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Forest Ecosystems and Ecological Risks

 

Upcoming conferences and workshops

  1. See also the following pages:


Reports of conferences and meetings

  1. 7-9 June 1998: IUFRO Workshop on Multilingualism and Expert Cooperation in Forest Terminology. Kappel am Albis, Switzerland
    http://www.wsl.ch/wsidb/mexft/mexft_index.html [ok 13-Oct-1999]
  2. 16-20 August 1998: Integrated Tools for Natural Resources in the 21st Century - An international conference on the inventory and monitoring of forested ecosystems. Boise, Idaho, USA
    http://dendron.fr.umn.edu/burk/boise [
    ok 3-Apr-2004]
  3. 24-28 August 1998: IUFRO Conference on indicators for sustainable forest management. Melbourne, Australia
    http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/taskforce/tfsfm/evtfsfm.htm [
    ok 3-Apr-2004]
  4. 18 September - 1st October 1998: Biomass Burning and its Inter-Relationships with the Climate System. Wengen, Switzerland
    http://www.unifr.ch/iguf/EVENTS/wengen98.html [ok 13-Oct-1999]
  5. 19-23 October 1998: IUFRO Division 8 Conference "Environmental Forest Science". Kyoto, Japan
    http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/d8/wu80000/alldiv8.htm [
    ok 3-Apr-2004]
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Internal links

  1. TEMS - Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database (former ORACLE solution)
    A global database searchable by subjects or by geographic maps
    http://www.wsl.ch/forest/risks/dbgis/db/tems/tems-de.ehtml [ok
    3-Apr-2004]

  2. IUFRO Forest Terminology Hotline
    A directory of experts in forest-related fields who are ready to answer terminological questions
    http://www.wsl.ch/forest/risks/iufro/welcome.ehtml [ok
    3-Apr-2004]
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External links

Forest health:

  1. ICP Forests
    UN/ECE International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests - Programme Coordinating Centre West (Hamburg)
    http://www.icp-forests.org/ [ok
    3-Apr-2004]

  2. Bayerische LWF - Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft
    Bavarian State Institute of Forestry
    http://www.lwf.bayern.de [ok
    3-Apr-2004]
    Publications of the LWF (including online forest health reports)
    http://www.lwf.bayern.de/veroef/frame/Startseiten/lwfdokstart.htm [ok
    3-Apr-2004]

  3. (US) National Forest Health Monitoring Program
    http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/fhm/ [ok
    3-Apr-2004]

  4. Canadian Forest Service - Canada's Model Forest Program
    http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/cfs-scf/national/what-quoi/modelforest_e.html [ok
    3-Apr-2004]

  5. Metla's Research Forests
    @ the Finnish Forest Research Institute
    http://www.metla.fi/metsat/index-en.htm [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  6. Département de la Santé des Forêts (DSF)
    A service of the French Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in charge with forest health monitoring.
    http://www.agriculture.gouv.fr/spip/ressources.themes.foretbois.protectiondelaforet.santedesforets_r314.html [ok 3-Apr-2004]
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Ecosystem/environmental monitoring:

  1. BOREAS - BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
    (BOREAS) is a large-scale international interdisciplinary experiment in the northern boreal forests of Canada
    http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas_home_page.html [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  2. Circumpolar research project on ecosystem health
    A network-based knowledge system for modelling and decision support on ecosystem health, biodiversity and natural resources
    http://www.metla.fi/biodiversity/finbin/ksemmm04.html [ok 13-Oct-1999]

  3. ECN - Environmental Change Network
    UK's integrated long-term environmental monitoring network
    http://www.ecn.ac.uk/index.html [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  4. ECOFIA - Ecological Approach to Forest Resource Inventory and Analysis
    Forest Inventory and Analysis Program of the USDA Forest Service
    http://www.msstate.edu/Dept/Forestry/ecofia.html [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  5. EFERN - European Forest Ecosystem Research Network
    http://IFFF.boku.ac.at/efern/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  6. ETFRN- European Tropical Forest Research Network
    http://www.etfrn.org/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  7. EMAN - Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (Environment Canada)
    Canadian national monitoring and research network
    http://www.eman-rese.ca/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  8. EMAP - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
    US research program to develop the tools necessary to monitor and assess the status and trends of national ecological resources.
    http://www.epa.gov/emap/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  9. EMEP - UN System-wide Earthwatch website
    http://earthwatch.unep.ch [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  10. NoLIMITS
    Networking of Long-term Integrated Monitoring In Terrestrial Systems
    http://nolimits.nmw.ac.uk/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  11. Global Phenological Monitoring
    Information about the Global Phenological Monitoring project (GPM) that is part of the Phenology Study Group of the International Society of Biometeorology (ISB) http://www.wau.nl/cmkw/welcome.htm [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  12. GTOS - Global Terrestrial Observing System
    http://www.fao.org/gtos/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  13. UN ECE ICP On Integrated Monitoring
    International Cooperative Programme on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems
    http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?node=6318&lan=EN [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  14. ILTER - International Long-Term Ecological Research Networks
    http://www.ilternet.edu/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  15. US LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Network
    Research on long-term ecological phenomena in the United States: 18 sites representing diverse ecosystems and research emphases.
    http://lternet.edu/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]
    See also the following LTER sites:

  16. LYNX - a Special Interest Network on Ecological Networks
    Information network from the ECNC - European Centre for Nature Conservation
    http://www.ecnc.nl/doc/lynx/lynxhome.html [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  17. SMEAR - A station for measuring forest ecosystem - atmosphere relations
    http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/smear/manual/chapter2.htm [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  18. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
    http://www.iisd.org/measure/compendium/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  19. International Sustainability Indicators Network (ISIN)
    http://www.sustainabilityindicators.org [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  20. TEMS - Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database
    http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems/index.jsp [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  21. Vermont Forest Ecosystem Monitoring (VForEM)
    Information pool on Vermont's forest ecosystem
    http://vmc.snr.uvm.edu [ok 3-Apr-2004]
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Further sources of environmental information:

  1. BITÖK - Bayreuther Institut für Terrestrische Ökosystemforschung
    Bayreuth Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research
    http://www.bitoek.uni-bayreuth.de/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  2. CEDAR - Central European Environmental Data Request Facility
    http://www.cedar.at [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  3. CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
    http://www.cifor.cgiar.org [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  4. ECNC - European Centre for Nature Conservation
    A network of nature conservation institutes from all over Europe
    http://www.ecnc.nl/doc/ecnc/what.html [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  5. EEA - European Environment Agency
    http://www.eea.eu.int [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  6. EIONET - European Environment Information and Observation NETwork
    http://www.eionet.eu.int [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  7. EFI - European Forest Institute
    "Through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy making agents and the public, the EEA aims to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment"
    http://www.efi.fi [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  8. ELDIS - Electronic Development and Environment Information System
    Gateway to information sources on development or the environment
    http://www.eldis.org [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  9. Forest Ecosystem Research Group University College, Dublin
    http://www.ucd.ie/~ferg/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  10. FRIM - Forest Research Institute Malaysia
    http://161.142.143.3/ or http://www.frim.gov.my [ok 13-Oct-1999]

  11. FRRN - Forest Reserves Researche Network
    http://www.efi.fi/Database_Gateway/FRRN/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  12. IGBP - International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
    http://www.igbp.kva.se/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  13. ISRIC - International Soil Reference and Information Centre
    A foundation for documentation, research and training about the soils of the world, with emphasis on developing countries
    http://www.isric.nl/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  14. Global Change Master Directory
    A comprehensive directory of information about Earch science data, including broad coverage of the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global change.
    http://gcmd.nasa.gov/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  15. IUFRO - International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
    http://iufro.boku.ac.at/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  16. NBII Metadata Clearinghouse Gateway
    The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Clearinghouse is an initiative to help you locate, evaluate, and access biological data and information from a distributed network of cooperating data and information sources.
    http://metadata.nbii.gov [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  17. SkogsSverige: Swedish forest-related site
    http://www.skogssverige.se [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  18. TERI - Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/hometeri.html [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  19. TERICA - Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative Concerted Action
    http://www.nbu.ac.uk/terica/ [ok 22-Oct-1999]

  20. Umweltbundesamt Österreich
    http://www.umweltbundesamt.at [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  21. CIESIN - Center for International Earth Science Information Network Columbia University
    http://www.ciesin.org/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  22. MAB-BR - UNESCO Man and Biosphere, Biosphere Reserves
    http://www.unesco.org//mab/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]

  23. WCMC - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org [ok3-Apr-2004]

  24. World Forest Institute
    http://www.worldforestry.org/wfi/ [ok 3-Apr-2004]


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