[Forest-list] 2013-06-02 NRMI: This Issue: Best Trees to Plant in Zambia and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2013-06-02**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/Best Trees to Plant in Zambia/*and Some Other Good Things

*BEST TREES TO PLANT IN ZAMBIA -*Early this year, Andre Biemba wrote, 
/'Please assist me know the best trees I can suggest to plant in my 
country (Zambia) that can reduce the effects of climate change.'/ Here 
are some sites that may be of interest.If you know if others, please 
contact Andrew atandrewbiemba at yahoo.com <mailto:andrewbiemba at yahoo.com>

Ajayi, O.C, et al. 2009? *Local solutions to global problems: the 
potential of agroforestry for climate change adaptation and mitigation 
in southern Africa* 
<http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/publications/PDFs/pp08305.pdf>*.*Invited 
paper presented at the Tropical Forests and Climate Change Adaptation 
(TroFCCA) Regional meeting "Knowledge and Action on Forests for Climate 
Change Adaptation in Africa", November 18-20, Accra, Ghana. 17 p.

Asiimwe, Herbert M. 2012. *Rwanda: The Positive Impact of Tree Planting 
on Climate Change* 
<http://allafrica.com/stories/201206100185.html>*.*All Africa.

Bayan, Edgar Kapiza. 2008. *Malawi's initiatives in response to climate 
change* 
<http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/dealing-with-climate-change/malawis-initiatives-in-response-to-climate-change>*. 
*LEISA Magazine . 24.4.

CIFOR. 2008? *Simply REDD - CIFOR's guide to forests, climate change and 
REDD*. 
<http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/media/MediaGuide_REDD.pdf>16 p. 


*Climate Change and Reforestation Environmental Project Victoria Falls 
-- Zambia.* 
<http://www.africanimpact.com/media/documents/projects/climate_change_and_reforestation_environmental_project_copy4.pdf>7 
p.

*Climate Change Impact on Grasslands & Savannas* 
<http://profmandia.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/climate-change-impact-on-grasslands-savannas/>

Conway, Gordon. 2009. *The science of climate change in Africa: impacts 
and adaptation*. 
<https://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/climatechange/public/pdfs/discussion_papers/Grantham_Institue_-_The_science_of_climate_change_in_Africa.pdf>Grantham 
Institute for Climate Change Discussion Paper No 1. 24 p.

*Extent of Ecosystems in Zambia* 
<http://www.cbd.int/doc/world/zm/zm-nbsap-01-p2-en.pdf>*.*23 p.

FAO. 2009. *Adapting to climate change.* 
<http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0670e/i0670e00.htm>Unasylva No.231/232 
Vol 1-2.

Funk, Matthew Tyler. 2007. *Best trees to plant to fight global 
warming.* 
<http://www.helium.com/items/718776-best-trees-to-plant-to-fight-global-warming>

Georgia, Colette 2007. *Best trees to plant to fight global warming.* 
<http://www.helium.com/items/722502-best-trees-to-plant-to-fight-global-warming>

IITA. 2012. *Banana can protect coffee from the effects of climate 
change* 
<http://www.iita.org/home-news-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_1nBS&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=5&_101_INSTANCE_1nBS_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INSTANCE_1nBS_urlTitle=banana-can-protect-coffee-from-the-effects-of-climate-change&_101_INSTANCE_1nBS_type=content&redirect=%2Fhome#.UPWx1yqF_kE>*.*

IUCN. 2009, *Species and Climate Change: More than Just the Polar Bear* 
<http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/species_and_climate_change.pdf>*.*46 p.

Jha, Alok. 2006. *Planting trees to save planet is pointless, say 
ecologist.* 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2006/dec/15/ethicalliving.lifeandhealth>**The 
Guardian.

Karsenty, Alain et al. 2003,. *Instruments related to the United Nations 
framework convention on climate change and their potential for 
sustainable forest management in Africa*. 
<ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/ac836e/ac836e00.pdf>Forests and 
Climate Change Working Paper 1. 84 p.

Kirilenko, Andrei P; Sedjo, Roger A. 2007.***Climate change impacts on 
forestry.* <http://www.pnas.org/content/104/50/19697.full>**

Lovett, Jon C, 2007.*Climate change and Africa: an ecological 
perspective.* <http://www.bgci.org/resources/article/0569/>**

Moonga, Moses 2012. *Agroforestry for climate resilience.* 
<http://www.agfax.net/transcript/agfax500.doc.>Agfax.

*More On "If climate changes, what might happen?"* 
<http://www.gcrio.org/gwcc/booklet2.html>

Mudenda, Mweembe Muleya. 2010. *Climatic Change in Zambia: Ignore, 
Mitigate or Adapt?*14 
<http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2010/papers/ts02e/ts02e_mudenda_4196.pdf>p.

Mwingira, Candida E. et al. 2011. *Impacts of Climate Change on 
Biodiversity and Community Livelihoods in the Katavi Ecosystem*. 
<http://start.org/download/2012/biodiv/tanzania-externship-report.pdf>Externship 
Report: Tanzania. 44 p.

Neufeldt H, et al. 2009. *Trees on farms: Tackling the triple challenges 
of mitigation, adaptation and food security*. 
<http://worldagroforestry.org/downloads/publications/PDFs/mitigation-adaptation-food-security.pdf>World 
Agroforestry Centre Policy Brief 07. World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, 
Kenya. 6 p.

O'Donnell, Lauren 2009?*'Trees for Zambia' -- Meeting Climate Change 
Challenges through Voluntourism, Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration*. 
<http://www.iipt.org/IIPT%20Book/articles/updated_articles/Lauren%20O%27Donnell.Trees%20for%20Zambia2.pdf>10 
p.

*PART 2: If climate changes what might happen?* 
<http://www.gcrio.org/gwcc/part2.html>

Rao, KPC et al. 2007. *Adaptation to Climate Change through Sustainable 
Management and Development of Agroforestry Systems.* 
<http://www.icrisat.org/journal/SpecialProject/sp18.pdf>SAT eJournal 
4(1): 1-30.

Robertson, Jessica. 2012. *Experiments Underestimate Climate Change 
Impacts to Plants.* 
<http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_science_pick/experiments-underestimate-climate-change-impacts-to-plants/>

Sampa, Annie. 2013. *Planting trees for tomorrow's benefits*. 
<http://www.times.co.zm/?p=26721>Times of Zambia.

*The Agricultural Implications of Global Climate Change* 
<http://ecosystems.wcp.muohio.edu/studentresearch/climatechange02/agriculture/agroproject.html>

*Trees Cultivation to Lessen Impact Global Warming.* 
<https://www.globalgiving.co.uk/projects/trees-cultivation-to-lessen-impact-of-global-warming/updates/>

*Trees for climate change.* 
<http://youthicons.org/our-projects/trees-for-climate-change/>**

*Trees for Zambia* <http://www.indiegogo.com/fallingforests.>*.*Youtube

UN-OHRLLS. 2009.***The impact of climate change on the development 
prospects of the least developed countries and small island developing 
states.* 
<http://www.unohrlls.org/UserFiles/File/LDC%20Documents/The%20impact%20of%20CC%20on%20LDCs%20and%20SIDS%20for%20web.pdf>**56 
p.

WBA. 2010. *Bioenergy in Zambia - Report from WBA mission to Zambia, 
June 2010* 
<http://www.un-ngls.org/IMG/pdf/World_Bioenergy_Association_-_Zambia_travel_report.pdf>*.*29 
p.

*Which Trees Offset Global Warming Best* 
<http://environment.about.com/od/whatyoucando/a/best_trees.htm>*? *__

/Based on my very limited literature search for Costa Rica - Choose 
plants that are: appropriate for the climate and region; native; 
legumes; have rapid growth; long lived; low maintenance; and trees that 
are in danger of extinction or of benefit to wildlife/-- Gyde.

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Abualgasim, M.R. et al. 2011. *Mapping and Monitoring 
Land-Cover/Land-Use Change in the Gash Agricultural Scheme (Eastern 
Sudan) Using Remote Sensing. *Tropentag 
<http://www.tropentag.de/2011/abstracts/full/985.pdf>2011 ETH University 
of Bonn, October 5 - 7, 2011. Conference on International Research on 
Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development. 5 p.

Amos, Jonathan. 2013. *Esa approves Biomass satellite to monitor Earth's 
forests. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22435656>* BBC News

Anon. 2013*. Carbon dioxide passes symbolic mark. 
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22486153>* BBC News.

Anon. 2013. *New phone app can help save forests, wildlife 
<http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/New-phone-app-can-help-save-forests-wildlife-30203728.html>*. 
The Nation.

Ballarat. 2013. *Protecting our forests vs protecting firefighters: Has 
the DSE got the balance right? 
<http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/04/10/3733861.htm> *ABC South 
West Victoria.

Bezanson, M., et al. 2013. *Reducing the ecological impact of field 
research 
<http://paws.wcu.edu/bkloeppel/OBFS/Bezanson,Stowe,andWatts2012AJP.pdf>*. Am. 
J. Primatol. 75(1):1-9

Bottrill, M.C.; Pressey, R.L. 2012. *The effectiveness and evaluation of 
conservation planning. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00268.x/abstract>* 
Conserv. Lett. 5(6):407-420. Abstract.

Butchart, S.H.M., et al. 2013. *Sharing future conservation costs 
response.* Science 339(6117):271-272.

Butler, Rhett A. 2013. *Entire planet will soon have rapid deforestation 
detection system 
<http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0409-global-forest-watch.html>*. 
Mongabay.com.

Carswell, Allan I. 2011. *Lidar Imagery -- From simple snapshots to 
mobile 3D panoramas. 
<http://www.ifp.uni-stuttgart.de/publications/phowo11/010Carswell.pdf>* 
12 p.

Chestney, Nina. 2013. *Evidence grows of rainforest resilience to global 
warming 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/10/us-rainforest-climate-idUSBRE9290DL20130310>*. 
Reuters.

Chojnacky, David C.; et al. 2013. *Web application to access and 
visualize US Forest Inventory and Analysis Program down woody material 
data 
<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/jof/2013/00000111/00000002/art00011?crawler=true>. 
*Journal of Forestry. 111(2):132-128. Abstract. From Barbara Conkling, 
USFS.

C(íz(ková, H., et al. 2013. *Actual state of European wetlands and their 
possible future in the context of global climate change 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00027-011-0233-4#page-1>*. 
Aquat. Sci. 75(1):3-26. First page.

Costello, M.J., et al. 2013. *Global coordination and standardisation in 
marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) 
and related databases 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629>*. 
PLoS ONE 8(1):e51629.

Dawelbait, Nagla et al. 2006. *Estimating forest cover and forest cover 
change in Sudan. <ESTIMATING%20FOREST%20COVER%20AND>* FAO FRA Working 
Paper 109/E. 41 p.

Dobrowski, S.Z., et al. 2013.*The climate velocity of the contiguous 
United States during the 20th century 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12026/full>. *Global 
Change Biol. 19(1):241-251.

Dymond, J. R., et al. 2012. *Remote sensing of land-use change for Kyoto 
Protocol reporting: the New Zealand case 
<http://www.researchgate.net/publication/230764614_Remote_sensing_of_land-use_change_for_Kyoto_Protocol_reporting_-_the_New_Zealand_case/file/9fcfd506fb412a4fe1.pdf>*. 
Environmental Science & Policy 16: 1-8

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*BCN -*Biological Conservation Newsletter No. 341 May 2013 is now 
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*Proceedings -**/12th International Coastal Symposium,/* Plymouth 
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*Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

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