[Forest-list] 2014-06-29 NRMI: This Issue: Measuring and Monitoring Forest Degradation and Deforestation and Some Other Good Things.

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2014-06-29**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:***/Measuring and Monitoring Forest Degradation and 
Deforestation /*and Some Other Good Things.

*MEASURING AND MONITORING FOREST DEGRADATION AND DEFORESTATION *-- The 
tracking of forest degradation and deforestation has received 
considerable attention in recent years. Here are some sites that may be 
of interest.

ARD. 2002. *Critical Analysis of Current Deforestation Rate Estimations 
for Mexico* <http://home.comcast.net/%7Egyde/2002mexico_deforest.pdf>. 
Report submitted to the United States Agency for International 
Development. 32 p.

Asner, Gregory P. 2009? *Measuring Carbon Emissions from Tropical 
Deforestation: An Overview.* 
<https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/10333_Measuring_Carbon_Emissions_from_Tropical_Deforestation--An_Overview.pdf>**Environmental 
Defense Fund. 11 p.

Asner, Gregory P. et al. 2009. *Automated mapping of tropical 
deforestation and forest degradation: CLASlite* 
<http://claslite.carnegiescience.edu/.static/themes/claslite/documents/es/asner_etal_JARS_CLASlite_2009.pdf>. 
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 3, 033543. 24 p.

Baldauf, Thomas et al. 2009. *Case Studies on Measuring and Assessing 
Forest Degradation - Monitoring degradation in the scope of REDD.* 
<http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/k7612e/k7612e00.pdf>FAO Forest Resources 
Assessment Working Paper 162. 19 p.

Böttcher, Hannes et al. 2009. *An assessment of monitoring requirements 
and costs of 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation'* 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2741441/>. Carbon Balance 
Manag. 4: 7.

Brewer, C.K. et al. 2011. *Forest carbon monitoring: A review of 
selected remote sensing and carbon measurement tools for REDD+.* 
<http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/programs/monitoringforests/10018-RPT1-Book%201.pdf>RSAC-10018-RPT1. 
Salt Lake City, UT: USDA, Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications 
Center. 35 p.

Butler, Rhett A. 2011.*Monitoring deforestation: an interview with 
Gilberto Camara, head of Brazil's space agency INPE* 
<http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0208-camara_inpe_interview.html>. 
Mongabay.com.

Chomitz, Kenneth M.; Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila 2005.*Measuring the 
initial impacts on deforestation of Mato Grosso's program for 
environmental control. 
<http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/pdf/10.1596/1813-9450-3762>*WPS3762. 
58 p.

Couturier, Stéphane et al.2012. *Measuring Tropical Deforestation with 
Error Margins: A Method for REDD Monitoring in South-Eastern Mexico* 
<http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/31972.pdf>. In: Sudarshana, P. ed. 
2012 Tropical Forest, Chapter 14. 269-296.

DeFries, Ruth et al. 2006. *Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 
Deforestation in Developing Countries: Considerations for Monitoring and 
Measuring* 
<http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/gofc-gold/Report%20Series/GOLD_26.pdf>. 
GOFC-GOLD Report No. 26. 30 p.

DeVries, Ben, et al. 2012. *Monitoring the impact of REDD+ 
implementation in the UNESCO Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.* 
<https://www.wageningenur.nl/upload_mm/9/d/c/f80b6db7-9c3c-4957-8717-6fdc6e46e60f_deVries.pdf>**Sensing 
a Changing World. 5 p.

DeVries, Ben, et al. 2013. *Detecting Tropical Deforestation and Forest 
Degradation at High Temporal Resolution in Support of REDD+ MRV* 
<http://www.livingplanet2013.org/abstracts/850240.htm>. Abstract.

Downton, Mary W. 1995. *Measuring Tropical Deforestation: Development of 
the Methods.* 
<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5938128>Environmental 
Conservation, 22: 229-240. Abstract.**

Dyk, Andrew. 2011. *Canadian Deforestation Mapping and Carbon Accounting 
for Kyoto Agreement.* 
<http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer11articles/canadian-deforestation-mapping-and-carbon-accounting-for-kyoto-agreement.html>ArcNews 
Summer.

Freund, Jeremy T. 2013. *Measuring deforestation -- A statistical 
approach* 
<http://www.fcmcglobal.org/documents/carpe/Measuring_Deforestation.pdf>. 
CARPE Technical Toolkit Workshop. 20 slides.

GFW. N.d.. *Measuring Deforestation in Real-Time --* 
<http://epi.yale.edu/the-metric/measuring-deforestation-real-time-global-forest-watch>Global 
Forest Watch.

Goetz, Scott J. et al. 2009. *Mapping and monitoring carbon stocks with 
satellite observations: a comparison of methods* 
<http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/4/1/2>. Carbon Balance and Management 4:2

Goetz, Scott; Dubayah, Ralph. 2011. *Advances in remote sensing 
technology and implications for measuring and monitoring forest carbon 
stocks and change* 
<http://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.4155/cmt.11.18>. Carbon 
Management 2(3): 231-244.

GOFC-GOLD, 2009,*Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation 
and degradation in developing countries: a sourcebook of methods and 
procedures for monitoring, measuring and reporting,* 
<http://www.gofc-gold.uni-jena.de/redd/sourcebook/Sourcebook_Version_July_2009_cop14-2.pdf>**GOFC-GOLD 
Report version COP14-2, GOFC-GOLD Project Office, Natural Resources 
Canada, Alberta, Canada) 185 p.

Gunlycke, Naemi; Tuomaala, Anja. 2011.*Detecting forest degradation in 
Marakwet district, Kenya, using remote sensing and GIS.* 
<http://www.natgeo.lu.se/ex-jobb/exj_200.pdf>Seminar Series no. 200. 78 p.

Herold, Martin et al. 2011.*Options for monitoring and estimating 
historical carbon emissions from forest degradation in the context of 
REDD+.* 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186%2F1750-0680-6-13/fulltext.html>Carbon 
Balance and Management 6(13)

Hirata, Yasumasa. 2008. *Monitoring of deforestation and forest 
degradation using remote sensing techniques for REDD policy 
implementation.* 
<http://unfccc.int/files/methods/lulucf/application/pdf/080626_hirata_japan.pdf>25- 
27 June 2008, UNFCCC REDD Workshop, Tokyo. 30 slides.

Langer, Andreas Johannes. 2009. *Monitoring tropical forest degradation 
and deforestation in Borneo, Southeast Asia.* 
<http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/9953/1/Langner_Andreas.pdf>**Dissertation. 
176 p.

Leckie, Donald G. et al. 2000. *Possible systems for measuring and 
reporting on deforestation in Canada under the Kyoto Protocol.* 
<http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/5522.pdf>Presented at the 
conference on the "Role of Boreal Forest and Forestry in the Global 
Carbon Budget", Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 8-12, 2000.10 p.

Lund, H. Gyde. 1999. *Accountability of afforestation, reforestation, 
and deforestation* 
<http://home.comcast.net/%7Egyde/1999accountability_ard.doc%20.>. 
Japanese Forestry Society Annual Convention - Global Environmental 
Issues and World Forests, Matsuyama, Japan, 2-5 April .16 p.

Mitchard, E.T.A. et al. 2011. *Measuring biomass changes due to woody 
encroachment and deforestation/degradation in a forest--savanna boundary 
region of central Africa using multi-temporal L-band radar backscatter.* 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425711001337>Remote 
Sensing of Environment 115(11): 2861-2873. Abstract.

Mitchard, ETA, et al. 2013. *A novel application of satellite radar 
data: measuring carbon sequestration and detecting degradation in a 
community forestry project in Mozambique.* 
<http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/files/10769606/PDF_NovelApplication2013.pdf>Plant 
Ecology & Diversity 6(1): 159-170.

Murdiyarso, Daniel et al. 2009? *How do we measure and monitor forest 
degradation?* 
<http://www.forestday.org/fileadmin/downloads/movingahead10.pdf>Chapter 
10. In: Moving Ahead with REDD Issues, Options and Implications. 22 p.

Murdiyarso, David et al, 2008. *Measuring and monitoring forest 
degradation for REDD Implications of country circumstances.* 
<http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/Infobrief/016-infobrief.pdf>CIFOR 
Info Brief No. 16. 6 p.

Olander, Lydia P. et al. 2006. *Establishing Credible Baselines for 
Quantifying Avoided Carbon Emissions from Reduced Deforestation and 
Forest Degradation.* <http://www.ibcperu.org/doc/isis/8340.pdf>Prepared 
for Coalition for Rainforest NationsNI WP 06-01. 28 p.

Puyravaud, Jeane-Philippe. 2003, *Standardizing the calculation of the 
annual rate of deforestation* 
<http://si-pddr.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/2160/Puyravaud2.pdf?sequence=1>. 
Forest Ecology and Management 177: 593-596.

Reimer, Floran et al. 2012*Monitoring Deforestation for REDD: An 
overview of options for the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve 
Project* 
<http://fas-amazonas.org/versao/2012/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ACTUALIZED-08-06-CIFOR-UP.pdf>. 
CIFOR Tech Brief. 4 p.

Roberts,Freya. 2012. *Why are new estimates of emissions from tropical 
deforestation lower?* 
<http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2012/06/new-estimates-as-satellites-measure-tropical-deforestation-emissions/>The 
Carbon Brief. Blog.

Skole, D.L. et al. 1994? *Physical and Human Dimensions of Deforestation 
in Amazonia* <http://www.trfic.msu.edu/overview/papers/bioscience1/>.

Staff. 2008 *Spot the Rancher -**What the numbers do and don't say about 
deforestation*. <http://www.economist.com/node/11502241>The Economist.

Staff. 2011. *New Airborne Methods to Measure Deforestation and Forests* 
<http://planetsave.com/2011/01/21/new-airborne-methods-to-measure-deforestation-and-forests/>. 
Planet Save.

Tetra Tech 2001-2003. *Mexico: Technical Assistance for Determining 
Deforestation Rates in Mexico (Forest Inventory Activity) /Technical 
Assistance for Developing a Carbon Index for Mexico.* 
<http://www.tetratechintdev.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=208:mexico-technical-assistance-for-determining-deforestation-rates-in-mexico-forest-inventory-activity/technical-assistance-for-developing-a-carbon-index-for-mexico&Itemid=222&lang=us>Tetra 
Tech.

Tucker, C.J.; Townshend, J.R.G. 2000. *Strategies for monitoring 
tropical deforestation using satellite data* 
<http://www.landcover.org/library/pdf/ijrs21_p1461.pdf>. Int. J. Remote 
Sensing. 21(6 & 7): 1461--1471.

Vadez, Vincent et al. 2003. *Validity of Self-Reports to Measure 
Deforestation: Evidence from the Bolivian Lowlands.* 
<http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/%7Ekmacd/IDSC10/Readings/research%20design/forest.pdf>**Field 
Methods 15(3): 289--304.

Violini, Soraya. 2013. *Deforestation: Change Detection in Forest Cover 
using Remote Sensing* 
<http://aulavirtual.ig.conae.gov.ar/moodle/pluginfile.php/513/mod_page/content/71/Seminary_VioliniS%20.pdf>. 
UNC and CONAE. 30 p.

Wangen, Steve. 2013. *Monitoring of deforestation and forest degradation 
in Mexico* 
<http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/research/story/Monitoring-deforestation-and-forest-degradation-Mexico>. 
SILVIS Lab.

Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila 2008. *Monitoring forest emissions - A review 
of methods* <http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/serien/yo/CIFOR_WP/39.pdf>. 
CIFOR Working Paper No. 39. 24 p.

*SOME PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

FAO. 2014. *State of the World's Forests - Enhancing the socioeconomic 
benefits from forests <http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3710e.pdf>*. Rome, FAO. 
133 p.

Reed, S.E., et al. 2014. *Guidelines and incentives for conservation 
development in local land-use regulations. 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24001140> *Conserv. Biol. 
28(1):258-268. Abstract.

Roch, L.; Jaeger, J.A.G. 2014. *Monitoring an ecosystem at risk: what is 
the degree of grassland fragmentation in the Canadian Prairies? 
<http://www.albertapcf.org/rsu_docs/roch---jaeger-2014-monitoring-and-ecosystem-at-risk-what-is-the-degree-of-grassland-fragmentation-in-the-canadian-prairies.pdf>* 
Environ. Monit. Assess. 186(4):2505-2534.

Rogan, John; Milleer, Jennifer*. *2006.***6 Integrating GIS and Remotely 
Sensed Data for Mapping Forest Disturbance and Change* 
<http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/pdfs/miller%20%26%20rogan%20book%20chpt6.pdf>. 
38 p.

Rundel, P.W., et al. 2014. *Tree invasions into treeless areas: 
mechanisms and ecosystem processes 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-013-0614-9#page-1>*. 
Biol. Invasions 16(3):663-675. Page 1.

Schatz, B., et al. 2014. *A decision tool for listing species for 
protection on different geographic scales and administrative levels. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138113000964>* J. 
Nature Conserv. 22(1):75-83 Abstract.

Stokstad, E. 2014. *Major conservation group guts science team in 
strategy shift. 
<http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6175/1069.summary>* Science 
343(6175):1069. Summary.

Sverdrup-Thygeson, A., et al. 2014. *Spatial and temporal scales 
relevant for conservation of dead-wood associated species: current 
status and perspectives 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-014-0628-3#page-1>*. 
Biodivers. Conserv. 23(3):513-535. Page 1.

Taft, H.R., et al.. 2014. *A comparison of three statistical methods for 
analysing extinction threat status. 
<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9155187> 
*Environ. Conserv. 41(1):37-44. Summary.

Vidal, O., et al. 2014. *Trends in deforestation and forest degradation 
after a decade of monitoring in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 
in Mexico. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24001209>* Conserv. Biol. 
28(1):177-186. Abstract.

Visser, V., et al. 2014. *Unlocking the potential of Google Earth as a 
tool in invasion science 
<http://www.lib.udec.cl/archivos_descargas_pdf/pdf_publicaciones_2014/Visser%20et%20al%202014.pdf>*. 
Biol. Invasions 16(3):513-534.

Wilson, J.R.U., et al. 2014. *A standardized set of metrics to assess 
and monitor tree invasions 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-013-0605-x#page-1>*. 
Biol. Invasions 16(3):535-551. Page 1.

Woziwoda, B.; Kopec', D. 2014. *Afforestation or natural succession? 
Looking for the best way to manage abandoned cut-over peatlands for 
biodiversity conservation. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857413000037>* 
Ecol. Eng. 63:143-152. Abstract.

Yemshanov, D.; et al. 2014. *There is no silver bullet: The value of 
diversification in planning invasive species surveillance. 
<http://www.forestthreats.org/products/publications/There_is_no_silver_bullet.pdf>* 
Ecological Economics 104: 61-72. From Barbara Conkling, USFS.

Zhang, Difei. 2010. *Utilization and Modification of Point Sampling and 
Line Sampling in the Forestry Survey 
<http://thescipub.com/pdf/10.3844/amjbsp.2010.67.74>*. American Journal 
of Biostatistics 1 (1): 67-74

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