[Forest-list] 2011-11-13 NRMI: This Issue: Hunger and the Environment – and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2011-11-13**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:***/Hunger and the Environment/*/–/and Some Other Good Things

*HUNGER AND THE ENVIRONMENT*– A couple of months ago I posted an inquiry 
for any papers that involve the use of remote sensing showing the 
relation between hunger and the environment. Here are some sites that 
may be of interest. If you know of others, please contact me at 
gyde at comcast.net <mailto:gyde at comcast.net>.

Addo Kwasi Appeaning. 2010. *Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in 
Developing Countries Studied using Remote Sensing and In Situ Methods*. 
Remote Sensing 2010, 2, 497-513; http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/2/2/497/pdf

Alvaré, Luz Marina. 2006. *Research on agriculture, hunger, poverty, and 
the environment from a single gateway, CGVlibrary. *USAIN Conference 
2006, October 8-11, Ithaca, New York, International Food Policy Research 
Institute 10 p. 
http://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3757/1/Alvare_CGVlibrary.pdf

Bartholet, Jeffrey. 2008. *Hand to Mouth. The world is consuming more 
food than it produces.* Newsweek. 14 April 2008. 
http://www.newsweek.com/2008/04/13/hand-to-mouth.html

*Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global 
Environment*http://www.dmacc.edu/instructors/dapenney/Nutrition08/Lec1508.mht 
and www.mydietmatters.com/resources/Chapter15.doc 
<http://www.mydietmatters.com/resources/Chapter15.doc>

*Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment Nutrition: Concepts & 
Controversies,*12e Sizer/Whitney. 21 p. 
http://www.mjc.edu/prospective/programs/fcs/351Ch15.pdf

Chen, R. S. 1990. *Global agriculture, environment, and hunger: Past, 
present, and future links.* Environmental Impact Assessment Review 10 4: 
335-358. http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/docs/004-147/004-147.html

de Souza, D 2009. *Evidence-Based Approach to Decision Making: The 
Inclusion of GIS as Part of Ghana's Health Information Systems.* Ghana 
Med J. 2009 March; 43(1): 1–6. http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC2709165

Deichmann, Uwe; Wood,Stanley. 2001. *GIS, GPS, and remote sensing 2020. 
*Focus 7 (Appropriate Technology for Sustainable Food), Brief 7 of 9, 
August 2001.4 p. 
http://www.iapad.org/publications/ppgis/gis_gps_and_remote_sensing.pdf

Entwisle, Barbara; Stern, Paul C. 2005. *Population, Land Use, and 
Environment - Research Directions. *National Academy Press. 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22965/

ESRI. N.d. *GIS for Africa.* 16 p. 
http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/gis-for-africa.pdf

Fu, Pinde; Rich, Paul M. 2002. *A geometric solar radiation model with 
applications in agriculture and forestry. *Computers and Electronics in 
Agriculture 37: 25-35 
http://www.creeksidescience.com/files/fu_rich_compag_02.pdf

GE. 2009 *Where Will Hunger Strike?* 18 July 2009. Good Environment GE. 
http://www.good.is/post/where-will-hunger-strike/

Ghosh, Gopi N. et al. 2007.*Query: Application of Remote Sensing in 
Agriculture - Experiences. *Solution Exchange for the Food and Nutrition 
Security Community; Solution Exchange for the ICT for Development 
Community. Consolidated Reply, 15 p. 
http://portal.unesco.org/geography/es/files/8041/11975368545Application_of_Remote_Sensing_in_Agriculture.pdf/Application%2Bof%2BRemote%2BSensing%2Bin%2BAgriculture.pdf

Gnanapazham, L. et al. 1997. *Remote Sensing and GIS applications in 
hunger free area programme and coastal wetlands studies.* ACRS. 2 p. 
http://www.a-a-r-s.org/acrs/proceeding/ACRS1997/Papers/PLS97-1.htm

Haklay, M., et al.1998. *The Potential of a GIS-Based Scoping System: an 
Israeli Proposal and Case Study*, Environmental Impact Assessment 
Review, 18(5): 439-459. http://homepages.ge.ucl.ac.uk/~mhaklay/eia.htm 
<http://homepages.ge.ucl.ac.uk/%7Emhaklay/eia.htm> and 
http://homepages.ge.ucl.ac.uk/~mhaklay/pdf/gisscoping.pdf 
<http://homepages.ge.ucl.ac.uk/%7Emhaklay/pdf/gisscoping.pdf>

Hong, S. Young et al. n.d. *Development of soil information system and 
its application in Korea.* 17 p. 
http://www.agnet.org/library/eb/612/eb612.pdf

Hyman, G.et al. 2005. *Methods, Results and Policy Implications of 
Poverty and Food Security Mapping Assessments.* Food Policy 30: 453–460. 
http://gisweb.ciat.cgiar.org/povertymapping/download/povertymappingeditorial-final1.pdf 


ISPRS. 2011.*The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental 
Monitoring*. Proceedings - 34th International Symposium on Remote 
Sensing of Environment.**Sydney, Australia. 10-15 April 2011. 
http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/2011/ISRSE-34/index.html

Jayaraman, V ; Srivastava, Sanjay K. 2003. *Poverty Mapping and 
Monitoring using Information Technology: Learning and Perspectives from 
India.* Consultancy Report Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Poverty 
Mapping and Monitoring using Information Technology. 44 p. 
http://www.ibcperu.org/doc/isis/6692.pdf

Jeppesen, Helle. 2011. *Ecoagriculture is the key in global hunger 
fight, reports Worldwatch*. DW-World. Environment & Development. 20 
January 2011. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14777016,00.html__

Lu, Peter. 2010. *World hunger dangers exacerbated by environment.* 
Onlinestafay. Yale Herald. 19 February 2010. 
http://yaleherald.com/opinion/world-hunger-dangers-exacerbated-by-environment/ 


Murni SU, Syahrul HB, Aflah A, Anizar A, Nasarudin NM, Zabidi-Hussin 
AMH. 2005*.. Risk mapping of malnutrition distribution using remote 
sensing and geoinformation system (GIS) in Tumpat, North of Kelantan, 
Malaysia*. In, Proceedings, 4th Annual International Conference & 
Exhibition on Geographical Information Technology & Application (Map 
Asia 2005); 22-25 August 2005; Jakarta, Indonesia. GIS Development, 
2005. 11 p. 
http://www.medic.usm.my/~helic/gis_files/Map%20Asia%202005.pdf 
<http://www.medic.usm.my/%7Ehelic/gis_files/Map%20Asia%202005.pdf>

NAP. 2007. *Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions about 
Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report. The* National Academies 
Press. 98 p. http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11759&page=R2 
<http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11759&page=R2>.

NASA 2004. *Remote Sensing/GIS and Human Health - A Partial 
Bibliography. *http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/health/rsgisbib.html

*Online spatial data by State 
*http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/data/datalinks/statedataweb.html

RELMA in ICRAF & UNEP 2005. *Potential for Rainwater Harvesting in 
Africa: A GIS Overview.* Volume I 27 p. 
http://www.unep.org/pdf/RWH_in_Africa-final.pdf

Romero, Aranzazu Fernández et al. 2009. *ICTs and Food Security.* ITU-T 
Technology Watch Report. July 2009 (rev.) 10 p. 
http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/23/01/T230100000B0001MSWE.doc

Sahu, Satyabrata.n.d. *Guidebook on technologies for disaster 
preparedness and mitigation*. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of 
Technology (APCTT). 102 p. 
http://www.technology4sme.net/docs/Guidebook%20on%20Technologies%20for%20Disaster%20Preparedness%20&%20Mitigation.pdf 
<http://www.technology4sme.net/docs/Guidebook%20on%20Technologies%20for%20Disaster%20Preparedness%20&%20Mitigation.pdf>

Scott, Barbara J.; Brewton-LaClaire, Allison. 2003. *Hunger and the 
environment.* Hen Fact Sheet. 2 p. 
http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/Newsletter/member_factsheet_Fall2003_hunger_environ.pdf 


Seager, Ashley. 2008*. Poverty: 260m driven into hunger by push for 
biofuel –* ActionAid. The Guardian, 3 July 2008 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/03/biofuels.food

Siebert, Charles. 2011. *Food Arc.* National Geographic 220(1): 108-131.

Simonsen, Sturle Hauge 2010. *Declining ecosystem services threaten 
solutions to curb poverty and hunger.* 
http://sei-international.org/news-and-media/1876

Sizer, Nigel; Laestadius, Lars. 2011. *Restoring the world's forests 
while feeding the poor. 
*http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/18/forests-farming-food-land

Summers, Adam B. 2003. *The Economics of Bushmeat: Solving Hunger and 
Preserving the Environment through Private Property.* 
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/summers1.html

UNESCAP. 2011. *The Minimum Common Programme (MCP) Framework. 
*http://www.unescap.org/idd/resap/MCPFramework.asp__

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Bacaro, G., et al. 2011. *Geostatistical modelling of regional bird 
species richness: exploring environmental proxies for conservation 
purpose*. Biodivers. Conserv. 20(8):1677-1694.

Bailey, Jim. 2003. *Lookouts, Latrines, and Lodgepole Cabins - 
Administrative Facilities of Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest, 
1904-1955*. Volume I: Historic Context Statement. Forest Service Report 
No. BT-02-637. 157 p. 
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/Documents/Bridger-Teton%20Administrative%20Facilities,%20History.pdf 


Beth, King. 2011*. Tropical forests are fertilized by air pollution. 
*Lifesciences World. http://www.lifesciencesworld.com/news/view/198456. 
 From Nelson Wong, IFL.

Bombi, P., et al. 2011. *When the method for mapping species matters: 
defining priority areas for conservation of African freshwater turtles*. 
Divers. Distrib. 17(4):581-592. Abstract. 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00769.x/abstract 


Bonnot, T.W., et al. 2011. *Extension of landscape-based population 
viability models to ecoregional scales for conservation planning.* Biol. 
Conserv. 
144(7):2041-2053.http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2011/nrs_2011_bonnot_001.pdf 


Carlucci, M.B., et al. 2011*. Conservation of Araucaria forests in the 
extreme south of Brazil*. Nat. Conservacao 9(1):111-113

Carvalho, S.B., et al. 2011. *Conservation planning under climate 
change: toward accounting for uncertainty in predicted species 
distributions to increase confidence in conservation investments in 
space and time*. Biol. Conserv. 144(7):2020-2030. Abstract. 
https://www.zotero.org/groups/piccc_library/items/itemKey/EA8EWWDR

Chong, K.Y., et al.. 2011. *Towards a global database of weed risk 
assessments: a test of transferability for the tropics. Biol*. Invasions 
13(7):1571-1577. Abstract. 
http://www.mendeley.com/research/towards-global-database-weed-risk-assessments-test-transferability-tropics/ 


Côté, I.M. 2011. *Conservation biology: the many ways to protect 
biodiversity.* Curr. Biol. 21(12):R468-R470. Listing. 
.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21683900

Danilin, I. M.; Medvedev, E. M, n.d. *Forest inventory and biomass 
assessment by the use of airborne laser scanning method (example from 
Siberia).* International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and 
Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XXXVI – 8/W2. 9 p. 
http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVI/8-W2/DANILIN.pdf

de Albuquerque, F.S., et al.. 2011. *Identification of critical areas 
for mammal conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Biosphere 
Reserve*. Nat. Conservacao 
9(1):73-78.http://www.escet.urjc.es/biodiversos/publica/Alburquerque_et_al_2011_Natur_Conserv.pdf 


de Melo, Julio. Eustaquio, et al. 2011. *Projeto de habitação popular em 
madeir.* 356 p. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35649310/LivroHABITACAO.pdf 
Although it is in Portuguese, thist is a very important work. It 
provides blue prints, calculations and so on how to build a low income 
wood house and can be very useful, particularly in poor areas. From 
Julio Melo and Sebastiao Kengen, Brazil.

De Ornellas, P., et al. 2011. *The impact of data realities on 
conservation planning.* Biol. Conserv. 
144(7):1980-1988.http://www.citeulike.org/user/kaiserm/article/9290265

Padoch, Christine. 2011. *Fewer Farms = More Forest = Less 
Biodiversity?* Indonesia Today. 
http://www.theindonesiatoday.com/agriculture/fewer-farms-=-more-forest-=-less-biodiversity 


Robson, J.P.; Berkes F. 2011. *Exploring some of the myths of land use 
change: Can rural to urban migration drive declines in biodiversity?* 
Global Environmental Change 
21:844–854.http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/exploring-some-of-the-myths-of-land-use-change-can-rural-to-urban-LZgh3WG0yT 


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*International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research (IJLPR)*– New 
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18 November 2011. *Sabal Palm and the Threat of Texas Phoenix Palm 
Decline Workshop*. Hillsborough County Extension Office, Seffner, 
Florida, USA (near Tampa). For details see 
http://sabalpalmtppd.eventbrite.com. From David Fox.

*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, 
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Seekers Guide for International and Environmental Careers 
http://ejobs.home.att.net/ and Scholarship Listing 
http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/.

*Senior Analyst, Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling,*Conservation 
International. Location: Arlington, VA, USA, Application Deadline: Open 
until filled. This position is to conduct satellite image analysis and 
land-use change modeling needed for REDD baselines included in 
Conservation International’s REDD feasibility analyses, project 
description documents and capacity building efforts. Reporting to the 
Senior Director, Habitat Monitoring and Climate Change Mitigation this 
position is part of the Global Change and Ecosystem Services program 
within the Science + Knowledge division. 
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA8/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CONSERVATION&cws=1&rid=225 
<http://tbe.taleo.net/NA8/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CONSERVATION&cws=1&rid=225> 


*Forest Bioproducts Intern - FedNor Youth Internship Program*– North 
Bay, Ontario, Canada. The intern will assist in the coordination and 
operation of research activities in the Forest Resources Laboratory 
(FRL). The responsibilities of the intern would mainly include carrying 
out wood sample processing and analysis in the laboratory, supporting a 
new project focused on identifying relationships between wood fibre 
properties, growth rates and ecological site conditions for important 
boreal forest tree species such as Black Spruce and Jack Pine. Specific 
duties will include, sectioning, mounting and macerating specimens, 
acquiring images from the confocal microscope, analyzing images using 
WinCell software and managing the project database. The intern may also 
assist with coordinating use and maintenance of laboratory equipment 
(e.g. WinDendro dendrochronological analysis station), supervising and 
training undergraduate research assistants, and organizing 
dendrochronological sample archives. Where possible the intern would be 
encouraged to contribute to oral and written communications of project 
progress and results in the form of conference presentations and 
scientific publications. The successful candidate will possess a 
Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Arts, degree in Biology, Geography, 
Forestry, or related discipline. Knowledge of the scientific method and 
standard laboratory protocols and experience working in the laboratory 
and/or field engaged in research are considered assets. As per FedNor’s 
funding guidelines, the successful candidate will be an unemployed or 
underemployed youth (under the age of 30) who has graduated with a 
degree or diploma from a post secondary institution within the last 
three years, is legally entitled to work in Canada, and who has not been 
previously employed under a FedNor Youth Internship funding agreement, 
or other federal or provincial internship with pay for a period of six 
(6) months or more. The hourly wage for this position is $15.25, which 
includes 4% vacation pay. Review of applications will begin on Thursday, 
November 17, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. 
Please submit your letter of application and resume to: Human Resources, 
Nipissing University, 100 College Drive, P.O. Box 5002, North Bay, ON 
P1B 8L7. E mail: hrinfo at nipissingu.ca. The Selection Committee would 
like to thank all applicants for their interest in Nipissing University; 
however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. See 
http://www.nipissingu.ca/departments/human-resources/recruitment-and-selection/Pages/Contract-Positions.aspx 
. From Jeff Dech, Nipissing University

*Pay It Forward/– Cheers, Gyde/*

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H. Gyde Lund
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