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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></b><![endif]--><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING
          ITEMS OF
          INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:
      auto;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in" align="center"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This Issue: <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Land Classification (Part
            3 of 3</i>)</b> </span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">and
      </span><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Some Other Good Things<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">BUT
          FIRST, WON&#8217;T
          YOU PLEASE HELP? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Restoring
            Tropical
            Forest Riparian -</i> </span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Phillipe
        Saner writes<b>,
        </b>"I am looking for literature suggestions on riparian forest
        restoration in the tropics. Preferably with a special focus on
        South East Asia
        as our project is in North Borneo. But any recommendation would
        be fine
        really.&#8221; If you know of any information that could help, please
        contact
        Philippe at <a href="mailto:philgesan@gmail.com">philgesan@gmail.com</a>.
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">LAND
CLASSIFICATION
        </span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">&#8211; Last year I sought
        publications on land
        classification systems. <b><i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Here is part 3
            of 3</i></b> that may be of interest to you:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Lund, H.G. 2006. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Guide
          for
          Classifying Lands for Greenhouse Gas Inventories.</b> Journal
        of Forestry 104
        (4): 211-216. <a
          href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Egyde/Guide_for_classifying_GHG.pdf">http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/Guide_for_classifying_GHG.pdf</a>.
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Malmberg, U.; Milj&ouml;analys, M.. 2001. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
          normal">BALANS Land Cover and Land Use Classification
          Methodology</b>.
        Balans-utv-24 2.0. <a
href="http://www.grida.no/baltic/related/balans_landcover_classification_methodology_ver2.pdf">http://www.grida.no/baltic/related/balans_landcover_classification_methodology_ver2.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Milne, R.; Jallow, B.P. (Coordinating Lead Authors).
        2003. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Chapter 2: Basis
          for Consistent
          Representation of Land Areas. </b>In IPCC Good Practice
        Guidance for LULUCF.
        Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Kanagawa, Japan.
        Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, National Greenhouse
        Gas Inventories
        Program: 2.1-2.29. <a
href="http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gpglulucf/gpglulucf_files/Chp2/Chp2_Land_Areas.pdf">http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gpglulucf/gpglulucf_files/Chp2/Chp2_Land_Areas.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">M&uuml;cher, C.A. et al. 1993. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Proposal
          for a Global Land Use Classification.</b> FAO. 29 p. <a
          href="http://www.fao.org/AG/agL/agll/landuse/docs/mucher_etal.doc">http://www.fao.org/AG/agL/agll/landuse/docs/mucher_etal.doc</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Powell, D. S. 1982. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">A Solution
          for Resolving Conflicts Between Land Use and Land Cover
          Inventories</b>. In:
        Brann, T.B; House, L.O.; Lund, H. G., tech. coords. In-place
        Resource
        Inventories: Principles And and Practices. Proceedings of a
        National Workshop;
        9-14 August 1981; Orono, ME. SAF 82-02. Bethesda, MD: Society of
        American
        Foresters. 665-668.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Prenzel, Bj&ouml;rn. 2004. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Remote
          sensing-based quantification of land-cover and land-use change
          for planning.</b>
        Progress in Planning 61: 281&#8211;299.<a
href="http://gisknowledge.net/topic/remote_sensing_and_dia/prenzel_pip_04.pdf">http://gisknowledge.net/topic/remote_sensing_and_dia/prenzel_pip_04.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Stilgoe, John R. n.d. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">American
          Land Classification Systems and Landscape Aesthetics</b> 13-33
        <a
href="https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/amerstud/article/viewFile/2633/2592">https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/amerstud/article/viewFile/2633/2592</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Turner II, B.L. 1997.<b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The
          Sustainability Principle In in Global Agendas: Implications
          For for
          Understanding Land-Use/Cover Change.</b> The Geographical
        Journal 163 (2):
        133-140. <a
          href="http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Ebturner4/SustainabilityPrinciple.pdf">http://www.public.asu.edu/~bturner4/SustainabilityPrinciple.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Turner, B. L., et al. eds. 1993. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Relating
          Land Use and Global Land-Cover Change: A Proposal for an
          IGBP-HDP core project.</b>
        Report from the IGBP-HDP Working Group on Land-Use/Land-Cover
        Change. <a
          href="http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/docs/002-105/002-105b.html">http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/docs/002-105/002-105b.html</a>.
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">UNESCO. 1973. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">International
Classification
          and Mapping of Vegetation,</b> A Report of the United Nations
        Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
        Series 6, Ecology
        and Conservation 98 p. <a
          href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000050/005032MB.pdf">http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000050/005032MB.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Vogt, N. et al. 2006. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Integrating
          Remote Sensing Data and Rapid Appraisals for Land-Cover Change
          Analyses in
          Uganda.</b> Land Degrad. Develop. 17: 31&#8211;43. <a
          href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eifri/Publications/R061-6.pdf">http://www.umich.edu/~ifri/Publications/R061-6.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Websites
          of
          organizations, research initiatives, data and information
          centers related to
          the analysis of land use change and land use</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> - <a
href="http://rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Briassoulis/appendix1btable.htm">http://rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Briassoulis/appendix1btable.htm</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">SOME
          OTHER
          PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Huang, D.C., et al. 2011. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Does
          global warming increase establishment rates of invasive alien
          species? A
          centurial time series analysis</b>. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24733.</span>
      <span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#213C0C"><a
href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0024733">http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0024733</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Hurtado, Mar&iacute;a Elena. 2011.<b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Nuevo
          sat&eacute;lite chileno aportar&aacute; al desarrollo sostenible. </b><span
          style="color:
          #213C0C"><a
href="http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/news/new-chilean-satellite-to-boost-sustainable-development.html">http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/news/new-chilean-satellite-to-boost-sustainable-development.html</a>
          . From Steve Hunter<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Irvine ,Tracy; Hirschfield, Daniela.2011. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
          normal">Eye on biodiversity: Closing the data and information
          gaps on
          biodiversity.<span style="color:#213C0C"> </span></b><span
          style="color:#213C0C"><a
href="http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/eye-on-earth-summit/features/eye-on-biodiversity-closing-the-data-and-information-gaps-on-biodiversity-.html">http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/eye-on-earth-summit/features/eye-on-biodiversity-closing-the-data-and-information-gaps-on-biodiversity-.html</a><b
            style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>From Steve Hunter<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W. 2011. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Joining
          inventory by parataxonomists with DNA barcoding of a large
          complex tropical
          conserved wildland in northwestern Costa Rica.</b> PLoS ONE
        6(8):e18123. <span style="color:#213C0C"><a
href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0018123">http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0018123</a>
          <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Jones-Farrand, D.T., et al. 2011. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Comparison
          of statistical and theoretical habitat models for conservation
          planning: the
          benefit of ensemble prediction.</b> Ecol. Appl.
        21(6):2269-2282.</span> <span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#213C0C"><a
href="http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2011/nrs_2011_jones-farrand_001.pdf">http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2011/nrs_2011_jones-farrand_001.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Lund, H. Gyde. 2003. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">North
          American Ecoregion Database Project</b>. Management and
        Engineering
        Technologies International, Inc. (METI) Contract Number:
        45318720535. Order
        Number: 43-3187-3-0620 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of
        Agriculture: Forest
        Service. Miscellaneous pagination. <a
          href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Egyde/2003naedp.rpt.doc">http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/2003naedp.rpt.doc</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Mallapaty, Smriti. 2011.<span style="color:#213C0C"> </span><b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Information networks:
          bridging the gap
          between geeks and suits.<span style="color:#213C0C"> </span></b><span
          style="color:#213C0C"><a
href="http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/eye-on-earth-summit/features/information-networks-bridging-the-gap-between-geeks-and-suits.html">http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/eye-on-earth-summit/features/information-networks-bridging-the-gap-between-geeks-and-suits.html</a>
        </span>From Steve Hunter.<span style="color:#213C0C"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Mapping
          for
          rights.</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial"> <a href="http://www.mappingforrights.org/">http://www.mappingforrights.org/</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Masinja. A.C.M. N.d. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Integrated
          Land Use Assessment (ILUA). </b>12 p.<span
          style="color:#213C0C"> <a
href="http://www.fao.org/forestry/16667-03c199f46113cbc8d664edcb37095bc36.pdf">http://www.fao.org/forestry/16667-03c199f46113cbc8d664edcb37095bc36.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Mora, C.; Sale, P.F. 2011. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Ongoing
          global biodiversity loss and the need to move beyond protected
          areas: a review
          of the technical and practical shortcomings of protected areas
          on land and sea.
        </b>Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 434:251-266<span
          style="color:#213C0C">.</span></span>
      <span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#213C0C"><a
          href="http://www.int-res.com/articles/theme/m434p251.pdf">http://www.int-res.com/articles/theme/m434p251.pdf</a>
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Waterloo
          Institute
          Disaster Management</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> - WIDM-Ontario-Canada has its model
        of diversity
        and flexibility of the R&amp;D and scientific activities and
        tries to bring the
        development for environment and future generation. See: <a
          href="http://www.igrdg.com">www.igrdg.com</a>. From Saied
        Pirasteh, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">KEEPING UP-TO-DATE &#8211; PRODUCTS,
          NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL
          LISTS, JOURNALS.</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial"> See also <a
href="http://botany.si.edu/puhttps:/www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm">http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm</a>,
        <a href="http://scholar.google.com/">http://scholar.google.com/</a>,
        and</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Directory of open access journals. <a
          href="http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals">http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS,
          MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">. &#8211;
        See also: <a href="http://www.gfis.net">http://www.gfis.net</a>,
        <a href="http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/">http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/</a>
        and <a href="http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/">http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/</a>.
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">16-19 June 2012. <b>Ecological
          Economics and Rio+20:
          Challenges and Contributions for a Green Economy.</b>
        Conference. Rio de
        Janeiro, Brasil. <a href="http://www.isee2012.org/index.php">http://www.isee2012.org/index.php</a>
        From Mani Ram Banjade, Nepalese Foresters List.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">17-20 June 2012 <b>Boreal
          Mixedwoods 2012 -
          Ecology and Management for Multiple Values.</b> Delta Edmonton
        South, Edmonton,
        Alberta, Canada. The Boreal Mixedwoods 2012 conference will
        provide a forum for
        presentation and discussion of current knowledge relating to the
        ecology and
        management of mixedwood stands and landscapes to achieve
        ecological, social and
        economic objectives. This includes evolving opportunities to
        improve the value
        of products being produced from these forests. Details at <a
href="http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Epcomeau/mixedwoods2012/borealmixewoods2012.html">http://www.ualberta.ca/~pcomeau/mixedwoods2012/borealmixewoods2012.html</a>.
        From Art Groot, Canadian Forest Service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">25 June &#8211; 6 July 2012. <b>The
          Z_GIS Summer
          School 2012. </b>Dedicated to the theme of <b><i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:
            normal">Climate Change in Mountain Regions:
            meta-disciplinary impacts, causes,
            consequences and mitigation and adaptation strategies.</i></b>
        Salzburg,
        Austria. For details see <a
href="http://www.edu-zgis.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=580&amp;amp;Itemid=680&amp;amp;lang=en">http://www.edu-zgis.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=580&amp;amp;Itemid=680&amp;amp;lang=en</a>.
        From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">16 &#8211; 18 October 2012.<b> 2012
          Forest Inventory
          and Analysis Science Symposium - Moving from Status to Trends.
        </b>Baltimore,
        MD, USA. <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Note, this is
            a change of
            dates from last week&#8217;s posting. </i></b>The US Forest
        Service, Forest Inventory
        and Analysis (FIA) Program is pleased to announce the 2012 FIA
        Science
        Symposium. October 2012 will mark the 20th anniversary of the
        Report of the
        Blue Ribbon Panel on Forest Inventory and Analysis. This report
        expanded the
        focus of the national forest inventory in the United States to
        include
        monitoring of the forest resource trends on a more frequent time
        interval. In
        recognition of this milestone, the theme of the 2012 FIA Science
        Symposium is
        &#8220;Moving from Status to Trends.&#8221; The Symposium will bring
        together international
        forest scientists, managers, and stakeholders to share insights
        on contemporary
        issues, science policy, mensuration, geospatial products,
        inventory and
        monitoring methods, and other topics .A call for papers is now
        open. For
        details see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/symposium/">http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/symposium/</a>. From Chip
        Scott, USFS.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">MOVING AHEAD &#8211; OPPORTUNITIES</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> &#8211;
        See also:
        Scholarships-Positions - <a
          href="http://scholarship-positions.com/">http://scholarship-positions.com/</a>
        , Forestry, Arboriculture, Agriculture, Agronomy &amp;&nbsp;Natural
        Resource
        Management Jobs at <a
          href="http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm">http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm</a>,
        Riley Guide to Agriculture, Forestry, &amp; Farming Jobs <a
          href="http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html">http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html</a>,
        Finding Your Dream Job in Natural Resources <a
          href="http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/">http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/</a>
        , <a href="http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html">http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html</a>
        The Job Seekers Guide for International and Environmental
        Careers <u><a href="http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm">http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm</a>
        </u>and Scholarship Listing <u><a
            href="http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/">http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/</a></u>.
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Association
Geoinformation
          and Communication Technology (AGeoICT) </span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">-
        Invitation to
        join. See: <a href="http://www.igrdg.com/index.php/membership/">http://www.igrdg.com/index.php/membership/</a>.
        From Saied Pirasteh, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Eramus
          Mundus
          Master course on Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources
          Management
          (MEDFOR) -</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial"> Universities of Lleida (Spain), Valladolid (Spain),
        Padova (Italy),
        Tuscia (Italy), Catholic of Portugal (Portugal) and Technical
        University of
        Lisbon (Portugal, coordinator) are promoting with six associate
        partners
        (EFIMED, ENFI-Morocco, INRGREF-Tunisia, CTFC-Spain, INRA-France
        and CIHEAM) a
        two year Eramus Mundus Master course on Mediterranean Forestry
        and Natural
        Resources Management (MEDFOR). MEDFOR emphasis is on educating
        the leaders of
        the future generation of engineers, managers, researchers and
        teachers involved
        in forestry and natural resources management, providing them a
        solid scientific
        habilitation and the competences for the new challenges of the
        future forest
        sector. Scholarships are available for both European and non
        European
        applicants with target scholarships: A. Non European Students -
        total of 12
        scholarships, B1. European Students (Spanish, Portuguese,
        Italian, Greek,
        others...) - total of 7 scholarships, B2. Tunisia and Egypt
        countries - 1
        scholarship, B3. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova,
        Ukraine
        countries - 1 scholarship, B4. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
        Croatia, Macedonia,
        Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, Turkey - 1 scholarship. Period of
        application
        for all the scholarships has been extended until <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
          normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">January 31<sup>st</sup>.</i></b>
        More info of the Master course is available in <a
          href="http://www.medfor.eu/">http://www.medfor.eu/</a>.
        From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Authors
          Sought</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> -
        This is a Call
        for Papers to invite you to submit research articles, reviews
        and letters to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The
            Open Forest Science Journal.</i></b> This is an Open Access
        online journal
        which publishes research articles, reviews and letters in all
        areas of forest
        ecology; conservation and management, tree genetics and
        physiology, wood
        quality and production, systems analysis and modeling and
        silviculture. Please
        visit the journal's homepage and Instructions for Authors, for
        article
        submission, at the following website <a
          href="http://www.benthameditorial.org/tofscij">http://www.benthameditorial.org/tofscij</a>
        or alternatively contact us by e-mail at <a
          href="mailto:editorial@tofscij.org">editorial@tofscij.org</a>
        for submission guidelines. Bentham OPEN is one of the leading
        international
        publishers for Open Access journals in various disciplines.
        Please refer to
        Bentham OPEN&#8217;s website at <a
          href="http://www.benthameditorial.org/AllOpenTitles">http://www.benthameditorial.org/AllOpenTitles</a>
        for a current list of publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">FOREST
          FRAGMENTS
          (Tip of the week)</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial"> If you have a tip to improve field or office work that
        you would like
        to share, please send to me (<a href="mailto:gyde@comcast.net">gyde@comcast.net</a>)
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
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      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Hands
          off -</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Be
        careful with
        insect repellant when working in the woods. Some types may
        damage objects made
        of plastic such as eyeglass and camera lenses, compasses, etc.
        should you get
        the repellent on your hands and then touch these things. I
        learned the hard
        way&#8230;. Gyde.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:center"
      align="center"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Pay
          It Forward<i>
            &#8211; Cheers, Gyde<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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H. Gyde Lund  
Forest Information Services
6238 Settlers Trail Place
Gainesville, VA 20155-1374 USA
Tel: +1-703-743-1755
Email: gyde&lt;at&gt;comcast.net  
URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.forestinfoservices.com">http://www.forestinfoservices.com</a>
CV: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/cv.html">http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/cv.html</a>. 
Publications: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/lundpub.htm">http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/lundpub.htm</a>. 
Skype: forestgyde 
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