[Forest-list] FIU Vol 13 No 9 - natural resource & inventory | September 2012

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FOREST INFORMATION UPDATE VOL. 13 NO. 9
September 2012

Welcome to this edition of FIU – 

Please find below our latest batch of articles, listing, meetings and web
sites for the natural resource sector. Please feel free to contact me for
more information. 

Kind regards
Mike Smith, Editor and Director info at southem.com 

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ESRI FORESTRY - The 2012 Esri Forestry GIS Conference was a great success,
helped by the willingness of participants to share their expertise. We look
forward to seeing you at next year's event, May 14–16, 2013 in Redlands,
California. For more information, contact:
forestryinfo at esri.com
View photos from the event at:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1977293@N21/pool/ 

LASER TECHNOLOGY, INC. DARES ALL ARCPAD USERS – TAKE THE LaserGIS CHALLENGE
Laser Technology, Inc. (LTI), the designer and manufacturer of the most
popular line of mapping lasers and rangefinders, is daring all ArcPad® users
to take a GIS mobile mapping challenge. This new campaign was officially
announced at the opening day of Esri’s User Conference, July 25th 2012. The
challenge is to test out an LTI TruPulse® 360 mapping laser and the
LaserGIS® ArcPad® extension completely risk free without any upfront costs
or obligation. This campaign is designed to persuade GIS professionals to
simply "try" something that will prove to save time and money and offer an
immediate ROI. Find out more at:
http://www.lasertech.com/Laser-Technology-Dares-All-ArcPad-Users-to-Take-the
-LaserGIS-Challenge.aspx 

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INPUT - This month's input comes from: Gary Krupnick, Nelson Wong, Lance
Olsen, Gandhiv Kafle, Artur Gil, Ross Mayhew, Selva Escalera, Colin,
Infosylva, IUFRO, and many more. Thank you all for sharing your information!

HAVE YOU HEARD? NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

IS WOOD PULP THE NEW WONDER MATERIAL? NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE GETS HOT
The New Scientist reports nanocrystalline cellulose produced by processing
wood pulp is being hailed as the latest wonder material. Japan-based Pioneer
Electronics is applying it to the next generation of flexible electronic
displays. IBM is using it to create components for computers. Even the US
army is getting in on the act, using it to make lightweight body armour and
ballistic glass. See more:
http://tinyurl.com/fiunano 

US LAND MANAGERS WARNED TERRORISTS TARGETING DYING FORESTS - The Salt Lake
Tribune reported that the FBI has warned land managers in the USA that
terrorist groups might seize on dry conditions and stands of beetle-killed
trees to ignite forest fires that would cost millions to fight and create
widespread chaos, Utah’s forester said. We took it quite seriously," said
Dick Buehler, director of the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.
"It was distributed to all land-management agencies in the United States."
http://tinyurl.com/fiuterror 

SAF POLICY UPDATE ON USDA PROCESS - The Society of American Foresters has
issued a policy update regarding the USDA’s Forest Service Project-Level
Predecisional Aministrative Review Process – September 7, 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiusafpol 

UPGRADED FOREST INVENTORY SOLUTION RELEASED - F4 Tech has announced the
release of SilvAssist version 3.0.  SilvAssist reduces the steps required to
setup, manage, report, and analyze forest inventory. SilvAssist is an
extension to ArcGIS by Esri, the industry-leading provider of GIS software.
It complements F4 Tech’s Real-Time Inventory (RTI) by providing faster, more
thorough GIS tools for managing forest inventory cruises.  This software
helps foresters minimize steps between cruise setup and provides reports and
analysis while combining inventory and geospatial data together into one
database and application.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuf4tech 

HEAVY RAIN STALLS TIGER-TRACKING OPERATION - Incessant rain has stalled the
tiger-tracking operation, the Times of India has reported. The forest
department has stopped combing in the area due to flooding. At least two
man-eating tigers are on the prowl in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh state, North
India. The forest officers are yet to localise the big cats.
http://tinyurl.com/fiutiger 

MAJOR PUBLISHERS JOIN SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE - Four major North
American publishers – Time Inc., the National Geographic Society, Macmillan,
and Pearson – have joined the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) Forest
Partners Program as founding members. The program creates a way for the
publishing industry to support SFI’s certification program for forest and
forest products. SFI said the new partners will work collectively with the
SFI community to make certification more efficient and accessible by
providing resources for activities such as shared consulting expertise,
group certification or audit coordination.
http://tinyurl.com/fiusfi 

BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED...
This section is devoted to resource inventory tips and miscellaneous blurbs
for whatever uses you care to make. Please limit contributions to one
paragraph or so. Thanks, Mike Smith.

HELP!

FEEDBACK
 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – “Pay it forward!”  If you can help with any of the
requests below, please take the time to do so. Your kind assistance will be
appreciated and rewarded. 

EXPANDING OPERATIONS - David Van Hendry writes: “I have a logging Operation,
Wood Receiving Yard, and 30 years experience in the Timber Industry in Gulf
Coast Region of the US.  I am a Registered Forester and Professional Logger.
I am looking to expand my operation into other areas.” Email to
timberplus at bayspringstel.net 

COBARFLORIS QUERY - Michael Corcoran writes: “Recently, I was reading a
Christmas fairy tale called "The Rose and the Ring", by William Makepeace
Thackery, in which the principal characters are the nobility of two
neighbouring kingdoms, Krim Tartary and Paphlagonia.  The princes and
princesses are given nicknames in mock Latin and mock Italian such as
Cavolfiore( Cauliflower), Rosealba( White Rose), and Bulbo( Tulip) as well
as Giglio( Lily); however, one of the main characters was called
"Cobarfloris", which does not have any immediate translation in any
language, ancient, medieval, or modern. I was wondering whether anyone might
know something about the existence of a species of wild flower, vegetable,
herb, plant, or weed conceivably corresponding to the pseudo-Latin
nomenclature of "cobarfloris" ?” Email:
omarthrawnthree at ymail.com 

OPPORTUNITIES - Several readers of FIU are seeking employment in the
forestry field. If you have jobs available and are in need of good people,
please consider posting your vacancies in FIU (there is no charge for this
service) and the following outlets: 


CONSULTING UTILITY FORESTER - CN Utility Consulting (CNUC), an employee
owned organization, is seeking qualified utility foresters for immediate
hire on a project in the USA at Quad Cities, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Sioux
City, and Council Bluffs, Iowa.
http://www.getforestryjobs.net/consulting-utility-forester-ia-des-moines-iow
a-31404366.htm 

HAVE YOU READ?
Obtain from your local library or from the sources provided. 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

BIODIVERSITY

Fladung, M., Hoenicka, H., Altosaar, I., Bartsch, D., Baucher, M.,
Boscaleri, F., Gallardo F., Häggman, H., Nielsen, K.M., Paffetti, D.,
Séguin, A., Stotzky, G. and Vettori, C. 2012. European discussion forum on
transgenic tree biosafety (Correspondence). Nature Biotechnol. 30, 37-38.
http://tinyurl.com/fiutransgenic 

Heinemann, J.A. and Kurenbach, B. 2008. Special threats to the agroecosystem
from the combination of genetically modified crops and glyphosate. Third
World Network Biosafety Briefing, August 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubiosafety1 

and

Gábor L Lövei, Thomas Bøhn and Angelika Hilbeck. Biodiversity, Ecosystem
Services and Genetically Modified Organisms. Publisher: TWN
http://tinyurl.com/fiubiosafety2 

N. J. Enfield. Diversity Disregarded. Science 14 September 2012: 1295-1296.
[DOI:10.1126/science.1225365]
http://tinyurl.com/fiudiversity2 

BIOFUEL/BIOMASS

Jim Lane. Is the EU Abandoning Biofuels? Biofuels Digest. September 19,
2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiueubiofuels 

Helen Zhang and David Jin (editors). Experimental Study on Direct Biomass
Reburning Denitrification. Advanced Research on Engineering Materials,
Energy, Management and Control. Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 424 -
425).
http://tinyurl.com/fiureburn 

T Dalun, X Wenhua, Y Wende. Comparison of biomass dynamic and nutrient
cycling between Pinus massoniman plantation and Pinus Elliotti in
plantation. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2003.
http://tinyurl.com/fiudynamic2 

CLASSIFICATION/MAPPING

Pouteau, R., Meyer, J.Y., Taputuarai, R., and Stoll, B. 2012. Support vector
machines to map rare and endangered native plants in Pacific island forests.
Ecol. Inform. 9:37-46.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuislands 

A. Baccini & S. J. Goetz. Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical
deforestation improved by carbon-density maps. Nature Climate Change.
September 2012. Vol 2 Issue 9.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuimproved 

Dafna Shahaf, Carlos Guestrin & Eric Horvitz. Trains of thought: generating
information maps. Proceeding: WWW '12 Proceedings of the 21st international
conference on World Wide Web. Pages 899-908. 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuthought 

CLIMATE CHANGE/CARBON 

Aslaksen, I., Glomsrød, I. and Myhr, A.I. (2012) Late lessons from early
warnings – uncertainty and precaution in policy approaches to Arctic climate
change impacts. Polar Geography 35 (2), p.135-153,
DOI:10.1080/1088937X.2011.654357
http://tinyurl.com/fiulessons 

Sydeman, W.J., Thompson, S.A., and Kitaysky, A. 2012. Seabirds and climate
change: roadmap for the future. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 454:107-117.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuseabirds 

Paul A. O’Gorman. Sensitivity of tropical precipitation extremes to climate
change. Nature Geoscience. Published online 16 September 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuprecipitation 

INVENTORY/MONITORING

Costion, C.M., Liston, J., Kitalong, A.H., Iida, A., and Lowe, A.J. 2012.
Using the ancient past for establishing current threat in poorly inventoried
regions. Biol. Conserv. 147(1):153-162.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuancient 

Harrison, M.E., Boonman, A., Cheyne, S.M., Husson, S.J., Marchant, N.C., and
Struebig, M.J. 2012. Biodiversity monitoring protocols for REDD+: can a
one-size-fits-all approach really work? Tropical Conservation Science.
5(1):1-11.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuprotocols 

Hudgins, R.M., Norment, C., and Schlesinger, M.D. 2012. Assessing
detectability for monitoring of rare species: a case study of the
cobblestone tiger beetle (Cicindela marginipennis Dejean). J. Insect
Conserv. 16(3):447-455.
http://tinyurl.com/fiutiger2 

LEGAL MATTERS

Kaimowitz, D. Forest law enforcement and rural livelihoods. Source:
International Forestry Review, Volume 5, Number 3, September 2003 , pp.
199-210(12).
http://tinyurl.com/fiurural1 

Moritz Albrecht. Perceiving sustainable forest spaces: governance aspects of
private and company owned forests in North-Karelia, Finland. Fennia –
International Journal of Geography. Vol 190, No 1 (2012).
http://tinyurl.com/fiuaspects 

MISCELLANEOUS

Cecil A. Jennings, Thomas E. Lauer, and Bruce Vondracek, editors. Scientific
Communication for Natural Resource Professionals. 180 pages. Published by
the American Fisheries Society. Publication date: August 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuscicoms 

Vilsack, Tidwell Highlight Economic Benefits of Forests, Forest Products. At
Forestry Source.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuecon 

REMOTE SENSING/GIS

Firoz Verjee. GIS Tutorial for Humanitarian Assistance. October 15, 2010.
382 pages. ESRI Press.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuhumanitarian 

Paul A. O’Gorman. Sensitivity of tropical precipitation extremes to climate
change. Nature Geoscience. Published online 16 September 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuextremes 

RESOURCE ANALYSIS/MODELING

Gillund, F., Kjølberg, K.A., Krayer von Krauss, M. & Myhr, A.I. 2008. Do
uncertainty analyses reveal uncertainties? Using the introduction of DNA
vaccines to aquaculture as a case. Science of The Total Environment 407,
185-196.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuuncertainty 

Tom Wessels. Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested
Landscape. September 2010. 160 pages. Countryman Press.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuforensics 

Bergl, R.A., Warren, Y., Nicholas, A., Dunn, A., Imong, I.,
Sunderland-Groves, J.L., and Oates, J.F. 2012. Remote sensing analysis
reveals habitat, dispersal corridors and expanded distribution for the
Critically Endangered Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli. Oryx
46(2):278-289.
http://tinyurl.com/fiugorilla 

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

V Ingram, O Ndoye, DM Iponga, JC Tieguhong, R Nasi – 2012. Non-timber forest
products: Contribution to national economy and strategies for sustainable
management. Dare.uva.nl
http://tinyurl.com/fiucontribution 

P Saenger. Ecological and Social Consequences of the Void in Mangrove
Conservation. BioScience, Vol. 62, No. 2, February 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/fiumangrove 

Bindu Bhatt, Janak P. Joshi. Sustainable management of agricultural lands
using GIS: A Spatio-Temporal analysis of irrigation water quality in
Vadodara taluk. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMATICS AND GEOSCIENCES. Volume
2, No 3, 2012
http://tinyurl.com/fiutemporal 

CAPTURED ON VIDEO

SAVE THE IBERIAN WOLF - A ‘crowdfunding’ campaign is underway to help the
survival of the Iberian Wolf. The ‘Don’t Let our Worlves Become Homeless’
campaign aims to raise $250,000. See the video or go directly to the web
site.
Vid at:  http://tinyurl.com/fiuwolfvideo 
and
URL at: http://tinyurl.com/fiuwolf 

YOU'RE INVITED!
For a more complete listing of upcoming inventory and monitoring related
meetings, see: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/infomeets/
http://www.agnic.org/mtg/index.html
http://www.asprs.org 
http://www.conferencealerts.com/ 
http://www.efi.int/ 
http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/events/event_calendar/
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/resource/frames/agenda.html
http://www.fao.org/forestry/for/forc/free/education/courses.asp
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar-of-meetings/
http://www.safnet.org  
www.conferencealerts.com

27-28 September, 2012. The New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference.
The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
http://www.sustainablebrands.com/events/issuesinfocus/businessmetrics

3-5 October 2012. EFI Annual Conference and Scientific Seminar will be held
on in Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.efi.int/portal/shortcuts_2_-_about_efi/efi_2012_annual_conference

15 October, 2012. The Green Life of Wood - Assessing its Environmental
Impacts from Cradle to Cradle. The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section
warmly welcome you to share your views on the sustainability of wood in
Geneva. Background document including detailed workshop programme and
on-line registration are available at:
http://www.unece.org/forests/lca-workshop.html

For more information, please contact
elina.warsta at fao.org

24 October– 27October 2012. 2012 SAF National Convention. Spokane Convention
Center. Spokane, Washington.
http://www.safnet.org/natcon12/index.cfm

29 October-1 November 2012. MAPPS/ASPRS 2012 Specialty Conference: Emerging
Technologies Supporting Geospatial Application. Tampa, Florida USA. Tampa
Marriott Waterside Hotel.
http://www.asprs.org/Conferences/Tampa-2012/blog

Symposium: Responses of Arctic Marine Ecosystems to Climate Change - March
26-29, 2013 - 
Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Call for abstracts, due November 30, 2012.
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2013/wakefield-arctic-ecosystems/call.ph
p

Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and other sponsors will
hold a 3.5-day Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, to advance understanding of
present and future responses of arctic marine ecosystems to climate change
at all trophic levels.

9-12 September 2012. 4th International Faustmann Symposium, Forest Economics
under Multiple Challenges. Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland. University of
Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences.
http://www.helsinki.fi/forestsciences/4th_faustmann/index.html

12-13 December 2012. International Conference on Forest Mountain & People
2012. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
http://www.icimod.org/?q=6525

4-7 May 2012. Geography International Symposium - Climate Change for
Sustainability. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
http://www.geographysymposium.geo.ugm.ac.id/geography_symposium.html

21-26 October 2012. International Forestry Graduate Students' Conference
2012 (FORGRAD 2012). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Faculty of Forestry, Universiti
Putra Malaysia, in collaboration with the Academy of Science Malaysia.
Contact: technical.forgrad2012(at)gmail.com
http://www.forr.upm.edu.my/index.php/ifgsc-forgrad2012

29 October-9 November 2012. Spatial Ecology, Geospatial Analysis & Remote
Sensing. Learn to use GIS tools to address conservation research problems,
quantifying effects of human-induced global changes on wildlife and
biodiversity. Hands-on lab exercises (e.g. land cover mapping; home range
analysis; modeling habitat selection; mapping species distributions) use
remote sensing data and SCBI field surveys to monitor global changes, assess
impacts on wildlife, and develop mitigating strategies. Smithsonian-Mason
School of Conservation Graduate/Professional Training Courses.
http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm#courses

13-15 November 2012. Modern Problems of Forestry and Forest Management. St.
Petersburg, Russia.IUFRO 3.00.00, Contact: Maxim Chubinsky,
mchubinsky(at)gmail.com
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-3/30000/
IUFRO 4.00.00, http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/

22-27 November 2012. Gender and Forestry Conference: Environmental
governance and four decades of gender research: Where do we stand? Wondo
Genet Forestry College, Ethiopia. IUFRO 6.08.00,
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/60800/ 
Contact: Gun Lidestav, Gun.Lidestav(at)slu.se
http://www.slu.se/en/faculties/s/about-the-faculty/departments/srh-en/sectio
ns/forest-resource-analysis/forest-in-rural-studies/gender-and-forestry-conf
erence-2012/

6-7 December 2012. Illegal Logging and Legality Verification – The FLEGT /
VPA as New Modes of Governance. University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Deadline
for abstracts: 15 May 2012. Contact: Kirsten Carlsen: kica(at)life.ku.dk
http://sl.life.ku.dk/English/outreach_publications/Conferences/flegt.aspx

16-18 January 2013. Building Resilient Communities Through Community-based
Forest Management. Northern Ontario Sustainable Communities. Algoma
University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
http://noscp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CBFM2013_PreliminaryProgram_21jun
2012-2.pdf

13-15 March 2013. Small Log Conference. Forest Business Network’s 6th
Bi-Annual Small Log Conference. Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho.
http://www.forestbusinessnetwork.com/our-events/slc/

2-5 April 2013. Forest Cover Change (FoCC). Freising, Germany. Contact:
Thomas Knoke, Email: knoke(at)forst.wzw.tum.de
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/

July 22-25, 2013, the conference Forest Genetics 2013 will be held in
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. This conference is a joint meeting of
four organizations:
www.forestgenetics2013.ca

20 July-28 July, 2014 Sixth International Poplar Symposium (IPS-VI).
Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada. Contact: Cees van Oosten, Email:
silviconsult(at)telus.net
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8779/3637/ips-vi14-revised-dates_pdf/

WHILE SURFING THE WEB
INTERESTING LINKS
For a complete listing of links go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forest_information_update/

Link to a ‘cool’ graphic about Aspen.
http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/link-to-cool-graphic-about-aspen/


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