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

[H. Gyde Lund]

*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 at kingston.net <mailto:fullers at 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 at yahoo.com <mailto:yolls73 at 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, 
/Chilaun/e - 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 at yahoo.com 
<mailto:yogendra.karna at 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 
<http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/hughes/psw_2011_hughes%28asner%29001.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 
<http://www-personal.une.edu.au/%7Eocacho/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 
<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 
<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://botany.si.edu/pubs/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/ 
<http://www.iufro.org/info/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 at 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.

*Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

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