2011-12-11 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST
This Issue: REDD+ Monitoring and Assessments (Part 1 of 3) and Some Other Good Things
REDD+ MONITORING AND ASSESSMENTS (Part 1 of 3) - I April I wrote, “I am doing a little study on what the various countries are doing for REDD+ monitoring and assessment for multiple benefits. If you have some information to share, please send to me.” My thanks to Charles (Chip) Scott, USFS, for his helpful suggestions. Here are some sites that may be of interest. If you know of others, please send to me (Gyde@comcast.net).
Andersson, Krister; Ravikumar, Ashwin. 2010. The Challenge to Monitor Forest Governance in REDD+ Programs: Exploring Options in Tanzania. 21 slides. http://www.fao.org/forestry/23487-0e1ec6a613abb0242ca913d6154ff1c01.pdf
Arbonaut. 2010 Arbolidar: Monitoring Change in Carbon Stocks and Achieving REDD+ Targets. 8 p. http://www.arbonaut.com/files/Arbonaut_REDD_en1.pdf
Arce, Hector. 2008. Methodologies for REDD: Lessons from Costa Rica. UNFCCC Workshop on Methodological Issues relating to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REDD in Developing Countries. 25 to 27 June 2008, Tokyo, Japan. 17 p. http://unfccc.int/files/methods_and_science/lulucf/application/pdf/080625_costa_rica.pdf
BELSPO. 2010? Be-REDDi Home. Belgian Science Policy BELSPO. https://sites.vito.be/sites/be-REDDi/Pages/home_old.aspx
Biettam, Federica. 2010. The Accomplishments of the REDD+ Partnership: A Solid Foundation. Climate Change Policy and Practice. Guest Article #50. 9 November 2010. http://climate-l.iisd.org/guest-articles/the-accomplishments-of-the-redd-partnership-a-solid-foundation/?referrer=climate-change-daily-feed
Bond, I.,et al. 2010 REDD+ in dryland forests: Issues and prospects for pro-poor REDD in the miombo woodlands of southern Africa. Natural Resource Issues No. 21. IIED, London. 68 p. http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17506IIED.pdf
Böttcher, Hannes; et al. 2009. An assessment of monitoring requirements and costs of 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation'. Carbon Balance and Management. http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/4/1/7
Carbon, biodiversity & ecosystem services: exploring co-benefits. http://www.carbon-biodiversity.net/ - http://www.carbon-biodiversity.net/Issues
CBD. 2011. Biodiversity and Livelihoods - REDD-plus Benefits. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit giz GmbH. 41 p. http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/for-redd-en.pdf
Cerbu G, et al. 2009. Global survey of REDD projects: What implications for global climate objectives? ASB Policy Brief No. 12. ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins, Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.asb.cgiar.org/pdfwebdocs/ASBPB12.pdf
CIFOR 2010? Readings on REDD and Measurement & Monitoring http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/measurementmonitoring.html
COP. 2010. Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention. Advance unedited version. Draft decision -/CP.16. 29 p. http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_16/application/pdf/cop16_lca.pdf
Davis, Crystal. 2010. Governance in REDD+ taking stock of governance issues raised in readiness proposals submitted to the FCPF and the UN-REDD Programme. Background Paper Two, Monitoring Governance Safeguards in REDD+ Expert workshop 24th – 25th May 2010, Chatham House, London. 13 p. http://www.fao.org/climatechange/21145-091981d43d2eb7409b8a710e700c6571.pdf
Doswald, N., et al. 2010. Methods for assessing and monitoring change in the ecosystem-derived benefits of afforestation, reforestation and forest restoration. Multiple Benefits Series 6. Prepared on behalf of the UN-REDD Programme. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge. http://www.unep-wcmc.org/latenews/COP10_Nagoya/Publications/CCB/REDD/Methods%20for%20assessing%20&%20monitoring%20change.pdf
Durbin, Joanna 2009. Draft REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards. Version 2 October 2009. 9 p. http://www.climate-standards.org/redd+/docs/REDD+SE_draft_10_02_09.pdf
FAO. 2009. Global forest monitoring to help mitigate climate change - Emissions from deforestation and forest degradation must be reduced. Media Centre, FAO News. 20 October 2009. http://www.fao.org/news/story/pt/item/36408/icode/en/
FAO. 2010? FAO Support to National Forest Monitoring and Assessment - monitoring the world’s forestry resources. Brochure, Rome. 4 p. http://www.fao.org/forestry/17277-0404ecd56baa7684da1943aef014e4029.pdf
SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST
DeFranza, David. 2011. Problems Caused by Shrinking Biodiversity. http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/6-problems-caused-shrinking-biodiversity.html
Heimbuch, Jaymi. 2011. Breakthrough Technology Maps Rainforests in 3D, Including Carbon Storage. http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/breakthrough-technology-maps-rainforests-in-3d.html. From Steve Hunter.
Kart, Jeff. 2010. First-Ever Carbon Map Shows Global Warming in Peru's Amazon. http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/first-ever-carbon-map-shows-global-warming-in-perus-amazon.html
Newton, A.C., et al. 2011. Projecting impacts of human disturbances to inform conservation planning and management in a dryland forest landscape. Biol. Conserv. 144(7):1949-1960. Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320711001212
Nhancale, B.A.;Smith, R.J. 2011. The influence of planning unit characteristics on the efficiency and spatial pattern of systematic conservation planning assessments. Biodivers. Conserv. 20(8):1821-1835. http://www.kent.ac.uk/dice/publications/Nhancale_&_Smith_11_Planning_unit_characteristics.pdf
Nowak, David et al. 2008. Effect of Plot and Sample Size on Timing and Precision of Urban Forest Assessments. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 2008. 34(6):386–390. http://www.itreetools.org/eco/resources/08%20plot%20size.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
BCN - Biological Conservation Newsletter for December 2011 - Issue No. 324 now available at http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm
FORESTS-L - a mailing list for news and announcements related to forest policy issues. Postings include forest policy news, announcements of workshops/conferences, job listings, and information on new publications and online resources. Forests-L is brought to you by IISD, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests. See: http://www.iisd.ca/email/forests-L.htm
IISD Linkages – A multimedia resource for environment and development policymakers. Interational Institute for Sustainable Development, Reporting Services Division. http://www.iisd.ca/about/about.htm. From Steve Hunter.
NWFP-Digest-L – Issue No. 17/11 of AO’s NWFP-Digest-L, a free e-mail journal that covers all aspects of non-wood forest products, may be found at: www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en.
People and Forest E News – Latest issue now available at http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a79eee76ce1869204bc04a12d&id=b990bd2994&e=73f2043cf8
SDI Regional Newsletters. The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Regional Newsletters for December 2011 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org. You may also download them directly as follows:
SDI-Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter - http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=961 (Spanish); http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=960 (English); http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=964 (Portuguese)
SDI-Asia Pacific Newsletter - http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=962 (English). Chinese translations of the SDI-AP newsletter are posted as they arrive and may be downloaded at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters#AP
Past and current SDI Regional newsletters are also accessible in the archives at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters. Also posted here are the SALB Newsletter and EIS-Africa Newsletter and FGDC Newsletter.
Deadline Extended - The deadline for abstracts has been extended to December 31, 2011 for the first meeting of the IUFRO working party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae. This meeting will be held on Monday and Tuesday, June 25 and 26, 2012 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/. From Sheila Ward
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 http://ejobs.home.att.net/ and Scholarship Listing http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/.
UPR-RP IGERT Program: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics - The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program at the University of Puerto-Río Piedras (UPR-RP) aims to train Ph.D. students in interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to environmental problems in urbanizing, tropical landscapes. The program is based in the natural sciences, but students receive interdisciplinary training in social science perspectives on environmental issues and apply these to real-world problems. The common element for dissertation research is how human and natural systems interact. Research may cover climate, water, food security, renewable energy, waste management, biodiversity, or urban system services, among other topics. Research topics are developed in collaboration with a government agency, non-profit organization, or community group. Projects can be based in Puerto Rico or elsewhere in the tropics. Puerto Rico has had a dynamic environmental history, with nearly complete deforestation followed by forest recovery, and then urban sprawl as the economy modernized. The environmental problems caused by these shifts, overlaid by changes in climate and vulnerability to catastrophic storms, make Puerto Rico an ideal place to conduct integrative research. This program is funded by the National Science Foundation. This IGERT is based in the UPR-RP Environmental Science Graduate Program, but students in other UPR-RP graduate programs may apply. The deadline for application to UPR-RP graduate programs is January 20, 2012. The deadline for application for these IGERT fellowships is February 27, 2012. Applicants must contact the IGERT program and a prospective advisor before applying. See the website and email addresses below. Benefits: $30,000/year for two years; $2,000 for travel and education materials; office, computer and software usage; reserved space in all special courses and workshops. Website: http://envsci.uprrp.edu/igert. Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Contacts: Rafael Rios Davila PhD, Program Director, rafaelrios00936@yahoo.com. Sheila Ward, Program Associate Director, seward@hpcf.upr.edu. Colibrí Sanfiorenzo-Barnhard, Program Coordinator, uprrp.igert@gmail.com.
Pay It Forward – Cheers, Gyde
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