateful to them. Thanking you”. Here are some sites that may be of interest. If you know of others, please contact Yongendra at yogendra.karna@yahoo.com.

Aalde, Harald et al. 2006. Chapter 4 Forest Land. IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. 83 p. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/4_Volume4/V4_04_Ch4_Forest_Land.pdf

Alamgir, Mohammed; Al-Amin, M. 2008. Allometric models to estimate biomass organic carbon stock in forest vegetation. Journal of Forestry Research 19(2): 101-106. Abstract. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j474741757u4h568/

Asner, Gregory P et al. 2011. High-resolution carbon mapping on the million-hectare Island of Hawaii. Front Ecol Environ. 28 p. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/hughes/psw_2011_hughes(asner)001.pdf

Baishya, Ratul et al. 2009. Distribution pattern of aboveground biomass in natural and plantation forests of humid tropics in northeast India. Tropical Ecology 50(2): 295-304. http://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_50_2/J-10.pdf

Bajracharya, Sardu. 2008. Community Carbon Forestry: Remote Sensing of Forest Carbon and Forest Degradation in Nepal. Thesis. 86 p. http://www.communitycarbonforestry.org/NewPublications/Sardu_Thesis_Final.pdf

Banskota, Kamal et al. 2007. Reducing Carbon Emissions through Community-managed Forests in the Himalaya. ICIMOD. 85 p. http://www.communitycarbonforestry.org/NewPublications/icimod_09be93ba2f388cd8786f885474121eea.pdf

Baral S.K. et al. 2009. Above-ground carbon stock assessment in different forest types of Nepal. Banko Janakari 19(20:10-14. Abstract. http://www.forestrynepal.org/publications/biblio/4768

Baral, Srijana. 2011. Mapping carbon stock using high resolution images in subtropical forest of Nepal. Thesis. 50 p. http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2011/msc/nrm/baral.pdf

Bormann, Ulrich. 2006. A Study on Biomass and Biodiversity in Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary, Orissa, India. 96 p. http://fes.org.in/studies/Ulrich_final.pdf?file=ZG93bmxvYWQvd3AxOS5wZGY= and http://fes.org.in/studies/4.pdf

Cacho, O., et al. 2008. Economic potential of land-use change and forestry for carbon sequestration and poverty reduction. ACIAR Technical Reports No. 68, 98 p. http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~ocacho/ACIAR%20Cacho%202008.pdf

Chaturvedi, R.K. et al. 2011. Carbon density and accumulation in woody species of tropical dry forest in India. Forest Ecology and Management 262(8): 1576-1588. Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112711004348

Chauhan, Sanjeev K.; Chauhan, Rajni. 2011. Short rotation forestry species for economic and environmental benefits: Country report (India). IUFRO Symposium on “Short Rotation Forestry: Synergies for Wood Production and Environmental Amelioration” (February 10-12, 2011), PAU Ludhiana (India). 188 p. http://www.benwood.eu/cms/dmdocuments/IUFROLudhiana_Abstracts.pdf

Chhetri, Purna B. 2011. Analysis of structure, composition and single tree selection systems in broad leaved forests of West Central Bhutan. Dissertation. 153 p. https://zidapps.boku.ac.at/abstracts/download.php?dataset_id=8609&property_id=107&role_id=NONE

Conservation International. 2009. Philippine Peñablanca Sustainable Reforestation Project (PPSRP). Project Design Document for Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards. Second Edition. 220 p. http://www.climate-standards.org/projects/files/cagayan/CCB-PDD-PPSRP_ver_Dec8.pdf

Conservation International. 2010. Project design document under climate, community and biodiversity standards. Edition 01. Forest Carbon Project in Quirino Province, Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, Luzon, Philippines. 326 p. https://s3.amazonaws.com/CCBA/Projects/Forest_Carbon_Project_in_Quirino_Province_Sierra_Madre_Biodiversity_Corridor_Luzon_Philippines/Quirino_CCB_PDD-May2010_final.pdf

Devkota, Krishna Prasad et al. 2010. Carbon Stocks in Shorea robusta and Schima –Castanopsis dominated Forests (A comparative Study of Inner Tarai and Hilly Region Community Forests of Nepal). International Workshop on Climate and Environmental Change: Challenges for Developing Countries 17-20 November 2010, Beijing, China. http://ctwf.icces.ac.cn/ctwf2010/abstract_show.asp?id=447

Fukuyama, Kenji; Oka, Teruki. 2009. Proceedings of International seminar on CDM Plantation and Biodiversity -Results of a collaborative research in East Kalimantan. 24 February 2009. FFPRI Tsukuba. 50 p. http://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/pubs/chukiseika/documents/2nd-chukiseika7.pdf

Gairola, Sumeet et al. 2011. Live tree biomass and carbon variation along an altitudinal gradient in moist temperate valley slopes of the Garhwal Himalaya (India). Current Science 100(25): 1862-1870. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/25jun2011/1862.pdf

Gautam, Chinta Mani et al.2009. Assessment of Role of Community Forests (CFs) in CO2 Sequestration, Biodiversity and Land Use Change. ARCP2009‐10NSY‐Gautam. 125 p. http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/archive/files/9e1212627368a5743f00c41d1caa8e72.pdf

Gautam, Mukesh Kumar et al. n.d. Assessment of Critical Loads in Tropical Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. F.) Forests of Doon Valley Himalayas, India. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 218(1-4): 235-264. Abstract. http://www.springerlink.com/content/fn5426071h320246/

Gillison, A.N. 2000. Impact of different land uses on biodiversity. Above-Ground Biodiversity Assessment Working Group Summary Report 1996-99. 250 p. http://www.asb.cgiar.org/pdfwebdocs/Biodiv%20Study%20WG%20reports/ASB%20Biodiversity%20Report+%20Annexes.pdf

Gintings, Ngaloken; Roliadi, Han. 2005. How to increase the welfare of local people through the sustainable forest management. Proceeding of the 2nd Workshop on Demonstration Study on Carbon Fixing Forest Management in Indonesia. January 11, 2005. Bogor. http://www.jica.go.jp/project/indonesia/0065045I0/activities/pdf/proceeding2.pdf

Henry, Matieu et al. 2011. Estimating Tree Biomass of Sub-Saharan African Forests: a Review of Available Allometric Equations. Silva Fennica 45(3B). 93 p. http://www.metla.fi/silvafennica/full/sf45/sf453477.pdf

Hussin, Y. A. et al. 2010. Modeling, Mapping and Monitoring Carbon Stock in Forests of Three Different Ecological Zones of Nepal Using High Resolution Satellite Images and GIS. Advanced RS, Image Processing and GIS for NRM. 57 Slides. http://geoportal.icimod.org/symposium2010/PPT/Theme-V/Hussin-Netherlands.pdf

 SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST

König, Michael. 2011. Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS. http://vimeo.com/32001208

Lehmann, Chris. 2011. The planet we call home, seen from 240 miles up. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/planet-call-home-seen-240-miles-145006199.html

Pekkarinen, Anssi. 2004. Image segmentation in multisource forest inventory. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Research Papers 926. 37 p. http://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/3219/imageseg.pdf?sequence=2

Perry, C. H. et al. 2008. Filling the gap: improving estimates of working tree resources in agricultural landscapes. Agroforest Syst 12 p. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=usdafsfacpub

Propastin, Pavel. 2009. Relations between Landsat ETM+ imagery and forest structure parameters in tropical rainforests: a case study from Lore-Lindu National Park in Sulawesi, Indonesia. EARSeL eProceedings 8, 2/2009 14 p. http://www.eproceedings.org/static/vol08_2/08_2_propastin1.pdf

Rayn, D.; Sutherland, W.J. 2011. Impact of nature reserve establishment on deforestation: a test. Biodivers. Conserv. 20(8):1625-1633. http://www.springerlink.com/content/64g2418642282p47/

Reusser, D.A.; Lee, H. 2011. Evolution of natural history information in the 21st century - developing an integrated framework for biological and geographical data. J. Biogeogr. 38(7):1225-1239. Abstract. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02515.x/abstract

Riitters, K., et al. 2004. Use of road maps in national assessments of forest fragmentation in the United States. Ecology and Society 9(2): 13. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss2/art13/

Robinson, A., et al. 2011. Allocating surveillance resources to reduce ecological invasions: maximizing detections and information about the threat. Ecol. Appl. 21(4):1410-1417. Abstract. http://lambda.qsensei.com/content/1qf50q

Rossmann, Juergen et al. 2009. Cost-Efficient Semi-Automatic Forest Inventory Integrating Large Scale Remote Sensing Technologies with Goal-Oriented Manual Quality Assurance Processes. IUFRO Division 4 – Extending Forest Inventory and Monitoring over space and time. May 19-22, 2009, Quebec City, Canada 5 p. http://skog.for.msu.edu/meeting/proc2/Rossmann_Schluse_Buecken_Krahwinkler_Hoppen.pdf

Thenkabail, Prasad S. et al. eds. 2011. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation. CRC Press. 781 p. Book listing. http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439845370;jsessionid=tg8zyfgPA8f4L3HD05szog and http://www.amazon.com/Hyperspectral-Remote-Sensing-Vegetation-Thenkabail/dp/1439845379. From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

Waggoner, Paul E. 2009. Forest Inventories - Discrepancies and Uncertainties. 44 p. http://www.rff.org/documents/RFF-DP-09-29.pdf

 KEEPING UP-TO-DATE – PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS. See also http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm, http://scholar.google.com/, and Directory of open access journals. http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.

 WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC. – See also: http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/.

26-29 March 2012. Planet under Pressure. New Knowledge Towards Solutions London, UK. http://www.planetunderpressure2012.net/index.asp

1-5 July 2012. Managing Resources of a Limited Planet: Pathways and Visions under Uncertainty. 6th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs). Leipzig, Germany. A call for papers is now open. See http://www.iemss.org/sites/iemss2012/index.html. From the Applied GIS RS List.

12-14 September 2012. Changing How We View the World. Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society 2012. University of Greenwich, London, UK. Call for papers now open. Contact: Fakhar Khalid, f.khalid@gre.ac.uk or see http://www.rspsoc2012.org

MOVING AHEAD – OPPORTUNITIES – See also: Scholarships-Positions - http://scholarship-positions.com/, Forestry, Arboriculture, Agriculture, Agronomy & Natural Resource Management Jobs at http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm, Riley Guide to Agriculture, Forestry, & Farming Jobs http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html, Finding Your Dream Job in Natural Resources http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/, Naturesjobs.com http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html, The Job Seekers Guide for International and Environmental Careers

Scholarships - The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, Brazil, and TWAS offer up to fifty fellowships per year to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue research leading towards a PhD in natural sciences. http://twas.ictp.it/prog/exchange/fells/fells-pg/bra-pg. From Rajesh Rai via Nepalese Foresters List.

 

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