[Forest-list] 2014-08-31 NRMI: This Issue: Remote Sensing and Forest Certification and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2014-08-31**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue: */Remote Sensing and Forest Certification/*and Some Other 
Good Things.

*REMOTE SENSING AND FOREST CERTIFICATION – *How can one use remote 
sensing to verify forest certification? Here are some sites that may be 
of interest.

Auzel, Philippe, 2003. *Real time monitoring of logging activity using 
remote sensing* 
<http://www.forestsmonitor.org/uploads/2e90368e95c9fb4f82d3d562fea6ed8d/Auzel_realtime_monitoring_1.pdf>. 
35 p.

Brusilovskaya, Ekaterina; Karpachevskiy, Michail. 2012. *Use of Remote 
Sensing in Forest Certification in Russia* 
<http://due.esrin.esa.int/files/m283/Brusilovskaya_MK.pdf>. 26 slides.

Campbell, Joel. 2013? *Of remote sensing, climate monitoring and carbon 
markets* 
<http://geospatialtoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=347:of-remote-sensing-climate-monitoring-and-carbon-markets&catid=47:case-studies>**

Cllini, Corrado et al. 2003. *Land Use Change Monitoring in the 
framework of the UNFCCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. Report on Current 
Capabilities of Satellite Remote Sensing Technology * 
<http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/111111111/10699/1/EUR%2020867%20EN.pdf>**48 
p. **

Fagan Matthew; DeFries, Ruth. 2009. *Monitoring of the World’s Forests A 
Review and Summary of Remote Sensing Technical Capability, 2009–2015.* 
<http://www.rff.org/rff/documents/rff-rpt-measurement%20and%20monitoring.pdf>RFF 
Report. 129 p.

FOR. N.d. 2011. *Forest inventory and monitoring quality* 
<http://www.spacebel.be/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Serving-forestry-with-space-based-information.pdf>. 
10 p.

Fortunate, Muyambi. 2014. *Use of Earth Observation in climate change 
mitigation assessment in forest ecosystems (REDD+) in the IGAD region* 
<http://www.theclimatesymposium2014.com/documents/27_06_Fortunate_Muyambi.pdf>. 
1 p.

Franklin, Steven E. 2001.*Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest* 
<http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420032857>**CRC Press.

Griscom, B., et al. 2009. *The Hidden Frontier of Forest Degradation: A 
Review of the Science, Policy and Practice of Reducing Degradation 
Emissions.* 
<http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/documents/hidden_degradation.pdf>The 
Nature Conserv. Arlington, VA. 64 p.

Holmgren, P. et al. 2007. *Forest monitoring and assessment for climate 
change reporting: partnerships, capacity building and delivery* 
<http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/k1276e/K1276E00.htm#TopOfPage>. FAO 
Forest Resources Assessment Working Paper 142

Keonuchan, Ammala; Liu, Yaolin. 2008. *Application of remote sensing and 
GIS techniques for forest cover monitoring in the southern part of Laos* 
<http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1337148>. 
Proc. SPIE 7285, International Conference on Earth Observation Data 
Processing and Analysis (ICEODPA), 72854V. Abstract.

Levitt, James N. 2006. *Conservation via Satellite - Leveraging Remote 
Sensing to Monitor the Pingree Easement.* 
<http://www.conservationinnovation.com/sites/poci.dl-dev.com/files/INNOV0102_p44-67_levitt.pdf>Innovataions.44 
p.

Meijaard, E. et al. 2005. *Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife 
Conservation and Production Forestry in Indonesian Borneo* 
<http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/books/BMeijaard0501E0.pdf>. 
CIFOR. 345 p.

Neugarten, Rachel A. et al. 2011. *Integrating Ecological and 
Socioeconomic Monitoring of Working Forests* 
<http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/61/8/631.full>. BioScience 
61(8): 631-637.

Olsson, Håkan ed. 2005. *Proceedings of ForestSat 2005* 
<http://shop.skogsstyrelsen.se/shop/9098/art94/4646094-fe1bbc-1742-1.pdf>. 
Borås May 31 - June 3. Rapport 8c. 143 p.

Potapov, P. et al. 2008. *Mapping the world’s intact forest landscapes 
by remote sensing* <http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art51/>. 
Ecology and Society 13(2): 51.

Salaml, Avobami T.; Akinyede, Joseph. 2006. *Space Technology for 
Monitoring & Managing Forest in Nigeria* 
<http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/pres/copuos2006/symposium/05.pdf>. 47 
slides.

Salvini, Giulia. 2014 *Assessing REDD+ effectiveness outside forests: 
What role for monitoring systems?* 
<http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/forests-climate-change-mitigation/assessing-redd-effectiveness-outside-forests-role-monitoring-systems/?utm_source=People+and+Forests+E-News&utm_campaign=0fb685bb30-People_and_Forests_E_News_JUN_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_45977cdcf4-0fb685bb30-266927773>Research 
Climate Change.

Sharifi, M.A.; Hussin, Y. n.d. *Development of effective information 
systems supporting monitoring and certification process of production 
forest in Indonesia: concept and progress. .* 
<http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/xxxv/congress/comm7/papers/67.pdf>**International 
Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information 
Sciences, 34(XXX). 5 p.

Sharifi, M.A.; Hussin, Y. n.d. *Remote sensing and GIS application to 
support effective monitoring and certification process of production 
forest in Indonesia.* 
<http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.117.1713>**Abstract.

Solberg, Rune et al. .2008. *State of the art for tropical forest 
monitoring by remote sensing.* 
<http://publications.nr.no/4870/Solberg_-_State_of_the_art_for_tropical_forest_monitoring_by.pdf>Rep.1020.76 
p.

Sugardiman, Ruandha Agung. 2007. *Spaceborne radar monitoring of forest 
fires and forest cover change. A case study in Kalimantan* 
<http://www.tropenbos.org/file.php/229/tbi_kalimantan_12low.pdf>. 
Thesis. 204 p.

Vauthier, Valerie. n.d. *Independent Monitoring of Forest Law 
Enforcement and Governance (IM-FLEG) & Timber Legality Verification 
Systems within VPAs Independent Monitoring* 
<http://www.rem.org.uk/documents/OIFLEG_%20APV_FLEGT_E.pdf>. REM. 4 p.

Verma, Shailu; Vlosky, Richard P. 2001. *Using The Internet to Bring 
Remote Sensing to Your Desktop* 
<http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/B4ED2418-3296-49DF-AAAE-C962B3258460/53440/wp48.pdf>. 
Working Paper 48. 5 p.

Watson, Robert T. et al. 2000. *Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry* 
<http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/sres/land_use/index.php?idp=0>. IPCC. 
375 p.

Wertz-Kanounniko­, 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. 39.19 p.

*Why use remote sensing for mapping forest changes* 
<http://www.umaine.edu/MIAL/courses/SFR406/lecture/ForChange_042214.pdf>*? 
*33 slides.

Wiens, John et al. 2009. *Selecting and conserving lands for 
biodiversity: The role of remote sensing.* 
<http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=usafresearch&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3DMonitoring%2Bforest%2Bcertification%2Bwith%2Bremote%2Bsensing%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D43%26ved%3D0CDMQFjACOCg%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdigitalcommons.unl.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1030%2526context%253Dusafresearch%26ei%3DOFbRU4TKH4miigLBnYCABA%26usg%3DAFQjCNFiClolKxZgn0QGhgal9Q3bSkaCew#search=%22Monitoring%20forest%20certification%20remote%20sensing%22>U.S. 
Air Force Research. Paper 31. 14 p.

World Bank. 2008? *Chapter 7: Monitoring and information systems for 
forest management.* 
<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTFORSOUBOOK/Resources/07-FSB-Ch07.pdf>38 
p.

Zimmerer, Karl S. ed. 2006. *Globalization and New Geographies of 
Conservation* 
<http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo3750630.html>. 400 
p. Abstract.

*SOME PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Tischew, S., et al. 2014. *How to develop native plant communities in 
heavily altered ecosystems: examples from large-scale surface mining in 
Germany 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/avsc.12078/abstract>*. Appl. 
Veg. Sci. 17(2):288-301. Abstract.

USFWS. 2014. *Wetlands Mapper. 
<http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Data/Mapper.html>*

van Kuijk, et al. 2009. *Effects of forest certification on 
biodiversity. 
<http://www.fsc-deutschland.de/download.fsc-und-biodiversitaet-engl-.72.pdf>* 
Tropenbos International. 108 p.

Van Rees, C.B.; Reed, J.M. 2014. *Wetland loss in Hawai'i since human 
settlement. 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-013-0501-2#page-1>* 
Wetlands 34(2):335-350.

Villa, F., et al. 2014. *New perspectives in ecosystem services science 
as instruments to understand environmental securities. 
<http://www.uvm.edu/giee/pubpdfs/Villa_2014_Philosophical%20Transactions%20of%20the%20Royal%20Society%20B.pdf>* 
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London. [Biol.] 369(1639):20120286

Villard, M.A.; Metzger, J.P. 2014. *Beyond the fragmentation debate: a 
conceptual model to predict when habitat configuration really matters 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12190/abstract>*. 
J. Appl. Ecol. 51(2):309-318. Abstract.

*Visualising fishing harvest data with LINZ’s Data Service 
<http://www.linz.govt.nz/about-linz/linz-data-service/success-stories/visualising-fishing-harvest-data-with-lds>*

Warman, R.D. 2014. *Global wood production from natural forests has 
peaked 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-014-0633-6#page-1>*. 
Biodivers. Conserv. 23(5):1063-1078.

Watson, Amanda. 2014. *Canned lion hunting ‘is legitimate’. 
<http://citizen.co.za/210483/canned-hunting-is-legitimate/>* The Citizen.

Whitehead, A.L., et al. 2014.*Removal of livestock alters native plant 
and invasive mammal communities in a dry grassland-shrubland ecosystem. 
<http://www.researchgate.net/publication/257849670_Removal_of_livestock_alters_native_plant_and_invasive_mammal_communities_in_a_dry_grasslandshrubland_ecosystem> 
*Biol. Invasions 16(5):1105-1118.’

Whitmarsh, S.K., et al. 2014.*Nektonic assemblages determined from 
baited underwater video in protected versus unprotected shallow seagrass 
meadows on Kangaroo Island, South Australia 
<http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v503/p205-218/>*. Mar. Ecol. 
Progr. Ser. 503:205-218. Abstract.

Winder, V.L., et al. 2014. *Effects of wind energy development on 
survival of female greater prairie-chickens. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12184/abstract> 
*J. Appl. Ecol. 51(2):395-405. Abstract.

Wood, C.L., et al. 2014. *Does biodiversity protect humans against 
infectious disease? 
<http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/13-1041.1>* Ecology 
95(4):817-832. Abstract.

Yoshioka, A., et al. T. 2014. *Spatial prioritization for biodiversity 
restoration: simple framework referencing past species distributions 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12075/abstract>*. 
Restor. Ecol. 22(2):185-195. Abstract.

Zhai, D.L., et al. 2014. *Increasing tree cover while losing diverse 
natural forests in tropical Hainan, China. 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-013-0512-9#page-1>* 
Reg. Environ. Change 14(2):611-621. Abstract.

Zinner, D., et al. 2014. *Analysis of deforestation patterns in the 
central Menabe, Madagascar, between 1973 and 2010. 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-013-0475-x#page-1>* 
Reg. Environ. Change 14(1):157-166.

*KEEPING UP-TO-DATE – PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS.*See 
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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/.

24 September 2014. *Colloquium on Forests and Climate – New Thinking for 
Transformational Change*. New York. Free. See 
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/events/view/73260. From Steve 
Hunter, Geoshunter.

16 September-14 October 2014. *Introduction to NASA Earth Science Data 
Products, Portals, and Tools.* NASA Webionar. This will be a 5 session, 
1 hour webinar series running from Tuesday September 16th, - October 
14^th . Register at 
https://meet20335591.adobeconnect.com/e6cofrjiaru/event/event_info.html. 
From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

*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, Forestry 
Careers & Degrees: A Guide for Students - 
http://www.firescience.org/forestry-degree-programs-online/ ; 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://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm _and Scholarship Listing 
_http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/_.

*Research Assistantship In Forest Inventory Plot Design - *Duke 
University is seeking candidates for a 1-year position as a 
Post-doctoral Researcher or Associate in Research with skills in remote 
sensing relating to forest inventory. The position is based in Newtown 
Square, PA with the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station 
(www.nrs.fs.fed.us/nimac/). The candidate will contribute to a research 
project in support of the US government’s SilvaCarbon program 
(www.silvacarbon.org). The goal of the research project is to assess the 
effects of forest inventory plot design on both inventory efficiency and 
training data efficacy for remotely sensed image classification. This 
research will support the US government’s commitment to contribute to 
scientific advances in the field of Measurement, Reporting and 
Verification (MRV) of carbon stocks as part of the United Nations REDD 
program. Specific tasks will include: 1. Pre-processing GIS data in both 
raster and vector formats (including LiDAR datasets, Landsat and other 
high resolution imagery, shape file and other vector formats) 2. 
Spatially integrating these datasets with existing ground plot data 3. 
Constructing simulations and other statistical summaries and analyses 
that assess the effects of various plot and sample design combinations 
on inventory estimates and their precision, on remotely sensed image 
classification accuracy, and on overall inventory efficiency under 
different design scenarios that integrate remote sensing and ground plot 
data. The goal of the project is to develop publications, workflows, and 
technical material that not only contributes to the science of resource 
monitoring, but also supports capacity building in partner countries. 
Required skills: A MSc or PhD (preferred, but not required) in a natural 
resource-related field, and: 1. Proficiency in GIS software (ArcGIS or 
similar) to view, manipulate and process both vector and raster data 
(examples include use of Python scripting for automation, map algebra 
calculations, tabular and zone-based summarization tools, use of 
projection methods for both raster and vector data, and basic 
cartographic skills). 2. Strong knowledge of graduate-level statistics 
(examples include the ability to generate calculations of estimates of 
population parameters from a dataset, generation of descriptive 
statistics, ability to summarize large datasets using automation tools 
and cross tabulations). 3. Practical knowledge of computer software 
(such as R, SAS, Microsoft Excel (with VBA for coding) or Python) 
including the ability to perform the operations listed in (2), in 
addition to batch processing 4. Proficiency in both written and spoken 
English. Desired skills: 1. Knowledge of sampling and forest inventory 
statistics. 2. Knowledge of forestry 3. Knowledge of image 
classification principles and software (Erdas Imagine) Start date: As 
soon as the candidate is available. Salary will depend on the education 
level and experience of the candidate. Please submit a copy of your 
resume or CV, a brief cover letter addressing your skills in relation to 
the above requirements, names and contact information of three 
references, and a photocopy of your latest graduate level university 
transcript. Contact info: Andrew Lister, alister at fs.fed.us 
<mailto:alister at fs.fed.us>, 610.557.4038. From Chip Scott, USFS.

*NEXT ISSUE: /Ground-Based Logging, Skid Trails, Roads, and Firebreaks 
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