Topics included: Inventories, early warming systems (especially fires), monitoring systems.
INSTITUTION |
WORKING ISSUE |
GEOGRAPHIC AREA |
MODELS / METHODS |
REFERENCES / OTHER REMARKS |
TREES |
Monitoring forests using remote sensing |
Tropical forests |
Intensive data collection |
In the future they want to develop an operational deforestation monitoring system |
IUFRO http://iufro.fpp.csiro.au/iufro/publications/pub.htm Conference on Assessment and monitoring of forests in Tropical Dry Regions with special reference to gallery forests |
Arid land and gallery forest |
Arid land and gallery forests |
Combination and selection of models |
Reference: Lund, Gyde 1997. Primer on Designing Arid Land and Gallery Forest Resources. University of Brasilia. Brazil. Collected from IUFRO virtual library |
CIFOR Economic model of tropical deforestation |
Review of 150 models to understand the causes of deforestation. |
Global proposal |
After reviewing 150 models the author found that multicountry regression models have limited value. He recommended a shift toward household and regional level studies. |
Reference: Kaimowitz, D. Author Angelsen Arild. 1998. Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation. Indonesia. Collected from IUFRO virtual library |
UNIVERSITY OF KYOTO Case studies |
Sustainable management of small-scale forestry. Financial models for small scale farm forestry. |
Japan |
No summary. |
Reference: Herbohn J. Harrison S. Emtage E. 1997 Financial Models for Small Scale Farm Forestry. Kyoto University. Japan. Collected from IUFRO virtual library |
WRI Joint publication WRI, UNEP, UNDP and WB. Based on FAO Global Forests Assessment 1990. Global Synthesis. FAO Forest Paper 124. Rome 1995. |
Presents a summary of the FAO FRA 1990 and a summary of the forest policy instruments UNCED convention, World Commission on Forest and Sustainable Development and CITES. |
International document |
Reference: WRI. UNEP. UNDP. WB. 1996. World Resources 1996-1997. Oxford University Press. USA. Secondary reference: Wilcox B. Duin. 1995. Global Forest Assessment (1990) Potential forest cover differences as a global indicator. Draft report. Institute for sustainable development. USA. Singh K.D. Marzoli W.A. Deforestation Trends in the Tropics: a time series analysis. Conference WWF, Puerto Rico. 1995 Reed N. Cooperrider A. 1994. Saving Nature’s Legacy. Protecting and restoring biodiversity. Washington, |