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2012-03-11 NRMI: This Issue: Free Access Forestry Journals (Part 1 of 3) and Some Other Good Things

2012-03-11 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST

This Issue: Free Access Forestry Journals (Part 1 of 3) and Some Other Good Things

 FREE ACCESS FORESTRY JOURNALS (Part 1 of 3). In October 2011, I had a request regarding free full access forestry-related journals,  Here is part 1 of 3 listing of some sites that may be of interest.

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) - http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum - http://www.acta.media.pl/

African Journal of Agricultural Research - http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR/index.htm

African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology - http://www.academicjournals.org/AJEST/index.htm

AgBioForum http://www.agbioforum.org/

Agricultura Tecnica (Chile) http://www.bioline.org.br/at

Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus (ACS) - http://hrcak.srce.hr/acs

Agricultural Information Research http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/air

Agricultural Research Magazine http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/index.html

AGRICULTURE: Scientific and Professional Review http://hrcak.srce.hr/poljoprivreda

Agrociencia - http://www.colpos.mx/agrocien/agrociencia.htm

Annals of Forest Research - http://www.editurasilvica.ro/afr/index.php?l=pp

Annals of Forest Science - http://www.afs-journal.org/ Articles are freely accessible 24 months after the publication. Some of them are immediately freely accessible.

Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJAR/index

Banko Janakari - http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BANKO/index

Bartin Orman Fakultesi Dergisi - http://www.bofdergi.com/

BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management - http://www.forrex.org/jem

BMC Ecology - an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on environmental, behavioral and population ecology as well as biodiversity of plants, animals and microbes. http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcecol/

Bosque (Valdivia) - http://mingaonline.uach.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0717-9200&lng=es&nrm=iso

Časopis Beskydy - http://www.mendelu.cz/en/veda_vyzkum/casopis_beskydy?lang=en

Cerne - http://www.dcf.ufla.br/cerne/

Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research http://www.chileanjar.cl/

Ciência Florestal - http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/cienciaflorestal

Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering - http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=toc&id_broj=5451

Dendrobiology - http://www.idpan.poznan.pl/dendrobiology/

Directory of open access and hybrid forestry journals http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=119&hybrid=1&uiLanguage=en

Directory of open access journals. http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.

Dissertationes Forestales - http://www.metla.fi/dissertationes/index-en.htm

Drvna Industrija - http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?lang=hr&show=casopis&id_casopis=14

Electronic Journal of Polish Agricultural Universities (EJPAU) http://www.ejpau.media.pl/

European Journal of Geography - http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu/ From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

FAO List of forestry journals, newsletters and serials – (Both free and for payment) - http://www.fao.org/forestry/library/62682/en/

Floresta - http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/floresta and http://www.ser.ufpr.br/floresta

Forest Biometry, Modelling and Information Sciences: http://www.fbmis.info/

Forest Pathology - : http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120081776/grouphome/home.html

Forest Systems - http://revistas.inia.es/index.php/fs

Forest@ : http://www.sisef.it/forest@/

Forestnet (compendium of North America's leading forestry magazines) - http://www.forestnet.com/

DO YOU KNOW COUNTY’S NATIONAL DEFINITION OF ‘FOREST’? You do? You may be surprised. You don’t? Take your pick!. See: http://www.home.comcast.net/~gyde/national.definitions.of.forest.pdf . (1.4MB)

SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST

Graves, Henry Solon. 1917. Instructions for Making Timber Surveys in the National Forests – Including Standard Classification of Forest Types. USDA Forest Service. 53 p. http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/1917_timber_surveys.pdf.

Hansen, Matthew C. et al. 2010. Quantification of global gross forest cover loss. http://www.pnas.org/content/107/19/8650.full

Hoel, Michael. 2011. The Green Paradox and Greenhouse Gas Reducing Investments. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics. 5(4): 353-379. Abstract, http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/101.00000046. From Tanya Capawana, now publishers.

Hollenbeck, J. n.d. FOR 220 Aerial Photo Interpretation and Forest Measurements. 26 slides. http://www.uky.edu/~jmlhot2/courses/for350/Forest%20Inventory_FOR%20480.ppt

Honey-Rosés, J., et al. 2011. A spatially explicit estimate of avoided forest loss. Conserv. Biol. 25(5):1032-1043. http://www.aec.msu.edu/seminars/documents/BaylisNov2011.pdf

Hurst, J.M; Allen, R.B. 2007. RECCE – An Inventory Method for Describing New Zealand Vegetation. Expanded Manual. Version 4. 64 p. http://nvs.landcareresearch.co.nz/html/Recce_ExpandedManual.pdf

India. N.d. 2 Survey of Natural Resources. 32 p. http://envfor.nic.in/report/0304/chap-02.doc

IPCC. N.d. Sampling. IPCC 5.28 Good Practice Guidance for LULUCF 521-528. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gpglulucf/gpglulucf_files/Chp5/Chp5_3_Sampling.pdf

Johnson, Kristine et al. 2006. GIS habitat analysis for lesser prairie-chickens in southeastern New Mexico..BMC Ecology 6:18 http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6785-6-18.pdf

KIRFOR. 2001? National Forest Inventory. (Kyrgyzstan). Listing of and access to forest inventory and instructions 1996 and 2000. http://kirfor.ucentralasia.org/national_forest_inventory

Laamanen, Risto. 2003. Supplement to the manual for woody resource inventories: Considerations for community forest inventories. 23 p. http://www.mawf.gov.na/Directorates/Forestry/reports/MANUAL%20FOR%20COMMUNITY%20INVENTORIES.pdf

Lee, J.S.H., et al.. 2011. No farmer left behind in sustainable biofuel production. Biol. Conserv. 144(10):2512-2516. http://www.ecology.ethz.ch/publications/publications/2011/Lee_etal_2011_BiolCons.pdf

Lindhjem, Henrik; Navrud,Ståle. 2011. Using Internet in Stated Preference Surveys: A Review and Comparison of Survey Modes. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 5(4): 309-351. Abstract. http://www.irere.net/journal.aspx?product=IRERE&doi=101.00000045 From Tanya Capawana, now publishers.

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.

FAO’s NWFP-Digest-L - The latest issue of FAO’s NWFP-Digest-L, a free e-mail journal that covers all aspects of non-wood forest product is now available at www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en .

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/.

14-17 May 2012. Spatially Enabling Government, Industry and Citizens .The joint GSDI World Conference (GSDI 13), the 14th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, the 7th 3DGeoInfo Conference , and the Canadian Geomatics Conference 2012 will take place in historic Québec City, Canada at the Québec City Conference Center in the heart of the city. Primary partners in organizing this conference include the GSDI Association and GEOIDE. Geographic information technologies and spatial data infrastructure play critical roles in allowing governments, local communities, non-government organizations, the commercial sector, the academic community and common people to make progress in addressing many of the world's most pressing problems. Further, use of spatial data in conjunction with mobile technologies is becoming pervasive within many nations. While mapping and spatial data infrastructure development was previously accomplished only by governments, this is no longer the case. All sectors of society are becoming spatially enabled and contributing to the development of the global spatial data infrastructure. Whether using hand-held devices incorporating phones, cameras, GPS, maps and location services or using sensors and wireless communications embedded within our homes, offices, stores, vehicles and along our travel paths, citizens are helping to build the next generations of spatial data infrastructure through their contributions of location and descriptive data. This conference will explore the complementary roles of government, private industry and the academic community in realizing better means for sharing geographic data and technologies and developing improved location-based services for meeting real world needs. Details at http://www.gsdi.org/gsdiconf/gsdi13/.

24-26 October 2012. Introduction to Wetland Remote Sensing and Mapping. Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. This workshop is a special designed introductory 3 day session of lectures, discussions, and hands-on exercises that emphasize the use of manual and cognitive interpretation skills of aerial photography/imagery in assessing and mapping wetland vegetation from species level to broad vegetative level classifications. This workshop provides necessary imagery analytical skills for assessing classification performance of computer automated classification routines and products. A special final computer digitizing and delineation exercise, to display final interpretation/analysis results, will be provided. Included is a full day field trip to forest and coastal wetland areas to develop imagery recognition signatures and verify wetland interpretations made in the classroom. Course content has been designed for natural resource mapping specialist, field biologists, researchers, and others who deal with wetland wildlife habitat, environmental quality and impact assessments. Since interest in this workshop is likely to be high, an early application is suggested. Cost: $385. For more information, contact: Ashley Hartley– USGS/RAC, workshop coordinator, Phone: (337) 482-0670. Email: ahartley@usgs.gov

30 October – 1 November 2012. Advanced Wetland Photo-Interpretation. Lafayette , Louisiana, USA. This three day workshop will cover: The development of a methodology for mapping wetlands projects; application of the Federal Geographic Data Committee adopted Classification of Wetlands & Deepwater Habitats of the US system; photo interpretation of seasonal color infrared aerial photographs/imagery; use of topographic maps and soil surveys, historical wetland aerial imagery & maps, other ancillary information as aids in the photo interpretation/analytical process; ground-truth techniques and utilization of other field data. This course will include classroom lectures, classroom exercises in photo interpretation of wetland habitats with access to stereoscopic options and fieldwork. A special final computer digitizing and delineation exercise, to display final interpretation/analysis results, will be provided. Several field (2) trips will be experienced to provide wetland classification signature development and classification mapping confidence. An understanding of the identification of wetland habitats from aerial photography/imagery (*as presented in the Introduction to Remote Sensing and Photo interpretation of Wetlands) is essential for this workshop. *Work related experiences can be substituted for the introductory workshop. Cost $385. . For more information, contact: Ashley Hartley– USGS/RAC, workshop coordinator, Phone: (337) 482-0670. Email: ahartley@usgs.gov

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/ , http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html The Job Seekers Guide for International and Environmental Careers http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm and Scholarship Listing http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/.

Postdoctoral Research Fellows in 2012 International Ecosystem Management Partnership. Beijing, China. The International Ecosystem Management Partnership (IEMP), a joint initiative of the UN Environment Programme and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing is currently hiring 4 Post-doctoral Research Fellows. The vacancies are in the domains of Ecosystem Service Valuation, and Ecosystem Management in Africa and Asia Pacific. Please find attached the vacancies announcement. Details at http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/6172281/577171710/name/IEMP%20Recruitment%20for%20International%20Postdoctoral%20Research%20Fellow or contact info@unep-iemp.org. From Mani Ram Banjade, Nepalese Foresters List.

Four Research Positions in Remote Sensing -Four Research Associate positions are available within the Research Cluster at King's College London (UK), concentrating on the study of biomass burning using satellite Earth Observation, simulation modelling and in situ and remote sensing measurement techniques. Posts are variously related to the UK NERC National Centre for Earth Observation (www.nceo.ac.uk and to the development of the fire emissions component of the GMES Atmospheric Monitoring and Forecasting service under the MACC-II EU FP7 project www.gmes-atmosphere.eu . Ongoing research topics to which the post holders will contribute to include exploitation of thermal remote sensing data, EO active fire algorithm development and validation, fire simulation modelling and modelling of smoke atmospheric transport, exploitation of atmospheric spectroscopy data for smoke aerosol and trace gas emissions studies, and deployment of flux towers, field spectroscopy and UAV imaging methods at experimental fires. Application deadline is 14 March 2012. Further detail and application material can be found at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=11315 . From Artur Gil, Forest List.

Graduate Assistantships -The Earth System Science and Policy Department (ESSP) at the University of North Dakota has assistantship positions for students seeking a Masters of Environmental Management (MEM), Master of Science (MS) or Ph.D. Tuition waiver is available for all announcements listed below. Some positions include Research Assistantship funding for 9 months; subsequent funding is dependent on student performance and availability of additional funding. Application deadline is May 1, 2012; early applications will receive top priority for admission. For more information about ESSP, please see the department website: http://essp.und.edu/. For application instructions, please see the UND Graduate School website www.und.edu/dept/grad/ . Positions = Local Government Planning for Climate Change, Remote Sensing and Hydrological Cycle,. Environmental Change and Impacts Related to Climate Change Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques and Switchgrass as Energy Crop in the Northern Great Plains. From Soizik_Laguette, Applied GIS RS Lixst.

Crew Leader (USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program, Klamath Falls, OR, USA). The PNW Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Klamath Falls Crew Leader position is now open. To find the announcement, follow these links that take you to the usajobs website (note applicant eligibility: one for all US Citizens to apply, and one for those who qualify under MERIT as ‘status candidates’): DEMO: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/311282300 MERIT : http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/311284100. If you have any doubt about which announcement number is appropriate for you, call our HR service center at: 1 (877) 372-7248 for clarification because after the advertising period closes applications cannot be switched from one list to the other. The announcement number TA12-2669-0172DP-TC (our DEMO announcement) is open to all US Citizens. This will be open until Wednesday March 14, 2012. From Jane Terzibashian, USFS.

FOREST FRAGMENTS (Tip of the week) If you have a tip to improve field or office work that you would like to share, please send to me (gyde@comcast.net)

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2012-03-04 NRMI: This Issue: Restoring Tropical Forest Riparian and Some Other Good Things

2012-03-04 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST

This Issue: Restoring Tropical Forest Riparian and Some Other Good Things

RESTORING TROPICAL FOREST RIPARIAN – In January, Phillipe Saner wrote, "I am looking for literature suggestions on riparian forest restoration in the tropics. Preferably with a special focus on South East Asia as our project is in North Borneo. But any recommendation would be fine really.” If you know of any information that could help, please contact Philippe at philgesan@gmail.com.

Aronson, James. 2011. Ecological Restoration in 2010: Insight from Four Continents. Conservation Biology. 25(1): Abstract. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01621.x/full

Catterall, C. P.; Harrison, D. A. 2006. Rainforest Restoration Activities in Australia’s Tropics and Subtropics. Cooperative Research. Centre for Tropical Rainforest. Ecology and Management. Rainforest CRC, Cairns, Australia. 94 p. http://www.jcu.edu.au/rainforest/publications/restoration_activities_full.pdf

Celentano, D., et al. 2011. Litterfall dynamics under different tropical forest restoration strategies in Costa Rica. Biotropica 43:279-287. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00688.x/full

Chazdon, Robin L. 2008. Beyond Deforestation: Restoring Forests and Ecosystem Services on Degraded Lands. Science 13 June 2008: 1458-1460. Abstract. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/320/5882/1458.abstract?sid=e633b34f-300b-4615-b661-040bb631bb72

Coder, Kim D. 1997. Selected Bibliography: Ecological Restoration. http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/service/library/index.php3?docID=136&docHistory%5B%5D=5

Cole, R.J., et al. 2010. Seed rain under tree islands planted to restore degraded lands in a tropical agricultural landscape. Ecological Applications 20: 1255-1269. Abstract. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/09-0714.1?journalCode=ecap

Cole, R.J., et al. 2011. Direct seeding of late successional trees to restore tropical montane forest. Forest Ecology and Management 261:1590-1597. http://people.ucsc.edu/~kholl/Cole%20et%20al%202010%20direct%20seeding.pdf

FAO. 2007. Forests and water. Unasylva No. 229. Vol. 58, 2007/4. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a1598e/a1598e00.htm

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). FOCUS No 2/05. 16 p. http://www.inforesources.ch/pdf/focus_2_05_e.pdf

Harrington, Cate. N.d. Restoring a forest means helping nature to do what comes naturally. http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/southamerica/brazil/explore/helping-hand.xml

Harvey, Celia A. et al. 2008. Integrating Agricultural Landscapes with Biodiversity Conservation in the Mesoamerican Hotspot. Conservation Biology 22(1): 8-15. http://orton.catie.ac.cr/repdoc/A2719I/A2719I.PDF

Holl, K. D. et al. 2011. Planting seedlings in tree islands versus plantations as a large-scale tropical forest restoration strategy. Restoration Ecology 19:470-479. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/cordell/psw_2010_cordell(holl)002.pdf

Holl, K.D., Aide, T.M., 2011. When and where to actively restore ecosystems? Forest Ecology and Management 261:1588-1563. http://tcel.uprrp.edu/Publications_files/Holl%26Aide2010.pdf

Holl, Karen. N.d. Restoring Costa Rica’s Rainforest. Expedition Briefing. 41 p. http://www.kintera.org/atf/cf/%7BBD9A05BF-0860-451E-AA86-7FBF37574C00%7D/holl_briefing.pdf

Lawson, T et al. 2007. Assessment of Riparian Rainforest Vegetation Change in Tropical North Queensland for Management and Restoration Purposes. Geographical Research 45(4): 387-397. http://www.mendeley.com/research/assessment-of-riparian-rainforest-vegetation-change-in-tropical-north-queensland-for-management-and-restoration-purposes/

Lennox, Michael S. 2007. Native tree response to riparian restoration techniques in coastal Northern Californina. Thesis. 62 p. http://cesonoma.ucdavis.edu/files/27468.pdf

McClain, C. D. et al. 2011. Successional models as guides for restoration of riparian forest understory. Restoration Ecology. 19:280-289. Abstract. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00616.x/abstract

Moore, Prairie L. et al. 2011. Strategies for Restoring Native Riparian Understory Plants Along the Sacramento River: Timing, Shade, Non-native Control, and Planting Method. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 9(2). 15 p. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7555d3b4

Natta, Armand Kuyema. 2003. Ecological Assessment of riparian forests in Benin: Phytodiversity, phytosociology, and spatial distribution of tree species. Thesis. 226 p. http://edepot.wur.nl/121488

Nellemann, C.; Corcoran, E. (eds). 2010. Dead Planet, Living Planet – Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development. A Rapid Response Assessment. United Nations Environment Programme, GRID-Arendal. 112 p. http://www.unep.org/pdf/RRAecosystems_screen.pdf

Osland, Michael Johannes. 2009. Managing Invasive Plants During Wetland Restoration: the Role of Disturbance, Plant Strategies, and Environmental Filters. http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/1200

Parrotta, John A. n.d. Catalysing natural forest restoration on degraded tropical landscapes. 12 p. http://www.forru.org/PDF_Files/frfwcpdf/part1/p1f%20Parrotta%20catalysing%20natural%20forest.pdf

Redondo-Brenes, Alvaro n.d. Tropical Restoration Ecology & Aquatic Biology-Conservation of Freshwater Streams, Estuaries, and Marine Ecology. Part I: Tropical Restoration Ecology. Course outline (Has listing of good references) http://www.hmc.edu/files/environcenter/Redondo%20Brenes%20-%20Tropical%20Restoration%20Ecology%20-%20Part%201.doc

Riparian Buffer (Hawaii) Fact Sheet. http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw/forestry/crep/CP22-CREP-Factsheet.pdf

River Partners. 2009. Riparian Restoration Plan for the La Barranca Unit, Phase II. Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. Chico, California. 62 p. http://riverpartners.org/documents/LB2_Restoration_Plan.pdf

Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro. et al. 2010. Large-scale ecological restoration of high-diversity tropical forests in SE Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management 261(10): 1605-1613. Abstract. http://www.mendeley.com/research/largescale-ecological-restoration-highdiversity-tropical-forests-se-brazil-1/

Seavy, Nathaniel E. et al. 2009. Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important than Ever: Recommendations for Practice and Research. Ecological Restoration 27(3): 330-338. http://er.uwpress.org/content/27/3/330.full.pdf+html

Selected Research Publications for Karen D. Holl – updated July 2011 http://people.ucsc.edu/~kholl/readlist.htm

Sweeney, B. W.; Czapka, S. J. 2004. Riparian forest restoration: why each site needs an ecological prescription. Forest Ecology and Management,192(2/3). Abstract. http://www.citeulike.org/group/342/article/565642

Tropical Forest Global Forest Restoration Network - http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/ecosystems/tropical-forest/literature/

FEEDBACK on Forest Roads And Landslides. Mike McCall writes, “A lot of research from Nepal. especially, on the impacts of road construction, including forest access roads, on landslide generation- two examples:

Sthapit K.M.; Tennyson , L.C. 1991. Bio-engineering erosion control in Nepal. FAO. http://www.fao.org/docrep/u1510e/u1510e04.htm. Nepalese Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management has developed and implemented erosion control techniques suitable to mountainous topography characterized by intensive monsoon rains. This article presents examples of bio-engineering techniques used to reduce erosion caused by landslides and the inappropriate construction of forest access roads.

 Shrestha, Hare Ram. 2010. Road vs. Hill Environment: The Trend of Road Construction in Nepal London: IFTRD. 9 p. http://www.ifrtd.org/mountains/docs/09%20Road%20vs%20Hill%20Environment.pdf

Thank you for your input MiKe. Cheers. Gyde.

SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST

Callé, Francisco Rosillo. 2007. The biomass assessment handbook: bioenergy for a sustainable environment. 269 p. http://books.google.com/books?id=Jmuz3rysSpAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

CARBOVEG. 2011. Measurements and data collected in the field supported a national forest inventory and biomass calculations for the forest land cover classes, Guinea-Bissau http://carboveg-gb.dpp.pt/?page=data_and_methods/national_forest_inventory#

Chytrý, M., et al. . 2011. Vegetation survey: a new focus for Applied Vegetation Science. Appl. Veg. Sci. 14(4):435-439. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01154.x/full

Ciancio, O.; Nocentini, S. 2011. Biodiversity conservation and systemic silviculture: concepts and applications. Plant Biosyst. 145(2):411-418. Preview. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11263504.2011.558705#preview

Cole, Thomas G. et al. 1988. Vegetation Survey and Forest Inventory, America Samoa. 14 p. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/pdfs/sam/Cole1988AS.pdf.

Committee for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A Symposium, U.S. National Committee for DIVERSITAS, and National Research Council. 2011. Twenty-First Century Ecosystems: Managing the Living World Two Centuries After Darwin. The National Academies Press. Washington, D.C. 90 p. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13109#toc

Community Forest Tenure Mapping in Central Africa. Democratic Republic of Congo Case Study http://www.mappingforrights.org/files/Rights%20and%20mapping%20in%20DRC%20%20-%20FINAL.pdf

Daoud-Bouattour, A.,et al. 2011. Conservation of Mediterranean wetlands: interest of historical approach. C.R. Biologies 334(10):742-756. Abstract. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21943524

David, Elungat Odeke. N.d. Forest inventories in National Forestry Authority (Uganda) 14 p. http://www.whrc.org/education/uganda/pdf/NFA%20Supplement%20-%20Forest%20Inventory%20Methods%20in%20Use%20at%20NFA.pdf

Davies, Glya ed. 2002. African Forest Biodiversity. A Field Survey Manual for Vertebrates. Earthwatch Inst. 173 p. http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/downloads/Publications/African_Forest_english.pdf

Di Gregorio, Antonio 2005. Review of the FAO/UNEP LCCS Land Cover Classification System Program (Global Land Cover Network). GLCN Workshop India 52 slides. http://www.glcn.org/downs/pub/ppts/FRA-GLCN_india/Antonio%20DiGregorio/Review%20of%20LCCS.pdf

Dobrovolski, R., et al. 2011. Agricultural expansion and the fate of global conservation priorities. Biodivers. Conserv. 20(11):2445-2459. Abstract. http://www.springerlink.com/content/mvq57588083685t3/

EURISY Report. 2011. Forest and biomass management using satellite information and services. 8 p. http://www.eurisy.org/index.php/news/item/download/94.html

SilviLaser 2011 -Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on LiDAR Applications for Assessing Forest Ecosystems: Applications for Assessing Forest Ecosystems, 16-20 October 2011, Hobart, Australia, IUFRO 4.02.05. Visit: http://www.iufro.org/publications/proceedings/proceedings-meetings-2011/#c18977

The best 10 maps of 2011 -  http://owni.eu/2011/12/09/the-best-maps-of-2011/  From Artur Gil, Applied GIG RS List.

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.

BCN – BCN - Biological Conservation Newsletter March 2012 - Issue No. 327 is now available at http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm

Global Forest Information Service Newsletter – The third edition of the GFIS Newsletter with information about GFIS usage statistics may be found at http://www.iufro.org/science/gfis/#c18455

IUFRO News - the second issue of International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) News 2012, volume 41 is available for download as a PDF or Word file at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/

People and Forests E News – You may find the latest issue at http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a79eee76ce1869204bc04a12d&id=93657fc77f&e=73f2043cf8

SDI Newsletters -The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Regional Newsletters for March 2012 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=1007 (Spanish),  http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=1005 (English), http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=1006  (Portuguese)

SDI-Africa Newsletter - http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=1009  (English)

SDI-Asia Pacific Newsletter http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=1008  (English). Chinese translations of the newsletter are posted as they arrive and may be downloaded at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.php

Past and current SDI Regional newsletters are also accessible in the archives at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.php

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/.

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/ , http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html The Job Seekers Guide for International and Environmental Careers http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm and Scholarship Listing http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/.

FOREST FRAGMENTS (Tip of the week) If you have a tip to improve field or office work that you would like to share, please send to me (gyde@comcast.net)

Pay It Forward – Cheers, Gyde

           

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