[Forest-list] 2012-01-15 NRMI: This Issue: Land Classification (Part 2 of 3) and Some Other Good Things

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*2012-01-15**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue: */Land Classification (Part 2 of 3/)* and Some Other Good Things

*BUT FIRST, WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP? /Urban forest management and 
monitoring -/* Luiz Octavio de Lima Pedreira asks, "Can you please give 
us some tips about recent developments in Urban Forestry Monitoring and 
Management." If you know of any information that can help, please 
contact Luiz at lopedreira at yahoo.com.br <mailto:lopedreira at yahoo.com.br>

*LAND CLASSIFICATION *-- Last year I was seeking publications on land 
classification systems. */Here is part 2 of 3/* that may be of interest 
to you:

GBRMPA. n.d. *Appendix I. Land Cover Classification Concepts.* Great 
Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 36-40. 
https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/324200.pdf .

Ge, J., et al. 2007. *Impacts of land use/cover classification accuracy 
on regional climate simulations,* J. Geophys. Res., 112, 
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070003.pdf__

Gong, Xiaoning et al. 2009. *Land Use Classification Proposed to Be Used 
in the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting 
(SEEA)**?*(Draft Version) 
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/londongroup/meeting14/LG14_10a.pdf

Hardy, Ernest E.; Anderson, James R.1973. *A Land Use Classification 
System for Use with Remote-Sensor Data.* 
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=lars_symp&sei-redir=1#search=%22land%20use%20classification%20system%22 
<http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=lars_symp&sei-redir=1#search=%22land%20use%20classification%20system%22> 

Herold, M. et al. 2006. *Evolving standards in land cover 
characterization*. Journal of Land Use Science 1(2-4): 157-168. 
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section~fulltext=713240929~dontcount=true~content=a770500600~db=all 
<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section%7Efulltext=713240929%7Edontcount=true%7Econtent=a770500600%7Edb=all>.

HRTTAC. 2011. *Agenda Item #15: Regional Land Use Classification 
System*. 2 p. Hampton Roads Transportation Technical Advisory Committee 
Meeting -- March 2, 2011. 
http://www.hrtpo.org/MTG_AGNDS/TTAC_Info/2011/03022011/A15.pdf

IPCC. 2006. *Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines for 
National Greenhouse Gas Inventories,* Volume 4, Agriculture, Forestry 
and Other Land Use. 
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol4.html

Jansen, Louisa J.M. 2005. *Harmonisation of land-use class sets to 
facilitate compatibility and comparability of data across space and 
time.* 11th CEReS International Symposium, 13-14 December 2005, Chiba, 
Japan. 29 p. 
http://www.fao.org/gtos/doc/2006-LUW1/JansenLJM_LUCHarmonisation_03b.pdf 
>From Louisa Jansen.

Jansen, Louisa J.M.; Di Gregorio, Antonio. 2003. *Land-use data 
collection using the ''land cover classification system'': results from 
a case study in Kenya. *Land Use Policy 20:131--148. Preview. 
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/land-use-data-collection-using-the-land-cover-classification-system-3nNBiC40Oj 

Jansen, Louisa J.M.; Di Gregorio, Antonio. 2004. *Obtaining land-use 
information from a remotely sensed land cover map: results from a case 
study in Lebanon.* International Journal of Applied Earth Observation 
and Geoinformation 5:141--157. Abstract. 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243404000200

LandInform Ltd. 2006. *National Land Use Database: Land Use and Land 
Cover Classification Version 4.4* Prepared for Office of the Deputy 
Prime Minister 2. 
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/nationallanduse

Latham, J.S.; Jansen, L.J.M., 1998. *FAO's Land Cover and Land Use 
Activities.* SD Dimensions. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations. 
http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0058.htm

Lund, H. Gyde. 1993. *Some thoughts on land cover and land use 
classification harmonization.* Background paper prepared for UNEP/FAO 
Expert Meeting on Harmonizing Land Cover and Land Use Classification, 
23-25 November 1993, Geneva, Switzerland. 8 p. 
http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/1993lcharmm.doc 
<http://home.comcast.net/%7Egyde/1993lcharmm.doc>**

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Badru. 2010.*Plotting against plots and plastic pipes 
*http://bwindiresearchers.wildlifedirect.org/2010/02/08/plotting-against-plots-and-plastic-pipes/ 

Bafana, Busani. 2011. *Climate change killing trees across the Sahel, 
says study. 
*http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-africa/news/climate-change-killing-trees-across-the-sahel-says-study.html 
 From Steve Hunter

Boitani, L., et al. 2011. *What spatial data do we need to develop 
global mammal conservation strategies? *Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London. 
[Biol.] 366(1578):2623-2632. 
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1578/2623.full

Cole, Kim D. 1996.*Words from the Woods: Derivations of Common Tree and 
Forest 
*http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/service/library/for96-048/for96-048.pdf 
or 
http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/service/library/index.php3?docID=130&docHistory%5B%5D=2 
<http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/service/library/index.php3?docID=130&docHistory%5B%5D=2>

Crooks, K.R., et al. 2011. *Global patterns of fragmentation and 
connectivity of mammalian carnivore habitat. *Philos. Trans. R. Soc. 
London. [Biol.] 366(1578):2642-2651. 
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1578/2642.full.pdf

Douglas. 2009. *Taking a tree measuring test while watched by 
gorillas*http://bwindiresearchers.wildlifedirect.org/2009/12/16/a-tree-measure-test-while-watched-by-gorillas/ 

Douglas. 2010.*The view from 
space.*http://bwindiresearchers.wildlifedirect.org/2010/12/30/the-view-from-space/ 

Ellison, David et al. 2011. *On the forest cover--water yield debate: 
from demand- to supply-side thinking*. 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02589.x/full

*Eye on Earth Summit Launches Biodiversity 
Initiative-*http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/eye-on-earth-summit-launches-biodiversity-initiative/ 

Grove, Simon. 1996?*A nature conservation source-book for forestry 
professionals. *199 p. 
http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/Portfolio/Grove_1998_NatureConservationSourcebookForForestryProfessionals.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/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/.

18 - 25 March and 25 March - 01 April 2012. *Brazil Forestry Study Tours 
2012 -* Dr. Robert Donnelly is again offering his very successful 
forestry tours to Brazil. The tours comprise two separate, consecutive, 
one-week segments: First Week: This 7-day tour takes place in southern 
Brazil. We visit eucalyptus and pine plantations, manufacturing 
facilities, logging operations, nurseries. Second Week: Further to the 
North, and over the next 7-days, we visit the major eucalyptus growers 
of Brazil. These are the most efficient pulp producers in the world. The 
experience is learning about their eucalyptus pulp manufacturing 
prowess, eucalyptus sawmilling, the latest genetics, silviculture, wood 
quality developments and harvest operations, plus a modern 
plantation-based charcoal facility in the north. If you have an interest 
or would like more information, please contact Bob at 
rhdonely at xtra.co.nz <mailto:rhdonely at xtra.co.nz>..

16-19 September 2012. *SilviLaser 2012: First Return*.Sheraton Wall 
Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Details at 
www.silvilaser2012.com <http://www.silvilaser2012.com>. From Artur Gil, 
Applied GIS RS List.

30 October -- 1 November 2012. *2012 Forest Inventory and Analysis 
Science Symposium - Moving from Status to Trends.* Baltimore, MD, USA. 
The US Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program is 
pleased to announce the 2012 FIA Science Symposium. October 2012 will 
mark the 20th anniversary of the Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel on 
Forest Inventory and Analysis. This report expanded the focus of the 
national forest inventory in the United States to include monitoring of 
the forest resource trends on a more frequent time interval. In 
recognition of this milestone, the theme of the 2012 FIA Science 
Symposium is "Moving from Status to Trends." The Symposium will bring 
together international forest scientists, managers, and stakeholders to 
share insights on contemporary issues, science policy, mensuration, 
geospatial products, inventory and monitoring methods, and other topics 
.A call for papers is now open. For details see 
http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/symposium/. From Chip Scott, USFS.

*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://ejobs.home.att.net/ _and 
Scholarship Listing _http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/_.

*Call for papers - IEEE J-STARS CfP: Forestry Applications Supported by 
Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Systems*. Papers are solicited 
for a Special Issue of IEEE J-STARS on Multi-Scale Forestry Applications 
Supported by Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Systems. The topics 
may include (but are not limited to) the following: * Forestry 
information systems& interoperability and implications for decision 
makers; * Remote sensing of forests (forest resources, forest condition, 
change detection, parameter estimation); * Forestry data harmonization 
and comparability; * Forest ecosystem services, carbon sequestration and 
forest dynamics using remote sensing. The Call for Papers is available 
at: http://db.tt/oDoxjXLA. Manuscript submission deadline: 30th April 
2012.From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

*Outreach Opportunity: BIO SCI, GS-401-5/7/9*- The Pacific Northwest 
Research Station's resource monitoring and assessment program, forest 
inventory and analysis (FIA) is conducting outreach for a data 
collection crew leader GS-401-5/7/9 position based out of Klamath Falls, 
Oregon, USA. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen. This is a permanent 
seasonal position consisting of 18 pay periods of full time work and 8 
pay periods of non-pay status per year. Appointees may be offered the 
opportunity to work longer depending on workload and funding. Additional 
information regarding duties, the work area, and the Klamath Falls 
community may be had by contacting Jane Terzibashian at 
jterzibashian at fs.fed.us <mailto:jterzibashian at fs.fed.us> . The vacancy 
announcement for the position will be listed on the USAJOBS website: 
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

*MSc program - European Forestry in the Czech Republic* - Mendel 
University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology is currently 
taking applications for our new master degree in *European Forestry* 
(EuFo). We would very much appreciate your help in sharing this 
information with your members and other contacts who may be interested 
in this program. The two-year MSc program in European Forestry is 
interesting in both its forms and content. It consists of lectures, 
field and laboratory exercises, discussion seminars, projects and 
excursions. The whole program is taught in English. It focuses not only 
on traditional forestry, but also on a number of topics related to 
ecology, nature conservation, and sustainable development, with 
particular emphasis on the latest progressive trends. Please visit the 
program website at the following link for more information: 
http://www.ldf.mendelu.cz/en/prijimaci-rizeni/magisterske_studium/european_forestry?lang=en. 
 From Kalpana Giri, Nepalese Foresters

*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 at comcast.net <mailto:gyde at comcast.net>)

*Burrs- a thorny problem --*Our Sudanese forest survey crew was having 
problems with burrs sticking to the lower part of their pants when 
walking thru the country side. By the end of the day, our pants looked 
like they were covered with wool. Not only were the burrs irritating, 
they were a devil to pick off consuming a considerable amount of time to 
do so. The next day a thinking young forester wrapped plastic bags 
around his legs as a test. The result - no burrs. Thereafter, the whole 
crew had the leg wrappings improving field efficiency and recycling 
plastic at the same time - Gyde.

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

-- 
H. Gyde Lund
Forest Information Services
6238 Settlers Trail Place
Gainesville, VA 20155-1374 USA
Tel: +1-703-743-1755
Email: gyde<at>comcast.net
URL: http://www.forestinfoservices.com
CV: http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/cv.html.
Publications: http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/lundpub.htm.
Skype: forestgyde

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