[Forest-list] 2014-09-13 NRMI: This Issue: Remote Sensing and Conflict Resolution and Some Other Good Things.

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2014-09-13**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/Remote Sensing and Conflict Resolution/* and Some Other 
Good Things.

*REMOTE SENSING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION – *Here are some sites that may 
be of interest.

Agarwal, Manou et al. 2011. *Managing Human-Leopard Conflicts in Pauri 
Garhwal, Uttaranchal, India using Geographical Information System and 
Remote Sensing* 
<http://www.ijser.org/researchpaper%5CManaging-Human-Leopard-Conflicts-in-Pauri-Garhwal-Uttaranchal-India-using-Geographical-Information-System-and-Remote-Sensing.pdf>. 
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 2(9). 8 p.

Al-Khudhairy,D.H,A. et al. 2005. *Structural Damage Assessments from 
Ikonos Data Using Change Detection, Object-Oriented Segmentation, and 
Classification Techniques.* 
<http://info.asprs.org/publications/pers/2005journal/july/2005_july_825-837.pdf>Photogrammetric 
Engineering & Remote Sensing 71(7): 825-837.

Al-Wassai, Firouz Abdullah; Kallyankaar, N.V. 2012? *Major Limitations 
of Satellite Images* 
<http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1307/1307.2434.pdf>. 9 p.

Berberoúlu, Süha et al. 2003.*A Remote Sensing Approach for Detecting 
Agricultural Encroachment on the Eastern Mediterranean Coastal Dunes of 
Turkey. * <http://web.pdx.edu/%7Enauna/articles/RS_Texture.pdf>**Turk J 
Agric For 27:135-144

Boutruche, Theo. 2013. *Remote Sensing Technology: The Ultimate 
Fact-Finding Tool in Armed Conflict?* 
<http://www.theartoffacts.org/2013/11/17/remote-sensing-technology-the-ultimate-fact-finding-tool-in-armed-conflict/>The 
Art of Facts.

Chan, Yi=Tung F. et al. 2009? *Novel Solution on Alert Conflict 
Resolution Model in Network Management* 
<http://www.kaspersky.com/images/a_novel_solution_on_alert_conflict_resolution_model_in_network_management.pdf>. 
7 p.

Comair, Georges Fadi. 2013. *A new approach for water planning, 
management and conflict resolution in Lebanese transboundary basins : 
hydrologic modeling for climate variation and water policy development*. 
<http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/21761/COMAIR-DISSERTATION-2013.pdf?sequence=1>Thesis. 
227 p.

Ehlers, Manfred et al. 2012. *CEST analysis: automated change detection 
from very-high-resolution remote sensing images. International Archives 
of the Photogrammetry,* 
<http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XXXIX-B7/317/2012/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B7-317-2012.pdf>Remote 
Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XXXIX-B7, 6 p.

ENTRI. 1997, *Trade Policy and Global Environmental Change* 
<http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/guides/sec3-T+E.html>**

FAO. 2008. *Access to rural land and land administration after violent 
conflicts* <http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y9354e/y9354e00.htm#Contents>. 
FAO Land Tenure Studies 8.

Ferrante, Richard. 1985. *The Characteristic Error Approach to Conflict 
Resolution* 
<http://ijcai.org/Past%20Proceedings/IJCAI-85-VOL1/PDF/063.pdf>. 4 p.

*Human Wildlife Conflict* 
<http://www.caracal.info/CARACAL/Human_Wildlife_Conflict.html>**

Jimerson, Becky. 2000. *Viewing the Earth: The Role of Satellite Earth 
Observations and Global Monitoring in International Affairs.* 
<http://www.gwu.edu/%7Espi/assets/docs/vtewriteup.html>Symposium Summary.

Marx, Andrew J. 2013. *A New Approach to Detecting Mass Human Rights 
Violations Using Satellite Imagery* 
<http://www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/20130912-marx-cpgfellow-satellite-imagery-report.pdf>. 
17 p.

Marx, Andrew J. 2013. *Employing moderate resolution sensors in human 
rights and international humanitarian law monitoring.* 
<http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/14448/1/Marx_umd_0117E_14359.pdf>Dissertation. 
160 p.

Marx, Andrew; Goward, Samuel. 2013. *Remote Sensing in Human Rights and 
International Humanitarian Law Monitoring: Concepts and Methods 
(Dagger).* 
<http://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-319379180/remote-sensing-in-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian>The 
Geographical Review 103(1)

*Military Uses of Civilian Remotely Sensed Data* 
<https://www.princeton.edu/%7Eota/disk1/1993/9348/934810.PDF>. 4 p.

NAS. 2001. *Transforming Remote Sensing Data into Information and 
Applications* <http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10257&page=R1>**

NRC. N.d. *Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of 
Environmental Data* <http://mccabe.people.si.umich.edu/NRC.pdf>. 
National Research Council. 113 p.

Pakiarajah, V. et al. 2000. *Conflict Resolution Techniques for Expert 
Systems Used to Classify Remotely Sensed Satellite Images* 
<http://www.geocomputation.org/2000/GC025/Gc025.htm>. GeoComputation

Panchal, V.K. et al. 2006. *Resolving Spectrally Similar 
Landuse/Landcover Class Conflict in Remote Sensing Images Using Rough 
Sets* 
<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4021252&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D4021252>. 
Abstract.

Radoux, J. ; Defourny, P. 2009? *Image-to-map conflict detection using 
iterative trimming application to forest change* 
<http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/xxxviii/4-c1/sessions/Session6/6731_Radoux_pap.pdf>*. 
*5 p.

Rizi, Seyed M. et al. 2011? *Merging Remote Sensing Data and Population 
Surveys in Large, Empirical Multiagent Models: The Case of the Afghan 
Drug Industry* 
<http://css.gmu.edu/projects/irregularwarfare/remotesensing.pdf>. 8 p.

Rochon, Gilbert L. et al. 2005. *Applicability of Near-Real-Time 
Satellite Data Acquisition and Analysis & Distribution of Geoinformation 
in Support of African Development.* 
<http://repository.uneca.org/bitstream/handle/10855/3129/Bib-26052.pdf?sequence=1>24 
p.

Sandström, P. et al. 2003. *Conflict resolution by participatory 
management: remote sensing and GIS as tools for communicating land-use 
needs for reindeer herding in northern Sweden.* 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15049353>Ambio 32(8): 557-567. Abstract.

Schoepfer, E.; Kranz, O. 2008. *Monitoring natural resources in conflict 
using an object-based multiscale image analysis approach* 
<http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVIII/4-C7/pdf/Schoepfer.pdf>. 6 p.

Shaban, Amin et al. 2007. *A post-conflict assessment to interpret the 
distribution of oil spill off-shore Lebanon using remote sensing* 
<http://www.cnrs.edu.lb/info/shaban.pdf>. Lebanese Science Journal, 
8(2)L 75-85.

Skidmore, Andrew K. et al. 1997. *Use of remote sensing and GIS for 
sustainable land management.* 
<http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_1997/general/skidmore_use.pdf>ITC 
Journal. 15 p.

Soytong, Phattraporn; Perea, Ranjith. 2014. *Use of GIS Tools for 
Environmental Conflict Resolution at Map Ta Phut Industrial Zone in 
Thailand* <http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/6/5/2435/pdf>. Sustainability 
6: 2435-2458.

Tooch, David. 2010. *Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in 
Conflict Resolution: The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute 
(Working 
Paper).*<http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/4/1/5/5/5/p415554_index.html>Paper 
presented at the annual meeting of the Theory vs. Policy? Connecting 
Scholars and Practitioners, New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel, New 
Orleans, LA, Feb 17, 2010. 32 p.

Van Wyk, Jo-Ansie.2009? *Space for Peace? The Use of Space Technology to 
Monitor Conflict Trends and Human Security in Africa* 
<http://mercury.ethz.ch/serviceengine/Files/ISN/101729/ichaptersection_singledocument/01402d07-bba4-46c5-87f7-f3ec822f0c2d/en/Chapter+2.pdf>. 
6 p.

Witmer, Frank D. W. O’Loughlin, John. 2010? *Satellite data methods and 
application in the evaluation of war outcomes: Abandoned agricultural 
land in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the 1992-1995 conflict.* 
<http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/pec/johno/pub/AnnalsBiHmines.pdf>**Annals, 
Association of American Geographers 99(5). 21 p.

Yadav, P.K. et al. 2012. *Land Use Land Cover Mapping, Change Detection 
and Conflict Analysis of Nagzira-Navegaon Corridor, Central India Using 
Geospatial Technology* 
<http://rpublishing.org/Journal/IJRSG/Vol1Issue2/rsg1204.pdf>. 
International Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS 1(2): 90-98.

*SOME PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Pasher, J., et al. 2014. *Terrestrial ecosystem monitoring in Canada and 
the greater role for integrated earth observation 
<http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/er-2013-0017#.VAX3ESqF-O1>*. 
Environ. Rev. 22(2):179-187. Abstract.

Pfeifer, M., et al. 2014. *BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing 
BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.1036/pdf>* Ecol. Evol. 
4(9):1524-1537.

Pimm, S.L., et al. 2014. *The biodiversity of species and their rates of 
extinction, distribution, and protection 
<http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6187/1246752.abstract>*. Science 
344(6187):987. Abstract.

Pino-Del-Carpio, A., et al. 2014. *The biodiversity data knowledge gap: 
assessing information loss in the management of Biosphere Reserves. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713003996>* 
Biol. Conserv. 173:74-79. Abstract.

Ravindranath, N.H., et al. 2014. *Forest area estimation and reporting: 
implications for conservation, management and REDD 
<http://www.academia.edu/7260860/Forest_area_estimation_and_reporting_implications_for_conservation_management_and_REDD>*+. 
Curr. Sci. 106(9):1201-1206

Rolhauser, A.G.; Batista, W.B. 2014. *From pattern to process: 
estimating expansion rates of a forest tree species in a protected palm 
savanna <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-014-0029-8>*. 
Landscape Ecol. 29(5):919-931. Abstract.

Rondeux, Jacques et al. 2012. *Assessing deadwood using harmonized 
national forest inventory data 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/117340220/Assessing-Deadwood-Using-Harmonized-National-Forest-Inventory-Data>*. 
Forest Science 58(3): 269-283.

Smith, M.A., Wet al.2014. *Identifying marine Important Bird Areas using 
at-sea survey data. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320714001001>* 
Biol. Conserv. 172:180-189. Abstract.

Spencer, L.J.; Bousquin, S.G. 2014. *Interim responses of floodplain 
wetland vegetation to Phase I of the Kissimmee River Restoration 
Project: comparisons of vegetation maps from five periods in the river's 
history. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12074/abstract>* Restor. 
Ecol. 22(3):397-408. Abstract.

Staff.2014. *A clearing in the trees - New ideas on what speeds up 
deforestation and what slows it down 
<http://www.economist.com/news/international/21613327-new-ideas-what-speeds-up-deforestation-and-what-slows-it-down-clearing-trees>*. 
The Economist.

Ståhl, Göran et al. 2012. *Bridging national and reference definitions 
for harmonizing forest statistics. 
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emil_Cienciala/publication/233488708_Bridging_National_and_Reference_Definitions_for_Harmonizing_Forest_Statistics/links/09e4150c6f252283ac000000> 
*Forest Science 58(3): 214-223.

Trabucchi, M., et al. 2014. *Mapping ecological processes and ecosystem 
services for prioritizing restoration efforts in a semi-arid 
Mediterranean river basin 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-014-0264-4#page-1>*. 
Environ. Manage. 53(6):1132-1145. Page 1.

Valencia, V., et al. 2014. *The role of coffee agroforestry in the 
conservation of tree diversity and community composition of native 
forests in a Biosphere Reserve. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880914001601>* 
Agricult. Ecosyst. & Environ. 189:154-163. Abstract.

Watson, S.J., et al. 2014. *Land- use change: incorporating the 
frequency, sequence, time span, and magnitude of changes into ecological 
research. <http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/130097>* Front. 
Ecol. Environ. 12(4):241-249. Abstract.

Winter, Susanne et al. 2008. *Possibilities for harmonizing national 
forest inventory data for use in forest biodiversity 
assessments<http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2008/03/20/forestry.cpm042.full.pdf>*Forestry 
81(1): 33-44

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